RewireMe Blog
The start of a year finds most people creating goals in the effort to start the year off right. But before you set your goals, it’s worthwhile asking yourself - are you setting these goals because you want to or because it’s something you think you should be doing? This blog post is all about setting goals that are aligned to your values, and finding a flow state where goals are more effortlessly achieved
End of 2022 is fast approaching. Without realising it, the weeks leading up to Xmas can fill up with festive events, work deadlines and holiday organisation. All this prepping and planning can take its toll, leaving us feeling more jumbled than jolly. Here’s some tips to replenish and remain resilient as we approach end of year from our very own Elizabeth Alvanos, Psychotherapist
Hanya Yanighara’s A Little Life tells a story that no one seems prepared to tell. A story that is much darker, that doesn’t resolve itself simply and easily, but instead tells a complicated tale of a friend in crisis and the way those around him struggle to rise to the challenge they face. Feeling ill-equipped, unprepared and unsure of what to do in response.
How to Take Your Forest Bath
1. Press play and close your eyes. Let you attention rest on the sound
2. Take a long, slow breath in through the nose, breathing into your lower belly
3. Hold your breath for 1 or 2 seconds
4. Exhale slowly through the mouth
5. Take another breath and settle into your own comfortable breathing rhythm
6. Listen intently, and become fully entwined with the composition.
The reality-check we've been crying out for. In Australia: Reimagined, Mackay is not only asking the big questions about our increasingly anxious society but also, refreshingly, offering some much-needed answers. The one question left unanswered though... what - if anything - can we do about it? Our Rating, 4 Stars
My therapist says that we cannot get to the bottom of anything, no matter the issue, without first learning to take care of ourselves in difficult and painful spaces. We must accept our vulnerability and capacity to feel pain. Our goal is never to feel the absence of pain but simply to take really good care of ourselves when we hurt.
