It’s all a lot, isn’t it? Life. The World. Need I truly say more? Enter a deep breath *here*. Part of navigating life’s storms is through the practice of self-regulation. WHAT IS SELF-REGULATION Self-regulation is about being able to calm down in stressful moments and anxiety-producing times. In essence, it’s: “pausing between emotion/feeling and action” […]
Self-regulation support – A snapshot Read More »
Here we are, beginning of September 2021. I know what you are thinking… How is it September already? In the advanced training course I’m currently taking, the 600+ therapists, counsellors, and coaches chimed in on the group chat about how they are all feeling today. And for the record, you can feel more than one
Are you feeling tired and weary? Include these five self-check-in ideas. Read More »
With COVID numbers climbing globally, patience continues to beckon intensely. Nine months in with many forced life transitions and uncertainty under our belts, with more adjustments coming, managing our stress, expectations, desires, and wants can suffer. Although there is hope on the horizon, anyone else feeling scared, exhausted, tired, and/or weary? How are you coping?
Consider: Grounding and Earthing This time in history has and continues to be a lot, and coping with all the layers of life can be profoundly challenging. How are you managing? When ‘metaphoric’ plates are full of acute and chronic issues, weaving throughout your days and beyond, remembering what you can do in the
Worry, Stress, Overwhelm? Read More »
It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t an unfulfilled desire to make my life, even for a day, seem like a couple of pages out of the super famous book, ‘Eat Pray Love’ by Elizabeth Gilbert. But at the end of the day, I had taken myself out on a proper solo date and it was romantic
I took myself out on a date in Rome without knowing it Read More »
Since January 2018, I have been pet-house-sitting in the UK, USA, Canada and during the month of July and the first week of August, I was also in Oslo, Norway taking care of two Greek dogs! Expecting a cooler summer experience in the North as a refreshing interlude to what I thought was going to
Summer Dog-Sitting in Oslo Read More »
Dates travelled: May and August 2017 Dedicated to: my Dad, the forever traveler. Isle of Iona: May 2017 Clearly this little get-away to the Isle of Iona is about the journey and the destination. Departing from Edinburgh, it takes two trains, two ferries, one bus (all very closely synchronized), a little car ride and about seven
Scottish Isles: Iona, Skye, and Raasay Read More »
Eilean Donan, Loch Ness, and the North West Highlands two-day adventure with Timberbush tours, with driver ‘Marty’, our charming, Scottish, kilt-wearing guide, was a blast. I fell in love with Marty’s voice, delivery and Scottish accent immediately. He wove stories of history, myths and legends and I could have listened for days. He had us laughing and
The Rocky Rugged Beauty of the Highlands in Scotland – Part One Read More »
When I write anything I publish, I like to envision us in a boat, on a smooth luscious river where it’s velvety and steady, or seated together where I’m using decadent thick paint to tell a story in multiple colours, affecting textures across a canvas. But today, my quill is pointed and the ink is
Two months since losing Dad Read More »
The ominous sky was a promising start. Delving right into tourist mode, I started in New Town and wove between the streets before finding at a vegetarian/vegan piano bar for a quick bite to eat. I sat on the “lonely singles side” of the restaurant (it was a scene out of a sitcom I promise
Edinburgh, Scotland birthday trip! Read More »
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