Creating Connection

As you approach the end of the year and evaluate what you have achieved and where your life is at, take the time to reflect on your connections, and in particular your understanding of self. Children tend to want to discover who they are and are so excited when they find out new things about themselves.  Do you do this?  How would it be to tap into that curiosity and reconnect with your...

Do you get to the end of the day and you feel exhausted but with nothing to show for it? It could be that invisible mental load.  In this episode I run through some of the invisible task, and a funny story about trying to fill out online government forms. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do...

Valuing your body is an important connection point.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Subscribe to be kept up to date with all podcasts in the c...

Does social media help or hinder connection?  The answer is not that simple. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Subscribe to be kept up to date wit...

Journalling is a great way of connecting with what really matters to you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Subscribe to be kept up to date with all po...

The digital world has its place but you cannot generate the same energy and connection as in real life.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Subscr...

There are many ways you can fill your connections bucket.  Here are a few suggestions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Subscribe to be kept up t...

It is so easy to move from feeling connected to attacked.  How do you hold on to the fragility of connection? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Su...

Whether it’s being part of a team, cheering on your kids, or watching professional athletes, sport provides many opportunities to experience unity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the...

Were you in a Mother's Group?  How did it go?  Maybe like some people you're still friends with those mum's 5, 10  or 20+ years out.  Or maybe you're like me and just never felt like you belonged. When you're sleep deprived, don't know what you're really doing, suffering post natal depression, maybe your child isn't doing what all the other babies are doing, it can be really ha...

We can take our community and what is close to us for granted.  Take the time to see what is close to you.  Day 8/90 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you. &n...

Some ideas of how to go about connecting with your children; and why what you do doesn’t actually matter. Day 7 / 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   ...

Yes I'm a psychologist. No, I can't read your mind but... I do have a superpower… I can help you stop time…. How many things are going through your mind right now? Whether you’ve paid the rates, how tired you feel, tiredness, the last argument you had, what you’re going to make for tea, and how you are ever going to get through that never ending to do list. All those thousands and thousands of tho...

How and why we use humour to help with connection.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you find your way back to connection?  Join me on exploring reconnecting with  yourself, others and the world around you.   Subscribe to be kept up to date with all podcasts in the cha...

Day 4/90 Brene Brown describes connection as "the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard and valued; when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.    You have constant opportunities throughout the day to connect or not connect.  In here you will find four questions you can ask yourself, and...

As much as it would be lovely to go somewhere exotic for holidays, to go away and relax.  That may not be affordable, or practical.  And it's not something you can do everyday!  Day 3/90 What you can do everyday is step outside your back door and connect with what is there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and is...

When you're a busy mum carrying the bulk of the mental load of running a house, raising children and often outside work as well, it's easy to feel disconnected ; to feel that the life you are leading isn't quite what you expected; to feel unseen, unheard and not valued. This wasn't what parenting was meant to feel like. That voice inside your head says "I should be spending more time playing with...

When we use our time and energy judging ourselves and others, there is no space to see, hear and value ourselves and others.   How judgement gets in the way of connection.  It's time to stop judging yourself and others.   Day 2/90.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world where loneliness and isolation are epidemic, how do you fin...