Category: WELLBEING

Self-Reflections and the Esoteric Women’s Health Program

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by Bianca Barban, Sacred Woman, Melbourne, Australia

I am a naturally reflective person.

For a while now I have been reflecting on my life and its quality. I am 38yrs, healthy, in a loving supportive marriage and have 2 beautiful children. I even managed to have a girl and a boy – pretty clever! Life is comfortable, in fact very comfortable, but for the thing I have been pondering lately…. is comfort truly fulfilling? Is there a deeper version of me waiting to be lived? Continue reading “Self-Reflections and the Esoteric Women’s Health Program” →

Real Beauty – The True Beauty from Within

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By Georgina, Brisbane, Australia

Last week I attended an Esoteric Women’s presentation in Brisbane. The topic for the day was beauty. It soon became clear from discussions that society’s and women’s initial definition of beauty was literally only skin deep – our beauty appeared to be defined by how we look – by how we appeared on the outside rather than how we appear from within. Continue reading “Real Beauty – The True Beauty from Within” →

Responsibility for My Body and Health – The Lesson I learned From My Mother’s Breast Cancer

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by Penny Scheenhouwer, 44 yrs old, Brisbane, Australia

I was 18 when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 42. Back then I thought of my mother as old. It was not until a few years ago that I realised how young she was for a first diagnosis and that I came to appreciate how valuable the lessons I learnt from my mother’s breast cancer really were.  Continue reading “Responsibility for My Body and Health – The Lesson I learned From My Mother’s Breast Cancer” →

Learning to Express: Letting the Truth Out

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by Bryony, London, UK

At first I felt reckless; had I really just outed myself as a former tenderness denier?

I felt nervous about telling someone close to me about writing on this blog because I was afraid of how they’d react, and of being criticised.

But – what if I chose to stay with me while telling them about something close to my heart, focussed on my reaction and how I am, instead of getting caught up in the tangled mess of their and then our emotional reactions? I decided to test it out. Continue reading “Learning to Express: Letting the Truth Out” →

Re-connecting to My Breasts – Living the Tenderness and Joy That I Am

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by Janina Koch, Cologne, Germany

Yesterday I had an Esoteric Breast Massage (EBM) with one of the beautiful Esoteric Healing practitioners from Norway. I was asked what my intention was for having the treatment and I said “appreciation for myself and also tenderness”.

I know that I am very tender but like to override how I feel i.e. the sensitivity and preciousness that I am.

I recently read many of the blogs in Women in Livingness about ‘Breasts’ which I have loved because, oh yes I have two breasts too! Continue reading “Re-connecting to My Breasts – Living the Tenderness and Joy That I Am” →

Body Talk – I Love the Way my Ovaries, Absent Periods and Fingers all Speak to Me!

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by Priscila, 35yrs, UK

I never paid much attention or given much importance to my little finger (or any of my fingers), not until something affected them would I notice.

Have you ever had a finger cut from a sheet of paper? Yes, a sheet of paper! I didn’t know how sharp a sheet of paper could be until I cut myself with one by accident… or should I say by perhaps being distracted with multi-tasking?! And then you have to use your hands for cooking, writing, dressing yourself, having a shower etc. and realise how it affects your activities and how much you miss your little finger (and it hurts too!). Until that moment I had no idea I had a little finger! And more so, that a finger could actually ‘speak’!!!! How our body talks to us is amazing. Continue reading “Body Talk – I Love the Way my Ovaries, Absent Periods and Fingers all Speak to Me!” →

From Sleeping Rough to Committing to Life

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by Anonymous, UK

As far back as I can remember I have been obsessed with food especially sugar. After school I would see what money was lying around, sneakily steal it from my parents and head off to the corner shop to buy a few pound’s worth of sweets. Once home I would ‘mong out’ in front of the television and eat and drink as much as I could before feeling sick. Looking back I did this to totally numb out – not  that I could say anything in my life was particularly bad, I just knew even then I didn’t want to be in it fully. Continue reading “From Sleeping Rough to Committing to Life” →

Being Pregnant – Putting Caring for Myself First

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by Nicole Serafin, Age 41, Tintenbar, NSW

I had my first child at 35 years old and my second at 40. Actually, it was closer to 36 and 41 as my birthday was only a few days after both children were born.

I was not overly active during my pregnancies, however I was aware of the fact that having a baby would affect and possibly change my body. Changes affect everyone differently, so I was not sure how it would affect me, or even if it would. All I knew was that I had to be open to the possibilities and be flexible with what might be needed during and after that time.  Continue reading “Being Pregnant – Putting Caring for Myself First” →

Corporate Work Demands – Changing the Way I Think and Feel

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by Heather Pope, Sydney, Australia

This morning I was woken at 1:20am with a call from a work colleague who needed some help for one of our customers.

I work for a large multi-national company managing a team of people, and we have customers all over the world. The call only took a few moments but as I lay there afterwards (wishing I could fall back to sleep, but with work issues now running through my head) I began to ponder this work life I am living, and wonder if others in the world are living similarly.

Then I received a text from one of my (several) bosses about another issue which I replied to (at 1:30am). This boss lives in Singapore where it was 11:30pm, and he replied.

And so my work day had begun, and indeed I wondered, did it ever end… Continue reading “Corporate Work Demands – Changing the Way I Think and Feel” →