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Mental health and the medicine of love
Mental ill health continues to be a global issue despite all the resources invested in prevention and treatment. What else is going on when good intentions and so much effort is directed to this area, but still the problems continue?
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How harmless is our practice as a mental health professional?
As a mental health professional we have a responsibility to ensure that in our practice we do no harm to our clients. But what does this mean beyond the obvious basics?
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Reclaiming our mental health
Ill mental health has become the norm these days despite a concerted effort to find solutions. Isn’t it time that we broadened the scope of how we understand the whole concept of mental health and wellbeing?
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Developing a supportive work ethic
There are people who work hard, and there are people who we judge as sloppy, or unmotivated. What type are you and, if you consider yourself a hard worker, how do you live your life so that you don’t burn out?
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Breaking the cycle of workplace bullying and harassment
No one likes to be bullied or harassed, yet this is exactly what most of us will experience or witness at some stage of our working lives. What difference can we make?
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Longing for retirement
Retirement is viewed as a well deserved right by most people. But are we all missing out when we place so much emphasis on reaching retirement and what is the quality of our relationship with work in the meantime?
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Jenny James – ‘She’ album review
She is an album that connects us to our beingness – it is richly endowed with truth and deeply evolving for the listener, delivered with the lightness of one who has walked the path to her own innermost.
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Are we trading sex for love?
We live in a society where sex is often used as a measure of our worth and proof that we are loved. But if it was as straightforward as that, why are so many people in romantic relationships feeling empty and loveless?
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What did you do on your Summer Holiday?
The stresses and drudgeries that we frequently experience in everyday life appear to be a ‘given’, but do they have to remain that way. What if there were another way of living?
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A love letter to a love song
What is true devotion? This song from Sounds of Soul speaks of devotion beyond the constructs of the age we live in; timeless and unspeakably beautiful.
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Gluten me
When we are hungry, we get ourselves that yummy thing to eat – but is there something more going on underneath? Read one person’s experience with giving up gluten and what was revealed to them.
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Good girl or nice girl
There are good girls and there are nice girls: are you going to be a good girl, or are you going to be a nice girl?
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Recording music… Letting go of recognition, perfection and stepping into the YES
We have made the production of idealised sounds more important than the voice of our inner-most beingness. What does it mean to be honest, raw and say YES to the true essence of our voice?
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The mosh pit of life
I once believed that a ‘mosh pit’ was the best place to be, but bruised and worn out after each concert I began to question how is the mosh pit like everyday human life?
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If my self-care is on point, why don’t I feel great?
So, you’ve got your self-care routine nailed, but you feel exhausted, anxious, out of sorts, reactive or your relationship is not on track. Perhaps something is missing...
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The self-neglect in self-care
Self-care isn't just personal care or the pampering you see promoted in many women’s magazines.
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Is it really self-care?
Self-care is usually viewed as an opportunity to pamper or console ourselves every now and then, but why aren’t the effects lasting?
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Give me my treats!
Do you find yourself hanging out for your treat to eat or drink and react when someone or something gets in your way?
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Self-care through the power of reflection
Could the quality of self-care change the quality of your life? One woman realised that life can be full and enriching if you are willing to say yes to all that it can be.
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Supply and Demand of the sex robot
With a massive rise in porn and the billion dollar sex-tech industry, it’s time to look at why many of us are running from true intimacy and love with another. Why do we choose sex and stimulation over making love and evolution?
