Common resistances I see and have experienced to getting help from therapy and holistic therapies. I am sharing because everyone has trauma and unprocessed trauma has big bills.

We always meet resistance when we are asked to change and do things differently. Brene Brown beautifully highlights why the path of healing is so very needed- “To face our emotional wounds is one of life’s most courageous acts. It leads us to living a life rooted in our values, talents and desires”

The systems we live in don’t respect the magnitude of grief on our bodies, minds and hearts. The cost of this is illness.

The going rate for the loss of an immediate family member is 3-5 days paid leave. Someone who has lost their wife/husband or child is expected back to work within a week. 

My friends who have lost parents who took 2 weeks off wish they had taken longer and advised me to take a month off when my Granny passed.

I definitely believed I didn’t care or feel hurt about my Da not being there. My ego wouldn’t allow it. However, I met a woman when I was 23, who had a difficult relationship with her Da and she repeated the pattern in her marriage. She was desperately unhappy in her first year of marriage.

“Sort out your daddy issues Carla first if you want a life partner,” she told me. It hit like a bullet, which is why I began to take the blanket off the elephant in the room.

When people are too much in thought, it means they are in the past and future constantly which creates a lot of anxiety. They are not in the present moment.

The body is in the present moment. The body knows it belongs to this world, that it is a part of nature.

The breath connects mind to body, helps you to remember you belong to this body. Feeling connected to the body is very important for a person to feel safe and grounded.

Gonorrhoea is up 45% in North of Ireland from 2021-2022. Why are STIs increasing while sexual health is not improving?

This type of breathwork is heavily guided. It helps those who struggle to be present, focus and surrender to the breath & body.

Your sympathetic response is activated in your central nervous system which allows any unprocessed energy to be completed and released, and then the body enters the parasympathetic system, rest and digest.

It settles an overactive mind as it is fast and quick, you have little choice but to focus. A powerful practise which offers people who struggle to meditate access into deep states of meditation and shifts in consciousness.

By bringing conscious awareness to the breath, we give more energy to our bodies innate ability to heal and restore.

This is a powerful practice to transmute stress, anxiety and grief.

It also connects you to the wisdom of you body bringing clarity to who you are, your passions and desires.