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25.01.2022 Compassion in its full meaning has the sense of kindness, care, concern and recognition of interconnectedness. Compassion at its true core doesn’t separate self from others. It embraces all beings who suffer. The heart of compassion is endless. And compassion is a beautiful, positive feeling. When we feel compassion the pleasure and reward centres of our brain light up. When we’re in a difficult situation, when we’re caring for others who need us and they’re going through a ...lot of pain, we need to give both the other person and ourselves a lot of compassion - and that will transform the experience from a painful one to one that is open hearted, connected. When we give ourselves compassion as well as others it provides a tremendous amount of emotional resilience to be there for others when they need us, so we don’t get overwhelmed with their pain #compassion #kindness #familyrecovery #recovery #addiction #addictiontreatment #love #resilience #healing #mindfulness #tonglen

25.01.2022 Keep coming back - to your heart centre. You don’t have to feel good enough to be good enough. Deep down you are already good enough.... Nothing can change that. Here’s a 1 minute meditation on self-love and self-acceptance. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, place your hand on your heart, and repeat silently to yourself. ‘I am not broken. There is nothing to fix. May I be loved by myself and others ... just the way I am.’ Live with compassion. #addicted #addictiontherapy #recovery #compassion #meditation #kintsugi

24.01.2022 The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Image source unknown #love #recovery #buddhism #gratitude #addictiontreatment #griefandloss #goldenmendtherapy #acceptance #mentalwellness

23.01.2022 Half moon meditation. Half-smile when irritated. When you’re irritated, half-smile at once.... Inhale and exhale quietly, maintaining the half-smile for three breaths. Live with compassion #recovery #addictiontherapy #grief #family #anxiety #depression #love #buddhism

19.01.2022 Listening is half of all communication. Listening to the silence, listening beyond the words. It is often the forgotten part of conversations. Knowing that listening is an art and that we have a choice to give it as a gift, we can now engage in the three daily practices that prepare us to listen: Cultivating silence - spend at least a minute a day in silence. Slowing down to reflect - take a deep breath before you respond, listen to your soul. Becoming present - be with the p...erson you are with. ‘Being listened to is as close to being loved that most people can’t tell the difference.’ David Augsburg Image source unknown #goldenmendtherapy #meditation #healing #yoga #love #peace #addiction #recovery #mindfullness #spirituality #deeplistening #namaste #selflove #mentalhealthquotes

18.01.2022 29 years ago I walked through the doors of a little building in Adelaide and was greeted with a kindness and love that I felt I didn’t deserve. As I sat in the front row and listened to the speakers I knew that I had found my home, and that I belonged. And my life changed forever. Today and every day I am so grateful to all those who held out their hands to me to show me the way. I honour all of you who may be struggling, those of you in long-term or short-term recovery. And... I honour all those amazing people who support you and who you support. Today my outer world reflects my inner world. Thanks @yungpueblo your words say it all. #addictiontreatment #addiction #recovery #mentalhealth #love #gratitude #goldenmendtherapy #familyrecovery #freedom #surrender #lettinggo

18.01.2022 Hatred paralyses life; love releases it; hatred confuses life; love harmonises it. Hatred darkens life. ... Love illuminates it. - Martin Luther King Jr. #peace #grief #love See more

17.01.2022 Giving and receiving - in equal measure. This is a gentle meditation for a world that is falling apart. It’s a Tibetan practise of giving and receiving.... It’s about how to connect with suffering - our own and those around us. Our suffering may be emotional, physical or spiritual. It may be boredom, loneliness, anxiety or depression. It may be craving something to be free of the emotional pain. Tonglen practice gives us an opportunity to feel that suffering and then transform it - and let it go. Simple instructions: Settle yourself with some deep breaths. Visualise yourself in front of you. Inhale, and with that inhale, allow yourself to feel the suffering wherever it is. Allow yourself to be consumed by that feeling of helplessness of the suffering and pain. Hold that in with your inhale. Then exhale with compassion towards yourself, others, towards the people you know have similar problems. Now with the exhale, you’re going to let that breath out, transforming that suffering into pure joy and love. With your exhale, you’re not associating it with the suffering you felt in the inhale. You are exhaling the opposite. Compassion, love, peace and kindness towards yourself, towards others, maybe even towards people who may be causing you suffering. Take a few deep breaths. You can do this approximately 5 times at your own pace. Inhaling - letting yourself feel that pain, that sorrow. Exhaling - sending out the opposite. Compassion and joy. Live with compassion. Adapted from meditation by Pema Chodren #recovery #mentalhealth #meditation #addictionrecovery #love

