How did you learn to Remember?

Posted On Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Image via Wikipedia If one learned to remember – then when should we do it?  There is one thing about parenting I just realized. My youngest daughter said to me “Mum how I am supposed to remember things that I forget”. I had to think about that because I put myself into the mind of asking that exact question and I came up with – often I don’t remember something; it’s not that I forget, but then who reminds us to remember? How do we remember as adults? We have things in place to remind us, but how often do we rely on part of our brain to recall things that are important and recall those things timely? We have to remember everyday to look at the calendar or the diary; but for children? I pondered that thought and thought – wow; I have not forgotten things – I just haven’t remembered them. There are the easy things like – wake up, get up, get dressed, make your bed, put your pj’s away, choose breakfast – eat breakfast, pick up your lunch, clean your teeth, wash your face, pack the bag – what goes in the bag; homework, library books, Continue Reading

Underpinning Parallel Leaders?

Posted On Monday, November 30th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia I wonder why sometimes it is that I perceive things the way I do.  The way I do seems to be the way in which these things have their association to other things – correlation is a remarkable consciousness. My children go to school and they happily engage.  Okay, so there are the random days where they would rather stay at home with Mummy; well! okay the younger one – because the older beautiful girl prefers school over home during the week. Being involved with a systemic approach to change really makes me wonder sometimes.  Do I remain in broader systemic issues; or do I localize and transfer energies into areas that require individual change to grow into systemic change that can then underpin strategy?. Wonder what I am talking about? I work in mental health; this is the fundamental aspect in life that I am courageously challenged to act within.  I mean how often is it that one gets to organically render the future by participating in life “moment by moment” not by – “what someone said”; or, by “oh what shall we do now” the individual crux of the smelly undy.  Individual drama seem to Continue Reading

How Complementary Health works to Assist Mental Health

Posted On Friday, November 13th, 2009

I suffered with my mental health. I was labelled with many diagnoses – only from the psychiatrist. I went beyond the label, beyond the medication because I accepted I was mentally unwell – due to the conditions my self talk led me to believe – I wasn’t sick; I just did sick things – I was unwell; and because I was not about to become someone else’s opinion, I now Chair an Advisory Group where we aim to reduce the personal belief that enhances a sticky stigma to the self. We raise this awareness through building rapport in the community and developing partnerships upon trust through transparency. Infected thinking is a condition that is pre-conditioned. Here is an example of conditioning set to subtly pre-condition part of the mind …. 2012 the movie is my present example of how to keep people in fear; or suspense; same thing and keep the momentum of going, going whilst getting bottoms on seats – paid seats. Plan it scary – it’s a pun on the actual planet theory. So okay a little off the beaten track – but not that far!

A Rude Culture Shock? the all butt naked truth?

Posted On Thursday, October 29th, 2009

As I was emailing an expression of interest & out of interest I happened to see a @612brisbane tweet flash by my page asking questions to listeners about “what age do we leave our children alone at home” – my response was automatically coupled by the page I turned in local paper moments before – so I scanned it and these are the thoughts that I have as type. Does it matter what age we leave our children alone? look what is happening by bringing information into the home! do we care enough about how information is expressed? in which format? in which area? this scares me this image;  I am only too happy that these children are not mine on this page! my daughter was horrified when I asked her opinion of the news upon the page. If these children were mine? what would I do? The minding of the frame is just terribly wrong here – it sends incongruent messages and we wonder why children grow up messed up?

Leo is a new type of Lion

Posted On Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

After having experienced a sexual harassment issue in my workplace I am providing myself with reinforcement in terms of “solutions providing resolution for everything.  I don’t believe;  I  plainly accept that “time is a healer and patience is my companion” through the somewhat – at some times exculpatory course in life. I have noticed that by having this experience my reality is exercising both sides of my brain working with; Ø Processing my emotions into a subset of “words” Ø My critical understanding of how this process is supporting learning through this observation. This process is affecting my ability to tap into my self-esteem camp because I am evolving & setting myself right to work in an environment I choose. I am the teacher, I am the student and I listen to the master.  I am the learner, I am the experience – I am the observer. As I am to me please listen to me – read me; watch me paint my picture and keep the frame supported for me. Learner Experiencing Observations

Outrageous – Chronical Northside Abuse

Posted On Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

This is What I Think …. First it says it took 90 minutes to get the police to arrive.  Poor role model for the teenager applying the right kind of decision into action . Then it goes on to say the man was naked? hello? shouldn’t alarm bells ring there? behaviour plus conditions? the two just don’t add up to healthy thinking.  The person’s behaviour is clearly indifferent.  To be naked is an offence in itself; we don’t have naked parks.  To abuse an animal in a public space? to try to drown an animal in a public space? Isn’t that clear enough that  if this person is brave enough to show his mental “unwellness” – (let’s face it he could have done this in his backyard right? – & actually done a much worse thing in public) – so I think someone should be smart enough to recognize it’s a cry for help? 30 children saw this? My daughter (who is 13) said she would be in shock from viewing this; no-one has even considered this aspect; have they? This is mental torture – how would you conceive the picture? How long would it take the mind to understand Continue Reading

Protection Seekers – Arn’t we All?

Posted On Monday, October 19th, 2009

Does it really matter why they are coming to Australia when we understand what they are coming for? Protection … some think they are coming here to get a job … a job to them is a beginning to provide protection … isn’t protection what everyone requires; but may not be aware of? No protection then no freedom; they haven’t even got freedom of voice because of the language bridge. The public should start investing in government homes with secure rental schemes.  Local communities need more resources into mental health before the physical state of the country & it’s people are equally depressed; these people will not be able to pay for psychologists, they won’t even know how to help themselves through a mechanism that exists to support emotional damage – these people are already traumatized; this will take a while to work out when people here begin to understand what they are saying because of the language diversity. Educate the public through the media & the children by introducing more diversity within their education environment and expose them to different cultures earlier so integration can provide sustainability for the future.  Because there will be more waiting offshore. Aylum seekers, Continue Reading