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16.01.2022 ***Free Brain Gym sessions to assist with reducing stress and anxiety, improving sleep, and helping adults and children to feel calm, centered and at peace again.*** Brain Gym (Educational Kinesiology) was developed to assist children with their learning, however Brain Gym can also be used to release trauma, fear, reduce anxiety and many other emotions we have all felt after the recent bush fire disaster. I am a fully qualified and insured Brain Gym Consultant/Instructor and... I am offering FREE sessions to anyone who is needing assistance at this time. Brain Gym has successfully been used to treat people in International disasters such as the Indonesian Tsunami. Monday 20th (tomorrow) I will be at Go Vita, North Street Batemans Bay 10am-4pm please call 4472 9737 to book Thursday 23rd Jan I will be at Soul Tribe Studio on Beach Road Batemans Bay from 11:30-4pm working alongside Judy Woof who is generously offering FREE Access Consciousness Bars treatments which significantly decrease symptoms of anxiety and PTSD (See her photo in comments for details) As a resident of Malua Bay, I have fully felt the emotional stress from this event. From evacuating to the beach with my 3 children, to the days after of being in survival mode running on adrenaline and stress hormones, the fight/flight response, running on minimal sleep for days, to the exhaustion, the stress, and managing my children's anxiety and affected sleep as well. What has helped me get through this and bounce back faster has been my Brain Gym tools. Now and the coming weeks and months it will be imperative to seek help, whether it be counselling, massages, coffee chats with friends, lots of self care, walks on the beach etc. Just because you may not have been as badly affected as others doesn't mean you are any less deserving of seeking help right now. Your emotions and what you are going through is valid and it is important for you to feel heard, safe, and to process what your experience of this disaster has been. Please reach out for help, in whatever way feels right for you

05.01.2022 A SILENT TRAGEDY There is a silent tragedy that is unfolding today in our homes, and concerns our most precious jewels: our children. Our children are in a deva...stating emotional state! In the last 15 years, researchers have given us increasingly alarming statistics on a sharp and steady increase in childhood mental illness that is now reaching epidemic proportions: Statistics do not lie: 1 in 5 children have mental health problems A 43% increase in ADHD has been noted A 37% increase in adolescent depression has been noted There has been a 200% increase in the suicide rate in children aged 10 to 14 What is happening and what are we doing wrong? Today's children are being over-stimulated and over-gifted with material objects, but they are deprived of the fundamentals of a healthy childhood, such as: Emotionally available parents Clearly defined limits Responsibilities Balanced nutrition and adequate sleep Movement in general but especially outdoors Creative play, social interaction, unstructured game opportunities and boredom spaces Instead, in recent years, children have been filled with: Digitally distracted parents Indulgent and permissive parents who let children "rule the world" and whoever sets the rules A sense of right, of deserving everything without earning it or being responsible for obtaining it Inadequate sleep and unbalanced nutrition A sedentary lifestyle Endless stimulation, technological nannies, instant gratification and absence of boring moments What to do? If we want our children to be happy and healthy individuals, we have to wake up and get back to basics. It is still possible! Many families see immediate improvements after weeks of implementing the following recommendations: Set limits and remember that you are the captain of the ship. Your children will feel more confident knowing that you have control of the helm. Offer children a balanced lifestyle full of what children NEED, not just what they WANT. Don't be afraid to say "no" to your children if what they want is not what they need. Provide nutritious food and limit junk food. Spend at least one hour a day outdoors doing activities such as: cycling, walking, fishing, bird / insect watching Enjoy a daily family dinner without smartphones or distracting technology. Play board games as a family or if children are very small for board games, get carried away by their interests and allow them to rule in the game Involve your children in some homework or household chores according to their age (folding clothes, ordering toys, hanging clothes, unpacking food, setting the table, feeding the dog etc.) Implement a consistent sleep routine to ensure your child gets enough sleep. The schedules will be even more important for school-age children. Teach responsibility and independence. Do not overprotect them against all frustration or mistakes. Misunderstanding will help them build resilience and learn to overcome life's challenges, Do not carry your children's backpack, do not carry their backpacks, do not carry the homework they forgot, do not peel bananas or peel oranges if they can do it on their own (4-5 years). Instead of giving them the fish, teach them to fish. Teach them to wait and delay gratification. Provide opportunities for "boredom", since boredom is the moment when creativity awakens. Do not feel responsible for always keeping children entertained. Do not use technology as a cure for boredom, nor offer it at the first second of inactivity. Avoid using technology during meals, in cars, restaurants, shopping centers. Use these moments as opportunities to socialize by training the brains to know how to work when they are in mode: "boredom" Help them create a "bottle of boredom" with activity ideas for when they are bored. Be emotionally available to connect with children and teach them self-regulation and social skills: Turn off the phones at night when children have to go to bed to avoid digital distraction. Become a regulator or emotional trainer for your children. Teach them to recognize and manage their own frustrations and anger. Teach them to greet, to take turns, to share without running out of anything, to say thank you and please, to acknowledge the error and apologize (do not force them), be a model of all those values you instill. Connect emotionally - smile, hug, kiss, tickle, read, dance, jump, play or crawl with them. I thank you if you share it. Article written by Dr. Luis Rojas Marcos. Photo is from 'Deborah Emotional Therapy'. www.antrimcounselling.co.uk

03.01.2022 Let's talk Brain Switching - important (and free) tools for you and your children right now after the bush fire crisis Our brain is made up of the left and right hemispheres and information passes between each side back and forth through the corpus callosum. When we have been under stress like our recent bushfire crisis the information going back and forward between our left and right hemispheres can become scrambled and these hemispheres may stop talking to each other, maki...ng normal every day things harder to do, such as clear thinking, organisation, focus. Our nervous system is similar to the electrical circuits in our homes. Our system has an energy supply and a circuit breaker that switches off or reduces the available energy we have when overloaded or stressed and we are unable to process information properly or may find emotionally we are unable to manage like we normally would. This video is a great short video that shows you how easy it is to switch your brain back on. You can also do this for your children! This tool is something I use almost every day on myself and my children and certainly after the bushfires. Switching on our brains is the first thing we do in a Brain gym session as well, it's a great tool to learn and so easy to do. Please note- its important to add this here. There is a brain switching called "Deep Survival Switching" that can be triggered after times of severe stress and trauma. It may feel like panic, anxiety, dread, foreboding, inability to cope, like the world is going to fall in on you. If you are feeling this way please don't hesitate to book in for a free session with me to see if I can help or I can refer you to my Kinesiologist who can get you or your family members out of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEYjLkk4eU