16.01.2022 Hello everyone, Just to let you know I took a sabbatical from Facebook for a couple of months while I was writing a new workshop! Great to be back. Love Margie

14.01.2022 Addictive cravings are shame-based. Shame, the profound sense that ‘I am broken’ or that ‘I am worthless’ is a devastating force. It consumes joy, peace and contentment and renders a person worse than sick - it renders them unable to believe that things could be any other way. Shame destroys hope. The process of recovering from shame is profoundly courageous. For some people, simply telling themselves that the shame is based on a lie is enough. But for most people who suffer... from the shame-craving-shame cycle, self-talk, although helpful will not be enough. Shame destroys joy; shame destroys peace; shame destroys connectedness and fosters isolation and loneliness. There is one force that destroys shame. It’s love. Love restores hope and creates the sense of peace and contentment that allows for long-term, happy recovery. What exactly does that look like? Altruism. Kindness to others. A genuine desire to be of service is core to recovery, central to eliminating cravings and critical to neutralizing shame. This is connectedness. #addiction #addictiontreatment #recovery #love #shame #connection #happiness #goldenmendtherapy #altruism

14.01.2022 ‘Hatred can’t exist with love and kindness. Hatred dissipates when replaced with thoughts of love and compassion.’ The Dhammapada Loving kindness or Metta meditation is a beautiful form of generous and selfless love towards ourselves and others. This form of meditation is one of the most soothing ways of putting together and practising the four qualities of love.... Happiness: the desire to offer happiness. Compassion: the desire to remove suffering from the other person: Joy: the desire to bring joy to people around you. Equanimity: the desire to accept everything and not to discriminate. You can make the words your own. e.g. May I/you be safe. May I/you achieve what you want and deserve in life. May I/you be healthy and happy. Loving Kindness meditation is free from any expectations or dependencies. It usually starts with the self. Buddha said ‘unless we treat ourselves with love and compassion, we can’t reflect the same on others. Once we start experiencing self-love and self-compassion, we can show the same to others.’ As you wish such beautiful things to the other person, you can try to imagine yourself telling this in person and their reaction. It can be directed to anyone - family, friends, co-workers etc. It’s simply extending genuine acceptance and goodwill. It’s easy and it really creates a healthy mind. It’s my favourite practise! Live with compassion. Golden Mend.com.au #addiction #addictionrecovery #recovery #sharonsalzburg #familyrecovery #ptsd #mentalhealth #anxiety #depressionawareness #trauma

13.01.2022 AUTHENTICITY ‘To thine own self be true’. Authenticity is connection to self and is the highest state of being. It’s our true self. ... To practice authenticity requires courage. Courage to be imperfect and vulnerable. Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. It’s a conscious choice of how we want to live. The choice of being honest and letting our true selves be seen. It’s knowing who we are and being brave enough to live it. We can’t fake authenticity! Practicing authenticity means: We don’t need external approval to feel good about ourselves or our actions. Having the courage to be ourselves and saying ‘no’ to the things that aren’t serving us. Saying and doing the things we actually believe. Live with compassion Goldenmend.com.au #recovery #mentalhealthawareness #griefsupport #love #addiction #addictionrecovery #addictiontreatment #anxietysupport

10.01.2022 What you put out is what you get back. What you do to another, you do to yourself and to the planet. We’re all interconnected. People’s behaviour is how they feel about themselves. It’s not about you. It never was. How people treat those around them is a manifestation of what’s going on within.... People who speak highly of themselves, speak highly of others. When we label others, it’s because we label ourselves. It’s a projection of our frustrations. What we criticise in others reminds us what we don’t like in ourselves. Why do people criticise? They criticise themselves. Why do people blame? They blame themselves. Why do people hate? They hate themselves. Why do people fear rejection? They reject themselves. Why do people shame? They shame themselves. Why do people betray you? They betray themselves. Their actions are a reflection of their inner world. The inner world always reflects outwards. ‘Today I will choose my inner life - and every day my outer world will reflect that choice. It takes endurance to prioritise my inner life, my sacred health and my highest truth.’ Elena Brower live with compassion Goldenmend.com.au #traumatherapist #mentalhealth #depressionhelp #sherrecovers #addiction #soberlife #rehab #recovery

