One of the most fucking annoying people tell survivors of toxic, abusive and narcissistic relationships is: “Just get over it” … as if what you endured was only a bad breakup. 😳 Like you can wake up one morning, decide you’re done thinking about them, and magically move on. But when you’ve spent months or years in a relationship involving manipulation, coercive control, gaslighting, trauma bonding and emotional abuse, they didn’t just hurt your feelings. They totally changed the…
Imagine a world where we’re all taught how to regulate our emotions as kids, see our problems from a different perspective or as growth opportunities, and to have compassion and non-judgement for others. 🌍 A world where we process trauma as it happens, not when we hit a mid-life crisis. How different would that world look? 🧐 Less mental health issues? Less addiction issues? Less reacting and more responding? There are plenty of tools that you can use as…
I’ve been practicing energy work and teaching Reiki for over 20 years now, and I see keeping on top of my energy hygiene as being as important as brushing my teeth and showering every day. 🚿 🪥 WHAT IS ENERGY HYGIENE? It’s the regular practices you use to keep your energy, mood, nervous system, physical and mental health and emotional state clear, grounded, and not bogged down by everyone else’s shite. If I hadn’t kept on top of my…
I often come across Reiki students who are chomping at the bit to learn as much as they can about healing and personal development. I’ll be teaching them Reiki one day and they mention they’ve just learned reflexology, next minute they’re learning tarot, they’re going for a 4 day retreat, doing a bunch of other healing techniques one after the other to “heal” themselves. I don’t blame them – when I first got into this world I was soooo…
As I sit in my dream house in Western Australia, looking at the most beautiful view, working from home with my bulldog snoring next to me, I think about how many years I spent dreaming about this life. 💭 My parents raised us three kids with a very strong work ethic; and boy, do we all work hard (probably way too hard, tbh). I started working at 13 years old and had a wide range of jobs…
My clients walk into a session feeling heavy, stuck, anxious, drained… and leave feeling lighter. 🙌🏻 A lot of them just continue to feel amazing – they get a great sleep and feel happy and light. But for some clients, this isn’t the case for the first few days. 🥴 They’re emotional, tired, headachy, irritable. They have weird dreams, old memories popping up. Their body feels like it’s processing something. And they start thinking;…