Mind & Spirit

Listen to podcast #11 here! Join WellBeing editor, Terry Robson and media personality, Wendy Harmer of thehoopla.com.au for their podcast – Strange Days Indeed. This week, find out why new research has found sleep and dreaming to be a form of therapy.

Meditation is a common mind-body strategy. While there are many types, meditation is any activity in which you control your attention.

Technology was initially created to make our lives easier but, as most of us have discovered, just the opposite is true. So what benefits can be gained by switching off, tuning out and dropping offline?

Clairsentience is more than just intuition; it’s the ability to pick up on the energy and emotions that surround us every day. So how can a sensitive person leave behind the outside noise and reach a point of stillness within?

I’m sure I’m not the only one whose head launches into a rendition of ‘I believe in miracles…where you from’ (the 1975 hit by Hot Chocolates ‘You Sexy Thing’) when reading the title of this blog.

We’ve all had it, we all know what it’s like. When you have been somewhere on holidays or even just at home and then the time comes when you have to return home, return to work, return to routine and often return to all the old stuff that used to happen.

Attention deficit disorders are not limited to childhood. They can occur in adults with devastating impacts on relationships and careers. Fortunately, natural treatments are at hand.

Some months ago I had a telephone counselling call from a woman in the country. Her husband is a shift worker and when she arrived home unexpectedly one day he was dressed up in women’s clothes, he was wearing a wig and had make-up on. She was devastated because they have been married for three years and she was totally unaware of his habit.

Your thoughts are very powerful and can shape your life in a positive or negative way.

An acquaintance recently sent me this moving story about someone who in spite of great obstacles kept his dream alive.

When people think of criticism, most think of either deliberate criticism (a blunt, hurtful, rude or judgmental comment made intentionally) or constructive criticism (a comment designed to ‘help’ you in some way with performance, behaviour, etc).

I have heard many acronyms for fear in years past and most of them with a negative undertone