The Developing Years
As young women develop, hormone production is growing in strength and over time regulates and balances itself out. For some this process can be a rough ride physically or emotionally and may require a helping hand to smooth that ride. Having worked specifically with Women’s cycles for 10 years at the Mother-Well clinic in Mt Eden, I have come to respect just how much Women’s bodies have to co- ordinate.
How reflective our bodies can be of a greater process going on inside each of us, and how early intervention in a young women’s life sets an easier course for the years ahead.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) sees health as a sign of balance and harmony within our who we are and how we live. Its language is very simple and holistic and encourages us to look at our whole life and not just our what our bodies are presenting. But to see who we are through our emotional and mental patterns, our dietary choices, how we relate to our body and of course our modern buzz word the inevitable stresses and pressures of living in the 21st Century. All these possible contributing factors can in turn become keys to unlocking the at times elusive causes of disease and disharmony.
I can testify, my own life experiences have given me profound respect for the journey of discovery; how our bodies, emotions and mental patterns can communicate a constant invitation to change and grow … to overcome our personal stories of I can’t and find the conversation of I can within us.
The Cultivating Years
There is a commonly accepted general equation to health; a healthy diet, adequate rest and exercise, happiness and a sense of worth and belonging. But within the equation is an enormous, in fact at times overwhelming variation of advice. Even from our own experience we can see what works for one does not necessarily work for all. And then another birthday ending with a 0 comes along and all of a sudden there are new pages in the manual that puts a new spin on things.
Paying attention to the changes, as I call them flags, from our bodies can be like breadcrumbs on a trail. Often seen as the body betraying us, they are also a chance to start asking the questions… what’s going on, why, what can I do for myself and what do I need help with?
The Reflective Years
As we age the patterns within our bodies, our emotional and our mental reactions can become more and more set in place. This does not have to be the case. I am a firm believer of listening to our bodies for inner cues and messages as to what they need, or not. That even our emotional /mental patterns are knocking on the door of our conscious self for the next chapter in the story. The tide of years worth of habits do not turn in a day - however there is hope and reward! Paying attention to the body with care rather than frustration or despair can be just the game changer to put grease on the tracks and find the energy required to change.
I hope to help each of my clients develop more report with their bodies, emotions and thoughts, to discover they are on the same team and to live a more gracious life till it is time to let go.
Death - the last remaining taboo in our society.
Death is profoundly real - we all die. Yet, for those remaining when it happens death often hits like a shockwave that gives rise to the grieving process - a slow reconstruction of life without our loved one.
For anyone participating in the dying process, establishing a culture of normalcy can facilitate a more gracious unfolding. Where all emotion is welcome, where there is space to just ‘feel your way’ and in time what is needed to be said is said.
The most powerful and healing approach in these moments can be to serve the one who is dying ... be with them.
To truly serve someone during their transition also requires us to be present to the knowledge that this is their moment, they belong to and are of the Mystery of Life. And that they are leaving this world.
For anyone at any stage of dealing with death, grief and or dying I extend my reach to an online service to help use this time wisely and grasciously.