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We do the right thing by others. We must practise doing the right thing by ourselves too.

✨ FREE PSYCH-K® SESSIONS IN JUNE ✨
I'm excited to share that I've recently become a PSYCH-K® Facilitator!
As I continue building my experience and confidence, I'd love to offer some complimentary practice sessions throughout June before I begin charging for appointments.
🌱 One free 30-minute session 🌱 Focus on one thing you'd like to change or improve in your life 🌱 Limited spaces available during June
Whether it's a belief, habit, mindset, goal, or area where you feel stuck, PSYCH-K® may help create positive shifts.
If you'd like to experience a session, send me a DM and we'll arrange a time.
I'd be grateful for the opportunity to support you on your journey.

Here’s a simple Hakalau technique that can quickly calm anxiety or overwhelm. It works because expanding peripheral vision tells the nervous system that you are safe and not under threat.
Hakalau Calm Technique (2–3 minutes)
1. Lift your gaze slightly
Look at a point a little above eye level. Keep your head still and your gaze soft.
2. Expand your side vision
Without moving your eyes, begin noticing what’s at the far left and right edges of your vision.
3. Keep widening awareness
See if you can sense:
both sides of the room
space above and below you
shapes and light around you
Your vision becomes wide instead of narrow.
4. Add slow breathing
Take slow breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Let the exhale be slightly longer than the inhale.
5. Stay for a minute or two
Many people feel:
their heart rate slow down
mental chatter soften
a sense of grounded presence
Why this works
When we feel anxious, the brain shifts into tunnel vision (a survival response). Expanding peripheral vision activates the parasympathetic nervous system, helping the body return to a relaxed, regulated state.
A beautiful extra step
While in Hakalau, gently place attention on the area of the heart for a few breaths. Many people feel a sense of warmth or openness.
This combination of open awareness + breathing + heart focus can feel surprisingly powerful.

Day Retreat
10am to 6pm on Sunday 15th Feb
Wainui hall
Limited spaces

I'm setting up a Day Retreat at the Wainui Hall. Breathwork. Meditation. Chanting for your chakras. Mantra/Kirtan. Crystal Bowl sound healing. Humming. Drumming. Smudging. Tapping. ART. And much much more.

You will love the Lavender Elixir...

Healthy snacks throughout the day.
BYO light lunch.

Exchange: $80
Bring a friend and save $10 for each of you

Day Retreat
10am to 6pm on Sunday 15th Feb
Wainui hall
Limited spaces

I'm setting up a Day Retreat at the Wainui Hall. Breathwork. Meditation. Chanting for your chakras. Mantra/Kirtan. Crystal Bowl sound healing. Humming. Drumming. Smudging. Humming. Tapping. ART. And much much more.

You will love the Lavender Elixir...

Healthy snacks throughout the day.
BYO light lunch.

Exchange: $80
Bring a friend and save $10 for each of you

Gratitude isn’t about pretending everything’s good; it’s about remembering that something is. It’s about noticing the things that are easy to miss and take for granted. It’s about seeing differently.

People often ask me what I love most about my work and my answer usually surprises them. In an online world my favorite moments are offline - getting to know a podcast guest after a great interview, bumping into all of you on the street or at an event, intimate moments shared with friends with open hearts.

Many years ago now, Radhi and I were in Ibiza for a friend’s wedding. We stayed at another friend’s home - a magical hilltop place in old town overlooking the sea.

Every evening, we’d sit on the beach together. No agenda, no cameras, no rush. Just a few people, the sound of waves, and the kind of conversations that only happen when everyone is finally relaxed.

He’d tell us stories—about his travels, the people he met along the way, and the moments that shaped him. What struck me wasn’t just the stories themselves but how he told them.

No blame.
No drama.
No judgement.
Just the experience. Just the truth. Just what was.

Listening to him, I realized something simple but powerful:

Every one of us carries two stories about our lives.
One version where everything went wrong and people hurt us.
And another version—told without judgment—where everything simply happened.

He always chose the second one.

And I think that’s why he feels so peaceful.
Not because his life was perfect—far from it.
But because he chose the story that didn’t keep him stuck in the hurt

I’m not saying to ignore your pain or suppress difficult times. I’m just encouraging all of us to notice the beauty even in the pain and the joy in the difficulty.

That night on the beach taught me this:

Peace isn’t found in having a perfect life.
Peace is found in choosing the gentler story.
The one that frees you.