Bridgewater Holistics Equine Experiences and Counselling in Kiata, Victoria, Australia | Professional service
Bridgewater Holistics Equine Experiences and Counselling
Locality: Kiata, Victoria, Australia
Phone: +61 428 891 370
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24.01.2022 Something for us all to ponder
24.01.2022 This is a fantastic read on disassociation
21.01.2022 I recorded an episode of the #UnlockingUs podcast late yesterday for this morning. Like you, I'm feeling wobbly and weary this is the practice that's really saving me right now. #WildHeartClub Listen at https://bit.ly/32at7HM
19.01.2022 Last up in the series, the inner child explained. Inner child work is some of the most transformative, healing work we can offer ourselves. We are confused children in adult bodies, walking around re-enacting our past wounding out on ourselves #selfhealers @ Los Angeles, California
18.01.2022 How to Use the Polyvagal Ladder (High quality PDF available: traumageek.squarespace.com) Cross-platform shareable version: https://medium.com//how-to-use-the-polyvagal-ladder-c68835 Patron supporters get these graphics and more at www.patreon.com/TraumaGeek
17.01.2022 Depression My mother had a bipolar disorder, I never knew if she would be 'up or down' so it was emotionally quite unsafe at home. She has been hospitalized 10... times in 15 years when I was a child. She spent a total of more than 2 years in psychiatric hospitals. My 'coping' mechanism was to be a very good kid, getting high grades, trying not to bother anyone. From a very young age my escape was going to the horses. I didn't have a horse of my own, but I always had ponies to care for. It was always SAFE with them, what you see is what you get. They gave me comfort, I could laugh and cry when I was with them. My brother had a different coping mechanism, he tried to be the funny guy so people wouldn't 'find out' that he was so afraid, lonely and even ashamed. My brother kept playing a role his whole life, he had several severe depressions but didn’t want people to know. He couldn't cope anymore and ended his life 2 months ago. I had a depression this summer as well. I didn’t sleep anymore, didn’t enjoy life anymore, didn’t feel anymore, didn’t do anything with the horses anymore. There was no perspective, only darkness. I received help because I was open about it. Sometimes I asked for help, sometimes it came totally unexpected. I have been hospitalized, took medication (after giving up my resistance) then went to a great place afterwards where I meditated, walked every day, had healthy food and energy healing. I have now found a place to live in Zutphen and I can see the sunny side of life again. Because of my own depression, part of me understands my brother and I'm at peace with it although there is also sometimes sadness or anger. I knew that he had his depressions but I never knew how he had struggled all his life until I found some diaries after his death while emptying his house last month. I almost gave up on horses this year. One of my horses found a new owner but Seni has been looked after by a friend for the last 5 months. She said she knew I would regret letting go of him at some point and she picked him up from Belgium so I could focus on my own recovery. He came ‘home’ to me this Sunday and I’m so very happy to be reunited with him! After loosing my brother I realized I could not loose him as well. Why do I share this? Because it is so important to be open, to be vulnerable, to ask for help. Because I believe in authenticity. This is who I am. I don’t want to be defined by my depression or by any other label. That’s what my brother was so afraid of. I don’t want pity, I just want to be ME, in good times and bad times. The more we remove our masks, the more we can be REAL and truly connect from our heart . Especially in this time, there is so much loneliness, so much struggle. Don't be ashamed, people WANT to help, if only they know HOW. "Also this storm will pass"
12.01.2022 Nedra Tawwab ------ {You might be the first or the first and only.} Either way, you are doing a brave thing and taking a massive step in creating the life you ...want. You are a trailblazer. Trailblazers: People who create their own path and learn as they go. Doing it without role models, and sometimes without support is the load carried by many trailblazers. Find people who like you, are creating new paths. Sometimes you can find support within your family, through friendships, or an online community. Find community. What are you the first to do? #nedranuggets #cyclebreakers See more
11.01.2022 Part of our spiritual evolution, is becoming aware of the incessant chatter box within the mind that is the ego. Our ego develops as we do, beginning in childho...od, the ego is the mental construct of who we are. It’s the I identity that was created in childhood based on the feedback we got from parent figures, the community + the systems around us. Our ego creates stories that run through our mind about who we are, who others are, + the world around us. As we become conscious to this, we can begin to observe the ego. We can witness the ego stories as just that: stories. Not reality. Not truth. This allows us to make choices beyond the ego. Accessing our highest (conscious) self is a practice. It’s a work of consistent self observation, questioning the stories, allowing them without judgment. Ego work is a life changing practice. For more on it, see my blog how to do ego work (link in bio) #selfhealers
11.01.2022 "Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh. There was a pause. "Do you want to talk about it?" asked Piglet. "No," said Pooh after a bit. "No, I don't think I do." ..."That's okay," said Piglet, and he came and sat beside his friend. "What are you doing?" asked Pooh. "Nothing, really," said Piglet. "Only, I know what Difficult Days are like. I quite often don't feel like talking about it on my Difficult Days either. "But goodness," continued Piglet, "Difficult Days are so much easier when you know you've got someone there for you. And I'll always be here for you, Pooh." And as Pooh sat there, working through in his head his Difficult Day, while the solid, reliable Piglet sat next to him quietly, swinging his little legs...he thought that his best friend had never been more right." A.A. Milne Sending thoughts to everyone having a Difficult Day today. I hope you have your own Piglet to sit beside you
07.01.2022 Almost my entire adult life I didn’t have boundaries. I didn’t know what they were, how to set them, + had such fear around how people would respond. Boundaries... weren’t something I was ever modeled. I didn’t see adults having clear limits. I didn’t see them honoring their time or emotional states. Boundaries are a major part of the healing journey. So many of us don’t have them, or had people consciously or unconsciously violate them. Beginning to practice boundaries is a spiritual process. It allows us to return to what we had as children: a clear connection between us + someone else. As you begin this process it will feel scary. It will feel overwhelming guilt. Especially if you’ve been raised in codependency which causes a false belief that you’re responsible for the emotional states of others. Emotionally well people understand, honor, + respect the boundaries of others. The more we practice boundary setting, the more we can show up from a space of authenticity rather that obligation obligation that always leads to resentment. Have you started practicing boundaries? How does it feel? #selfhealers
03.01.2022 I couldnt agree more
01.01.2022 Many years ago as I started my healing journey I wrote on a piece of paper you are your own best mother. It was on my refrigerator. A reminder that it was now... an opportunity (+ responsibility) to practice meeting my own needs, honoring my limits, + unlearn the core beliefs about myself that I had inherited. Reparenting is a spiritual journey. It’s a commitment to the highest acts of self love. Most of us have been conditioned in homes were self betrayal, lack of boundaries, + chronic codependency was our normal. As we heal, we can begin to unlearn these normal behaviors (it’s important to understand that just because something is normal, or socially accepted doesn’t mean it’s serving us.) It also doesn’t mean that we need continue to betray ourselves because we witness most people in our lives doing the same. We CAN heal. We can reparent ourselves + unlearn the patterns that create our suffering. We can become conscious to our learned coping mechanisms + speak to ourselves as the wise inner parent many of us didn’t have. Who else is on this journey with me? #selfhealers
01.01.2022 This is grub number 1
