In the Beginning was The Word

It’s an interesting and powerful phrase, isn’t it?
Of course this is from The Book of John and is part of the Creation story. But religion aside, I think it points to a powerful concept that we can use in our own lives and that is: the power of our own words.
After all, words are what [...]

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Top Five EFT Tapping Tips

One of the questions I’m most often asked about EFT tapping is how to do it ” right”. I’m not sure where the concern about getting it exactly right comes from – probably our cultural focus on perfection as being the only way forward! (We could tap for that )
These five [...]

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Natural Ways to Manage Depression

One of the things people most often mention in practice is a feeling of depression. Often they are not interesting in seeking a diagnosis (which is good because I don’t provide one, being a counsellor and not a pychologist), but are looking for ways to manage and improve what they’re feeling.
So while I neither diagnose nor [...]

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Some Sanity in the Economic Crisis

Have you heard of Phil Ruthven? I hadn’t, until while driving and listening to ABC612, I heard Richard Fidler introduce him as a man who, during this economic crisis, is often one of the few calm voices.
Phil, Richard said, was often the only voice pouring water on the crisis fires, with his vast knowledge and [...]

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Wordpress Hacking

This site runs on a lovely piece of software called Wordpress. It is Open Source (meaning available to anyone for free) and used on millions of websites around the planet. It has a commercial arm as well, so the company is able to employ software programmers to make sure Wordpress is stable and secure.
I am [...]

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Powerful New Essences Hit the Market

After nine years of development, Annie Meredith’s Spirit of Woman Australian Wild Flower Essences have finally launched.
Flower Essences work on the human subtle energy field, and in my experience it takes at least a few days before one really feels any change.
These essences are different though. I’ve been using one particular essence, Dandelion, during the [...]

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Lessons from Software Updates

On April 17 this year, my colleague and mentor Annie Meredith said to me:
I think my flower essences have been waiting long enough, it’s time to get them out into the wider community.
My marketing and PR self  said – great idea Annie, what did you have in mind?
I was thinking June 21, Winter Solstice, the [...]

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How to Get What you Want

Since reading Money Isn’t the Problem, You are a couple of weeks ago, the idea of ‘want’ being a negative has really stayed with me.
I’ve long advocated that negative thoughts and ideas are highly useful, because they give you contrast. That is, when you are experiencing something in your life that you don’t want, use [...]

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How to Create Ease in Your Life

It was chilly this past weekend and I felt like curling up with a cuppa and a book. I’d run out of my latest novel but still felt like reading. So I hit my bookshelf to see what was unread there. I found a funny little book called  Money Isn’t the Problem, You are . [...]

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Gossip and Cognition

This week I heard a story about a local man who resigned his job. The gossip around the resignation is shared with relish, sympathy and much shaking of heads. Turns out the man was allowed to resign rather than being sacked, as he has been drinking on the job and people are starting to notice. [...]

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