Multiple Voices

Course: Improving Communication

Do you want to gain a better understanding of how to communicate effectively with your family, workmates, and friends? Learn about the patterns and roles you can fall into and discover choices in the way you communicate.

I am facilitating a course over 8 weeks, Thursdays from 7-9 pm - , at Raeburn House, North Shore Community Health Network, Milford, 138 Shakespeare Road. Contact Raeburn House for starting dates! The total costs are $45.

For enrollment and/or more information ring Raeburn House, 09-4418989

If you live outside of Auckland and would like to get your hands on this popular course, it's now also available as e-home-study-course. You can get your copy HERE

Do you want to gain a better understanding of how to communicate effectively with your family, workmates, and friends? Learn about the patterns and roles you can fall into and discover choices in the way you communicate.

I am facilitating a course over 8 weeks, Thursdays from 7-9 pm - , at Raeburn House, North Shore Community Health Network, Milford, 138 Shakespeare Road. Contact Raeburn House for starting dates! The total costs are $45.

For enrollment and/or more information ring Raeburn House, 09-4418989

If you live outside of Auckland and would like to get your hands on this popular course, it's now also available as e-home-study-course. You can get your copy HERE

10 Positive Steps To Have Mental Health

Do you want to start the new year with a clear plan of how you maintain and improve your mental health? I hope you'll say yes. How about you print out this poster about 10 positive steps to achieve mental health. You can pin it somewhere handy to remind yourself daily of the steps necessary to help yourself and push on with your recovery.

Christmas Treasure Hunt: We Have A Winner

I have had quite a bit of interesting feedback about the treasure hunt. Some people thought that it was a great idea - they said searching through my blogs had them 'stumble' across posts they hadn't read before. Others found it very difficult to find all the parcels.

But none the less, we have a winner. Secret Shadow, you may know her blog, has sent in the right answer. 

It was GINGERBREAD-HOUSE-ICICLE.

Congratulations Secret Shadow to your great effort. I hope you enjoyed the hunt and also the prize! :)

In the meantime I will think of something new and something fun that you that engages all of you (big ones and little ones).

Making Wise Decisions

Making a good decision is often experienced as being very difficult for abuse survivors. Too much of the traumatic past intrudes into the 'here and now' situation and colours one's judgement. Danger is felt in situations that are now perfectly safe. Yet it appears very hard not to react to those 'danger signals'. Decisions are often made on the basis of THEN and don't take into account that NOW is different. Now you are not a helpless child anymore, now you have a brain that can link cause and effect much clearer, now you have access to support.