Humans are a judgy bunch. I was. I still am. But there’s a difference – these days, I’m conscious of it. Being aware of it means I judge people less, and when that low-vibe bugger sneaks in, it’s fleeting. It’s so easy to get stuck in the habit of judging other people and honestly? I’ll […]
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When you first begin to improve self-care – whether it’s taking up a new habit or stopping an old one – it can be REALLY hard. It’s often starts as one step forwards, and one step back (or two or three steps back if you’re like I was…). But this is still progress because it’s
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Looking back, it’s painfully obvious I was clogged with old, repressed emotions until my vault couldn’t fit anymore and it just broke. Shit got messy. So these days I’m ultra passionate about feeling emotions as they arise, honouring them and allowing them to move through me. Processing emotions keeps you energetically clear, mentally healthy and
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These days, I’m ultra-calm under pressure. I never used to be. I used to be a frazzled, frantic person when I had a ton of stuff on my plate. I’d stress out when urgency was squeezing me. I’d usually get my stuff done, but in a chaotic way, leaving heaps of loose threads hanging. I
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Pre-mindful drawing days I was a trigger queen. I was always taking things personally. I had no self-love or self-confidence so vinegar was liberally tipped into my unhealed wounds on a regular basis – most often, by my boyfriends at the time (sorry guys). It wasn’t their fault – they were just semi-normal people doing
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Feelings of loneliness and isolation are states of mind. You can spend years on your own, and not feel lonely. And you can be surrounded by people, and still feel lonely. The reason why so many of us feel lonely, is because the system we live in teaches us that we are separate from everything
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So many of us don’t manage anxiety while it’s a yellow flag. We ignore the warning signs til we’re stuck in the red zone. It just kind of creeps up. Anxiety is a mental health issue that’s becoming increasingly common and it’s horribly uncomfortable. It’s a mind program where we get stuck in loops of
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Until you learn to manage empathy and compassion, it can hurt like hell because you feel more. This is hard because the world we live in is rife with suffering. But once you learn how to manage it, it becomes an enormous gift. It’s no accident there are increasing numbers of highly sensitive people and
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Learning sitting meditation made its way onto my New Year’s Resolutions list every single year without fail. And like everything else on the list, it never happened – it just remained a fantasy of some person I wished I could be. The reasons why I couldn’t do it was I was too busy (yep that
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This post is bloody long, because my addictions were whoppers. Learning how to overcome addiction was one of the most difficult challenges in my entire existence. It was the headlining theme for more than two decades of my life. My own addiction story is woven into this post, but the point of it all, is
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Learning to be vulnerable is such a beautiful, raw and real thing – and it can be the scariest thing in the …
There is no ‘one-size fits all’ solution in learning how to manage depression, but there is always a root cause, and there …
Here’s another weird, abstract, self portrait of new me. Fizzy, sparkly silhouette style…. I wanted to capture energy with this picture – …
It doesn’t matter whether it’s an itty bitty minor thing, or a ton of humongous, heinous shit you’ve done in the past, …
Well this is a little embarrassing to post because I don’t like tooting my own horn, but I have to say it: …
Mindful drawing has become my solid, stable anchor. It taught me to relax and reduce stress, simply by sitting down and engaging …
When you improve your relationships it doesn’t just benefit you – it affects everyone around you – like your partner, family, friends …
When you increase your sensory perception, life becomes mind-blowingly beautiful. It becomes richer, deeper and it affects you on a very profound …