Author Archives: trish

    At the core what we really want is to love and to be loved. This requires openness. Love will not be able to find it’s way in or out through multiple layers of defense. We keep up defense … Continued

Often when I am seeing clients  for counseling I am asked “how do I start to accept myself more, how do I start to feel less anxious or stressed?” Of course there are many areas we can address however presence … Continued

As children we were often taught that it was OK to love and accept ourselves only when we had manged to ‘do it right’.The opposite is true. Loving yourself right now with all the issues and mistakes included is what … Continued

My husband Dan has just started running parenting courses based on Mindful practices. We were discussing how to use mindfulness principles in a simple way in order to learn how to live life in a calm responsive way, rather than … Continued

If we are caught in a busy mind space or feeling contracted by a challenging emotion spending time in nature is very healing.Go for a walk in the bush or at the beach and just become present to what is … Continued