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Empathy and growing lettuce !
EMPATHY When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need...
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Apr 23, 20221 min read
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Educating the public about Accredited Mental Health Social Workers
An accredited mental health social worker can be trained as a clinical psychotherapist Accredited Mental Health Social Workers (AMHSWs)...
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Mar 26, 20222 min read
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No Mud No Lotus
Excerpt from the book "No Mud, No Lotus" by Thich Nhat Hanh Both suffering and happiness are of an organic nature, which means they are...
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Feb 18, 20222 min read
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Psychologist and Psychotherapist
A psychotherapist uses talk therapy to treat people for emotional problems and mental illnesses. Depending on what degree and specialty...
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Feb 13, 20222 min read
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Fear and Abandonment
We tend to experience anxious attachment when we had inconsistent love as a child. It is likely your relationship with your caregivers...
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Feb 9, 20221 min read
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Managing our emotions .....
“ When you look at a tree in a storm, you see that the top of the tree is very unstable and vulnerable. The wind can break the smaller...
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Jan 30, 20222 min read
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Anger - How to cool our anger ?
Anger-Wisdom for Cooling the Flames By Thich Nhat Hanh "When we get angry, we suffer. If you really understand that, you also will be...
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Jan 25, 20222 min read
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8 Tips to practice Self Love in 2022
Is self love something you should just know how to do or saying I love you in the mirror Self love can look like this Forgiving yourself...
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Dec 30, 20211 min read
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Compassion for Self
Dalai Lama explains how the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and compassion lead inevitably to feelings of self-confidence and kindness....
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Dec 28, 202111 min read
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Ways of healing HATE ...........
Sharing my notes from a seminar with Bhante Akaliko Bhikkhu ..... Meditation ( because punching people in the face is not allowed ) Oh !...
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Dec 21, 20212 min read
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Dec 1, 20210 min read
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Anxiety and sensitivity ....
"It turns out, I wasn’t over-reactive or sensitive at all. I was in survival mode, and my body and mind saw everything as a threat. My...
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Nov 28, 20211 min read
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Happiness
“We all have the tendency to compare ourselves with others... We think if we were as successful as they are, as rich as they are, as...
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Nov 24, 20211 min read
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What is Mindfulness ? ......
Our lungs breathe when we sleep. The grass grows when we practice #meditation. The sun shines even behind the clouds. We don’t need to...
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Nov 20, 20211 min read
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4 Ways to reduce Anxiety
1. Practice non-judgment, non-attachment, and non-resistance. You can lose yourself into the past and future when you’re judging, getting...
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Oct 31, 20213 min read
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Oct 25, 20210 min read
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6 Tips to resolve conflict
Tip 1: Try to keep your conversation open and respectful. Tip 2: Take time out to reflect and calm down if things become heated. Tip 3:...
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Oct 8, 20211 min read
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Mindfulness
'As I take my first step, My foot kisses the floor. Gratitude to the earth, I walk in liberation.' - Beginning Mindfulness by Andrew Weiss
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Sep 12, 20211 min read
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1 Minute Meditation
1. Take a deep breathe .....................................................................................................................
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Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Loneliness and Tips to Connect
1 in 4 Australians feel lonely. Thirty percent don't feel part of a group. 1 in 2 Australians report feeling more lonely since Covid It...
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Aug 27, 20213 min read
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