10.01.2022 Letting go in a lying down position... Lie on your back on a flat surface. Keep your two arms loosely by your sides and your two legs slightly apart, stretched out before you. Maintain a half smile. Breathe in and out gently, keeping your attention focused on your breath. Relax each muscle as though it were sinking down through the floor or as though it were as soft and yielding as a piece of silk hanging in the breeze to dry.... Let go entirely, keeping your attention only on your breath and half smile. Think of yourself as a cat, completely relaxed before a warm fire, whose muscles yield without resistance to anyone’s touch. Continue for 15 breaths. Delicious Thank you to the artist whose name I can’t read #addiction #goldenmendtherapy #mindfullness #meditation #calm #lettinggo #recovery #griefjourney #mentalhealth #love #happiness #gratitude #breathworkhealing #healing

09.01.2022 When we yell, we want to be heard. When we demand attention, we want to be seen. When we ask for affection, we want to be loved. When we want reassurance, we want validation.... The desire for validation is one of the strongest motivating forces known to humans. We all want to hear ‘well done’. Approval feeds our strongest desire. The strongest of all emotional needs is directly linked to our feelings of approval or disapproval. Love feeds the same core emotional need as approval. Love is the ultimate expression of approval. Love of self. Not self-love. Self-love is the source of arrogance. It makes me unable to see any point of view but my own. It’s the mark of a mind that is closed to real feeling for others. Love of self is when we appreciate our own dignity and value as human beings. When we’re at peace with ourselves and can hold compassion for others. True humility comes from love of self, which is the realisation of ourselves as we truly are. Our true selves. live with compassion Goldenmend.com.au #recovery #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #addiction #addictionsupport #traumahealing #grief #resilience #validation #rehab

08.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who has travelled this path with me....especially my super-incredible family. I love you. Never give up. Never give in. Always keep the faith. John Lewis #recovery #love #family #addiction #addictionrecovery

08.01.2022 ‘Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier’. Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa talked about how grateful she was to the people she was helping, the sick and dying in the slums of Calcutta, because they enabled her to grow and deepen her spirituality. That’s a different way of thinking about gratitude - gratitude for what we can give as opposed to what we receive. ... Image source unknown. #love #peace #gratitude #buddhism #happiness #goldenmendtherapy #giving #givingback #recovery #meditation #happy #breathwork #thankyou #gratitudeproject

05.01.2022 My hero. May her legacy live on live with compassion #freedom #rbg #love #recovery

05.01.2022 Why do we self-sabotage and what are the benefits? Self-sabotaging behaviours can affect nearly every aspect of our lives. It holds us back from our goals and leads us to feeling stuck and unworthy. We fear success and we fear failure.... Self-sabotage ruled my life. Being asked to speak at an event - and freezing. Sitting in a job interview where I knew the answers - and going blank. Feeling ashamed and unworthy. Where does it come from? From age 0 to 7 we are in the theta state similar to hypnosis. The thoughts, beliefs and behaviours of our caregivers create our programming. Children learn what they’ve been modelled, not what they’ve been taught. If something distressing happens in our life (e.g. bullying), we might have the unconscious belief ‘I’m not safe’, ‘it’s not safe to be seen and heard’, ‘I’m not good enough’ and these ideas go into our unconscious and form the foundation for our life. This is where self-sabotage comes from. Your unconscious is keeping you safe. Research reveals that, for many children, about 70% of what they download in those first 7 years is limiting, self-sabotaging and disempowering. We need to learn to re-wire the pathways of our brain to our own truth. The sub-conscious mind drives your behaviour. The conscious mind is not in control. We only use it 5% of the time. The wonderful news is you can change your sub-conscience programming. The first step is awareness. The second step is a strong desire to change. When we change the underlying core beliefs to ‘I deserve to be seen and heard’, ‘I am more than enough’, ‘I deserve to be successful’ or ‘It’s over and I’m safe now’ our life changes. We are where we are today because these unconscious core beliefs run our life. We need to give up the old in order to welcome in the new Feel free to email me if you need help or more information. [email protected] Live with compassion Goldenmend.com.au #selfsabotage #traumatherapy #addiction #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #familyrecovery #brucelipton #anxiety.

01.01.2022 Practise plenitude - where we want for nothing. When we watch the beauty of a sunset over the water on a hot summer day we marvel and are uplifted. We’re taken to a realm far richer and more eloquent than anything we know. Under the spell of beauty, we experience a rare condition called plenitude - where we want for nothing.... It’s a bit like the feeling of love. We fall in love with sunsets and works of art and glorious music - because they promise to realign us with our better selves. With the people we’ve always known we were, but neglected to become. The people we crave to be before our time runs out. Suddenly we are pulled out of our small ordinary lives and taken to a realm far richer than anything we know. For just a few seconds, time stops and we are one with the world. It is the best life has to offer. Live with compassion #recovery #griefrecovery #grief #addiction #familyrecovery #anxiety #selfcare #love