Category Archives: Body / Health / Movement
Remembering to Return to Self-Compassion from Self-Loathing
One of the skills I continually support clients to develop is self-compassion. It is a skill I also needed support to develop. My adventure of self-compassion started a number of years ago, when I didn’t know self-compassion even existed and had a deep sense of unworthiness and self-loathing. The Gift of Mindful Self-Compassion Before…
My Adventure to Becoming a Trained Professional in Intuitive Eating
Yesterday, I became certified as an intuitive eating professional as you can see by the picture below. To say I am grateful for this certification, would be an understatement, so today I wanted to share some of my adventure and learnings about becoming trained in intuitive eating. As I share this, please know it is…
Ready to Stop Punishing and Start Listening to Your Body?
A few weeks ago, I broke my toe. I learnt the hard way not to cough and walk in the dark. As I have been healing, I have learnt how much my healing is readying on listening to my body and I wish I had learnt more of the skills I know now when I…
What is Interoceptive Awareness?
One thing I have learnt from my own experiences over the years is how resourceful and resilient the human body is. It is also shares insights with us, however sometimes we are not listening. When I was learning mindfulness, I came across the concept of interoceptive awareness. Before, we look at what interoceptive awareness is,…
What is Health and What Does BEing Healthy Mean to You?
Have you ever wanted to improve your health but didn’t really know what it meant to be healthy? Well let’s have a look at what is health and then you decide what health means to you! What is Health? There are many definitions on health, however the World Health Organisation (WHO) is the one…
20 Quotes to Start to Inspire Body Acceptance
The past few days I have had a number of conversations about body acceptance. I imagine the conversations have been linked to me breaking my toe a few days ago, however I also know it goes much deeper than that (and I will elaborate further on that later – here it is). These conversations inspired…
The River of Integration – Discovering Flow and Harmony Between the Chaos and Rigidity
What is the River of Integration? The River of Integration is a metaphor coined by Daniel Siegel in his book Mindsight. It is used to describe a human being that is thriving, healthy and well. When the river (and human being) is integrated, healthy and flowing, it is – Flexible, Adaptive, Coherent, Energised, and Stable.…
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