What is Aromatherapy?
A quick insight into what is aromatherapy.
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Apr 17
What is the Mind-Body Connection?
It's no secret that when we have stuff going on mentally and emotionally, it can also affect us physically. When we're stressed,...
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Nov 24, 2023
How Can Crystals Enhance your Reiki Session?
As you’ll know by now, that I am a HUGE fan of reiki – both giving and receiving it. Another big love of mine is crystals. They’re...
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Sep 14, 2023
Are Energy Blocks Stopping You From Living a Balanced Life?
A lot of people rely on coffee, chocolate or energy drinks to get them through the day, but have you ever wondered what else powers us? ...
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Jul 5, 2023
What do you value?
Now there’s a question to get you thinking. I have a Deadly Ponies handbag which I love and place a high value on, but I also value my...
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Apr 5, 2023
Bringing the Balance
Struggling to find balance in your day?
Here's a few tips that may help.
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Feb 10, 2023
Meditation
Welcome to my first blog of 2023. You would think being February, my first blog would be all about the smoochy love stuff. Instead, I...
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Oct 13, 2022
Do We Have to be Positive all the Time?
For the last couple of years gratitude and being grateful has become a big business. I have filled up many a gratitude journal with...
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Aug 5, 2022
How Do You Deal With A Confidence Wobble?
Believe it or not, confidence is something we all have. Why is it though, that some people seem to have loads of it, while others...
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Mar 3, 2022
Stress!
Hello, hello and welcome to my first blog of 2022. Puppies & Kittens - How do you feel when you read those words? I don’t know about...
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Oct 12, 2021
Learning New Stuff
This month it's all about learning new stuff, fixed mindsets and making up words
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Sep 1, 2021
We Each Have Our Own Song to Sing
So lockdown happened again. We’d been here before, so I knew what to do, and pretty much did what I did, last time around. In between...
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Aug 5, 2021
Our Subconscious Mind
So when I sit down to write my blog, I’d usually be sitting at my home desk, fighting the cat of the keyboard and watching the pīwakawaka...
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Jul 5, 2021
My Tribe
We humans are social creatures. We operate at our best when we feel we belong. Back in our cave dwelling days we lived in tribes. It...
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Jun 3, 2021
The F Word..... Fear
A few years ago my husband and I went ziplining. It looked like so much fun, flying through the air with the greatest of ease. We got...
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May 3, 2021
Jumping into Your Arena
I will be forever grateful to my younger sister for recommending I read Brené Brown. My copy of Daring Greatly is dog-eared and bent out...
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Mar 15, 2021
About Me
Hello there! Let me introduce myself, my name is Carmen van Straalen and I live in Te Awamutu, a town in the Mighty Waikato region of...
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Mar 15, 2021
Coaching Process
What is coaching all about? So to be perfectly honest with you before training to be a coach, I thought having a coach was probably like...
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Mar 15, 2021
Reiki
When I tell people that I am a Reiki Master, one of the first things I get asked is “what is Reiki?” and too be honest, it’s a really...
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