Category: Moderate
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Shadow work (try it)
A little while ago, I wrote about a lingering pain I labelled “my migraine’s scar howl“. One of my lovely readers, the fabulous blogger Sue Dreamwalker, replied to the post with encouragement and kindness – and a reference to shadow work. I’ve never heard the phrase before, but it piqued…
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15 minute “workout” (for pain days)
One of the messages that my internet seems to be filled with these days, is various forms of “use AI to do your work for you”. I’ve written before (here) about how I’m a bit hesitant to imagine a world where AI writes all my blogposts for me. Whilst I…
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Forest bathing and treasure hunting
There is a lot of talk about “forest bathing” online at the moment. It refers to the notion that you ‘immerse’ yourself in nature, you ‘soak it up’ and benefit from nature’s relaxing, healing powers. It’s a wonderful idea – I love it and fully endorse it. But I also…
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Reflexology for migraines
I have always been fascinated by those posters in shop windows that show your organs transplanted from your torso to your feet. The idea that you can sooth your liver by rubbing a particular spot on your foot seems both ridiculous and strangely logical… as well as very appealing to…
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Marketing mantras for healing
I’ve spent my professional life in fields such as architecture, project management, and construction. When I had to rev-up a team in the past, it’s usually with a reminder that there’s a deadline to achieve, and usually there’s financial penalties for missing that deadline. As such, the ‘motivator’ that keeps…
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Radical acceptance and pain
Many moons ago I wrote about the meditation teacher Tara Brach and her Compassion for Overwhelm in which she mentioned “radical compassion”. The ‘radical’ phrase reminded me of the notion of “radical acceptance”. It’s been floating around in my head for a while now, and I thought I should write…
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Foot Yoga for migraines
I was listening to an interview about migraines a while ago and the two women discussing their pain management spoke about the importance of good footwear. Their adamant conviction caught me off guard. “Good shoes = less head pain” … surely not? But as they kept talking, I realized their…
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Do Sh!t Differently (DSD)
My first real job was working as an architectural graduate in a large private firm. And by ‘large’, I mean VERY large by Australian standards: 100 people all working in one place, most of them graduates of the exact same degree I had… dozens of architects all trying to climb…
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Sandcastles for pain relief
A while ago, I was down the coast and took the dogs for a walk on an isolated beach. This beach has signs up that tell you “no dogs off leash”, but, due to the beach’s remote location, it happened to be completely free of other people or dogs. I’m…
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