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Anti-work Reactivity

I know what it's like to be stuck in a job I hate. I know what it's like to have a boss who makes my life stressful, to work long hours...

Can you see your lenses? Or are they guiding you blindly?

This is me in an eyewear store. We were buying glasses for my husband Matt. On our way home he asked me: did you see any glasses you...

More than a minute's silence.

I often forget to pause for the minute's silence at 11.11am on the 11th of November - Remembrance Day - the anniversary of the end of...

The Stress Spike

In my last two posts I've talked about the two common neural zones we find ourselves in: the Fight/Flight Zone, and the Flourishing Zone....

Know Thy Zone

In my last post I described three zones of our nervous system: the Freeze Zone, the Fight-Flight Zone, and the Flourishing Zone. In the...

The Flourishing Zone

I talk a lot about the Nine Needs for full human flourishing. These are the nine ingredients we need for a fulfilling and...

What did lockdown show you?

This is us celebrating the last weekend of a COVID-19 lockdown here that lasted 107 days. Yep, our idea of lockdown fun - champagne in...

Mindfulness & Personal Growth

The role of meditation and mindfulness Mindfulness is all the rage these days. That's mostly a good thing. I'd like to say a bit about...

Dealing with 'difficult people'

Another powerful use for the Flourish Life Assessment Lots of you now know about the Nine Needs for flourishing, because in the past few...

Your Personal Roadmap to Flourishing

I’m SO excited to be writing this! We are officially launching the very first of our personal growth Tools. It’s called the Flourish Life...

Know Your Needs

Most people on the eastern seaboard of Australia are in COVID lockdown at the moment. I heard on the radio last week that the number of...

Why I did it

You may know that I’m a secular Buddhist teacher, and as of March this year, I also became an author – of a book that makes these...