Glenmore Park Counselling in Glenmore Park, New South Wales | Counsellor

Glenmore Park Counselling

Locality: Glenmore Park, New South Wales

Phone: +61 435 227 922

Address: 2 Sir John Jamison Circuit 2745 Glenmore Park, NSW, Australia

Website: http://glenmoreparkcounselling.com.au

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23.01.2022 Wearing failure on your sleeve. Should we give participation awards to kids who come in last at a sporting event? Good question. In every human culture (that I can think of), indeed in the animal kingdom too, it's success that's favoured. And why shouldn't it be? Landing a job is better than getting rejected isn't it? Selling your potatoes is more profitable than not selling them. I sure was glad when the woman of my dreams said yes to me! Failure doesn't sound too glorious ...Continue reading

15.01.2022 Eat cheese this Easter There's a reason we socially conform. I know intuitively that much of what I do, I do to fit in. Or at least because I've never thought about behaving differently. Social conformity is what kept early humans tight as a group. If you weren't living - operating - as a member of your tribe, you might get kicked out. If you got kicked out you'd die. Being left out of the tribe, being an 'outsider' was... basically deadly. And so we developed a fear of it. W...e also got scared of heights and snakes somewhere along the way. Of course this fear is not altogether bad, its good to belong! However, belonging - real belonging - happens at a deeper level than conforming. We can't earn belonging by getting drunk with our friends. We also can't dress up to belong. Its always deeper than these external actions. To define belonging well should involve an acceptance of others as they are, and being accepted as we are in a group. Anything less than this is more like pretending. Not belonging. Being true to our authentic selves is a big conversation. A book even. But perhaps a good start is in the smaller, more tangible things. We may have similar interests to our friends/family, but to change who we are - to act against our own wishes (in a jarring way)... We might end up losing something precious about ourselves. I mentioned getting drunk with friends to fit in. It might surprise you how many people come to realize they don't actually enjoy it . Many years ago I chatted to a guy with a mohawk and tatts about all of this. He decided it was time to drop his guard a little and do more of the things he really loved. Even if it didn't look entirely macho. So he started breeding chooks. He loved chooks. Being ourselves won't threaten our belonging, only our conforming. In fact, you may find that being authentic creates a deeper experience of belonging. Try it! A friend of mine recently told me he's not looking forward to Easter. Because he doesn't like chocolate. Well its simple isn't it... he likes cheese. He's gonna have cheese instead. And I'm joining him.

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04.01.2022 Boredom is the foster-father of all invention About two years ago I learnt an incredibly important lesson in managing stress. I was working harder than ever, but getting less done. Making toast and tea for breakfast took 15 minutes when it should only take 5. I started arriving at work in a hurry - sometimes late, and I'm never late. Normally. My solution? Work a bit harder, wake up earlier, knuckle down etc. Didn't work. In fact, things got worse.... A month or so after this I lost a bunch of podcasts I had on MP3. Radio stresses me out, so I cooked, drove and went to sleep in silence. Gosh that made car trips boring. There was nothing to listen to but the rambling nonsense of my own thoughts. The chaos of life finally had a chance to sit with me in conversation and I had no escape. In one of these car trips I had a thought, in fact, I had about 5. I realized that I hadn't had a silent moment - a bored moment - for the past few weeks. This kind of boredom was actually... restful. In that 30 minute car trip so many things became clear... I figured out why my chickens kept escaping at night, I remembered the whereabouts of my ipod, I realized why the household rosemary plant died etc. Point is, without silence, and a certain amount of boredom, how on earth can we de-clutter our chaos? How can we invent? I say this to all of us who are forever up-skilling and keeping switched on: listening to podcasts, music and audio books in every spare moment. Its not the most effective way to grow. But it certainly does keep our busy minds occupied. Too occupied to ever process all of this info. Too occupied to wander off mentally, and invent something of our own. Too occupied to appreciate the gaps in the chook pen. Afraid of getting bored? Maybe its time to get busy getting bored... every now and then.