Fear & Anxiety is probably the number one reason that people seek counselling or healing sessions in my experience. Stress accumulates from not being able to effectively deal with our different life challenges as they happen. Mostly we are wishing that certain things weren’t happening or weren’t the case and so we are caught in the resistance of them which results in worrying, stress and anxiety. The more we resist, the more our feelings get pushed back into our subconscious

Is a peaceful and friendly divorce possible? Separation & divorce are inevitably painful. In couple relationships we open up and share so much of ourselves and our lives together. It is from the same depth that we begin letting go, mourning and grieving our partner and the relationship itself. This process has its own pace and can take quite a while to complete. 1. How realistic is a friendly divorce? The reality of a friendly separation comes down to how much each person is

We are all born with a body that naturally has the power to heal itself. When we get a bruise or a cut or graze we don’t think about how we need to heal that, we simply let our body get on with what it knows how to do. However, when it comes to our emotions & feeling we are less likely to allow our body to heal as it knows how & so we interrupt the process with our thoughts & defences. This can lead to suppression & repression of our emotional hurts causing illnesses such as

As a psychotherapeutic professional, much of my training led me to think that spirituality has no place within the tradition of psychotherapy and that there was little intersection between these two arenas. Often times people are told that when addressing concerns about their psychological health, such as depression or anxiety, they should seek guidance from medical doctors, psychotherapists or counsellors, but the spiritual or metaphysical causes for their illness is largely

Life is an active participation process. If we sit on the sidelines we will get bored, feel worthless and eventually stagnant and depressed. Living life by intention creates the positive momentum that produces positive results and attracts well being and happiness to us. Our first step on any path to wellness must be a commitment to truth and honesty with ourselves. Once we accept what we are dealing with, then we can accurately create our solution to fit. Our integrity withi

“Dr Lewis told me, “The Master (Yogananda) was reminiscing with me the other day. He spoke as an intimate friend of our years together. ‘We’ve had a good life,’ he said. ‘It seems only yesterday that we first met. Soon we will be separated, but in a little while we’ll be together again.'” Conversations with Yogananda – by Swami Kriyananda Soul connections are probably most recognisable for the distinct experience of energy contact that they give us. It’s like eye-contact, but

Crystals come in so many varied shapes, colors, and sizes that often it can be confusing deciding which one to use or wear, especially if you are not aware of the properties of each crystal or of the body’s chakra system or the aura. We humans have been fascinated by crystals for millennia, drawn to their beauty, their geometry, their vibrations and how they affect our energy. There are both natural and man-made crystals – it is the natural variety I will focus on for this. C

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections If you find yourself frequently caught in a web of daydreams about ways to get back at someone who has hurt you, angered you or let you down then you are quickly making your way down the easy route to stress. Emotions such as anger and hostility quickly activate the “fight or flight response,” in the body where stress hormones, includi

I remember so clearly when I went to my first Gay Pride Parade. I was not long after coming out and had yet to celebrate my 21st birthday. I was terrified in case anyone I knew, that didn’t yet know I was gay, might see me. I was still carrying such shame and so the parade was a deeply healing & meaningful experience for me. Seeing so many other LGBT people happy and able to celebrate openly their sexual orientation gave me a sense of hope that I might one day feel similar. A

Aria Psychotherapist, Healer & Meditation teacher Emer O’Grady spoke recently to Kay Cairns on the Pridetime programme on NearFM. The interview with Emer begins at 39:00 where she talk about her experiences of being gay and being on a spiritual path; what it was like to work through the homophobic religious dogma from her past; and discovering what spirituality means to her now. Listen here: LGBT Meditation on PrideTime NearFM #lgbt #gay #lgbtq #pride #loveislove #lesbian #lo

When we begin to notice that someone close to us has been in a low space, withdrawn, feeling hopeless or worthless for an extended amount of time, our first alarm bell is in our feelings of concern. Feeling down from time to time is a normal part of life. We all go through ups and downs in our mood and sadness is a normal reaction to life’s struggles, setbacks, and disappointments. Many people use the word “depression” to explain these kinds of feelings, but depression is muc

Listening is one of the most valuable skills in our relationship toolbox that is essential to master for a successful relationship. It is fundamental to our own wellbeing to listen and be listened to and greatly enhances the quality of our relations. Listening to each other deeply can become a catalyst for positive change and growth, but yet it can be so difficult to master. The bottom-line is it requires effort! Our primary symptom that we are not listening each other? Confl

“Man’s mind is made up of illusionary pictures. Consequently, when he throws away these pictures Truth will enter into his mind, and he will know Truth to the extent of what he has discarded. This is enlightenment.” ― Woo Myung, Stop Living In This Land. Go To The Everlasting World Of Happiness. Live There Forever If you could chose to take one of two pills for the rest of your existence, which would you choose? One is the pill that will reveal the hidden truth in everything,

We have all experienced grief. From the loss of a once loved possession, to the most devastating and heart-breaking of tragic losses like separation or death. There is no quick fix or easy way through it, but there are definitely some things that help. Grief is most digestible and palatable to us when served warm. What I mean by this is that even though noone else can feel our pain for us or noone else can cry our tears for us, feeling loved and that others are near and care