You’ve heard this before, that we all have stuff to deal with. I know you have.

But the last few years have been exceptionally intense especially

when we’ve also faced regional fires and floods.

It’s been a lot to throw into the mix.

But can I ask you this – when was the last time you paused and asked yourself,

just how affected by life are you?

Most people are familiar with the reference that we store the emotional weight of the world on our shoulders.

This stress causes the muscles to tighten within the shoulders and/or lower back.

Here’s the thing, you can’t physically take a deep breath if your shoulders are holding onto tension!

Those with anxiety will raise their hand and tell me their chest gets uncomfortable sometimes.

But here’s the thing, when you hold stress in your body over time, your wellbeing takes a hit. So too does everything else.

When you hold onto the stress, you set the baseline of relaxation at the level of survival, rather than thriving.

When in baseline survival, we become reactive – to everything.

Therefore stress impacts our relationships, sleep, clarity of thinking, and productivity.

Our neural networks re-rout our physical energy into survival and we’re left feeling exhausted and overwhelmed.

Hey there, I’m a reforming control freak stress head. Pleased to meet you!

Yep,I’m the first to admit that I know exactly what it feels like to have lost my calm centre and live the life of a hot mess.

Been there, resolved that and living life in a completely different way that makes me the priority of my world.

I am fascinated by our humanness. I have two decades of technical training and experience in what happens when we let stress dictate how well our nervous system can regulate itself.

Your baseline operating state should be filled with clear thinking, and balance between your logic and emotional responses.

It shouldn’t be founded in a state of neurological survival, and walking around on eggshells.

I'm a multi-modality practitioner with qualifications and experience as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Wellness Coach, Kinesiology Practitioner, Intuitive Meditation, LEAP & NES Practitioner.

I am also a published author of This Is My Roar.

I am a self-confessed laughaholic and love being of service to the world with my humorous and positive approach to life, encouraging people to‘choose to change and bloom from within.’

When your body is in fight or flight, everything is affected physically, mentally, emotionally and energetically.

Everything from imbalance in your hormonal systems, your wake-sleep cycle, your metabolism, your organ health, your happiness… even your humanity.

I have two decades of clinically observing that humans are not at their best when they are stressed out.

I’ve noticed the last three years something happening at a societal level. Community has changed.

People are snappy, short tempered and extraordinarily frustrated.

People tell me they are busy, juggling all that life brings and so much more that was never expected.

They talk fast, and wear their busyness like a badge of honour, until I ask them “how does that feel?”

Usually there’s breath holding (this is a survival instinct), or blowing out a big breath, and then fighting back tears of frustration.

I hear “I’m sorry” a lot.

Right now, more than ever, we need to learn how to manage all the stuff we’ve been hanging onto. We need to learn how to reset the nervous system.

We need to learn how to quieten the mind. Because when we do this, we can explore why we have felt uncomfortable.

We can heal.

Come and enjoy the pre-recorded modules of the Calm Retreat and we can do this together. You’re not alone.

Restoring calm within your body, doesn’t mean you will never feel negative emotions again - like sadness, anger, or anxiety. Rather you will learn how to be courageous and feel emotions on purpose.

You will actively learn what signals are trying to be sent to your consciousness.