I was in a workshop the other day where a clinical psychologist was talking about Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) and showed this picture of a broken bowl, repaired with gold or silver lacquer, called Kintsukuroi. The idea is the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. I thought this was such a beautiful idea. In the world of personal development there is a constant quest for “fixing” the broken pieces of ourselves in order to move on…
So often we put pressure on ourselves to get certain things done or do things in a certain way. This is especially true the more we learn about self development – the more tools in our toolbox, the more things we know that will help move us closer to our goals. But in among all of this, there are just some days where you feel like shite. And when that happens, and you know so many different tools and techniques…
On 3 September I attended the First Responders Suicide Prevention Forum in Perth, leading up to World Suicide Prevention Day next week on 10 September. The theme was One World Connected. While this isn’t my usual happy post, I posted something similar last year. This topic is a really important one and needs to be talked about openly, by everyone. The current suicide rate is almost double the road toll – 360 deaths per year in Western Australia, almost one…
Do you ever feel like you are getting in your own way? Like you’ll be in a good place in your life, reaching for your goals, and then the shit hits the fan? We all do this occasionally, and some do it repeatedly. We sabotage ourselves because our fears get in the way, and we want to rescue ourselves from these fears and negative feelings that come up. We do a number of different sabotaging behaviours, and some will be…
As I sit here, I am still recovering from a motorbike accident I had last weekend. I had this accident on the bike in the picture – my brand new Honda CBR250R which I loved. I have been riding motocross bikes for the last couple of years and have had a few lessons on the road. I decided to get my practice up in the dirt to get comfortable on a bike, and recently decided to buy a road bike,…
So, another year, another V Day done and dusted. As always it’s a huge tradition of over-consumerism in an effort to tell your special one, or someone that you hope to be your special one, or even several people, that you think they are cute/lovely/hot/the one. My Facebook newsfeed was pummelled with endless pictures of flowers and gifts and soppy sayings. Which is pretty cute, but also pretty frustrating it seems for a lot of people who are keen to…