I wrote this blog back in 2016 and as I read through it, I realised how much has changed in those ten years. Covid19 was such an awakener for so many people, breaking them out of a state of trust and belief in the system and allowing many to begin the journey to come home…
Leaving home and transitioning to higher education or perhaps a first job in another state or town, can be challenging and we all want to support our kids, not matter how big they are. Many kids have grown up with homeopathy and are used to just picking out what they need if they have a…
I think we know that regardless of our position in life, affluence and religious connections, we will all one day die. Or as one of my bosses used to say “the only certainties in life are death and taxes”! In the West both birth and death are highly medicalised and medical professionals seem to be…
I started this post several months ago but the roll outs and mandates came along and our focus turned totally to supporting people not only on the physical level of having their jabs, but answering many frantic and panicked emails. Some people seemed to deal with lockdown and restrictions well, keeping their eye on the…
In the blink of an eye our world turned upside down. Many people have lost their jobs or are in new positions they never expected, grandparents can’t see grandchildren and isolation means some people really are living totally alone. And while some of these things are manageable in the short-term, we have to consider the…
There are many levels and kinds of trauma which can impact on an individual. Anything from sexual abuse or domestic violence to a car accident, difficult childbirth (for both mother and child) or bullying at work. Add to that intergenerational trauma which becomes evident when we look at the treatment of Australia’s indigenous people, children…
The past few months have been steeped in grief and loss on so many levels for so many people. While there has been heartbreak of an acute nature – the loss of a child, a parent or a friend, or the loss of a child yet to arrive with us – there has been a…