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Jeanette Peterson
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
How I learned the transformative super power of allowing myself to cry
Crying is a superpower! There it is. Now I've let the proverbial cat out of the bag, I guess I have some explaining to do right. As a Mindfulness Coach, I have had the delightful good fortune of sharing this pearl of wisdom with many people. However, I thought it timely that I write about it through my own lived experience, so that you too may grow. I'd like you to consider the concept that your tears may water the very soul of your being. Whether you are male, female, don't
Jeanette Peterson
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Discovering beneficial patterns through refined awareness
Life sometimes can feel like endless cycles of misery, suffering and filled with things that no longer bring us joy. Discovering the patterns through refined awareness has the potential to change your life completely. Are you sick of waking up feeling like groundhog day is on an endless loop? If you would prefer to wake up filled with purpose and a sense of joy, you need to read on. The mindfulness practise of discovering patterns in life through refined awareness, is a whole
Jeanette Peterson
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Understanding how you can be calm in any storm
When a storm rolls into your life, it is easy to get caught up in the flurry of it all. Feeling like the strong pull of the storm happens, with or without your desire to support it. If this is you, know that you are not alone, and it is more common than you might think. Do you feel the pull of the storm in your life? Whether it be when someone cuts you off in traffic, each time you have the same argument with your partner or frustrations set in for a job that no longer excite
Jeanette Peterson
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Understanding the power of your relationship with money
What is your relationship with money? Love it or hate it! The choice is yours to make. However, that doesn't change that it exists in every part of life, particularly in the western world. Some were born living a life of excess, and some a life of struggle, and all seemingly related to the inclusion of money in our lives. Does having or not having money relate to our struggles in life? Is our externalisation of happiness embedded in money, or are we merely attached to kee
Jeanette Peterson
- Apr 2
- 3 min
The powerful practice of surrender during the grieving process
Rarely do we get the opportunity to prepare for grieving the loss of someone special from our life. Even when we know it is coming, the inevitable feeling of loss still hits us hard when the day finally arrives. For many of us, even years later, we are still deeply grieving the loss of a loved one. Loss is felt differently in everyone. However, the holding of that loss is relatively the same in us all. When we hold loss, deep within our heart for extended periods, our hea
Jeanette Peterson
- Apr 2
- 3 min
Nurturing optimism in a fast changing world
In the fast-changing world that we live in, it can be hard not to get swept away in it all, feeling sad and lonely in our sorrow. Instead of maintaining a natural sense of happiness in our disposition, we so frequently hide our sorrow, behind a whole lot of smoke and mirrors just to survive. Do you feel like you have no choice but to put on your mask, to present to the world, each time you interact with others? Whether they be your family, friends or work colleagues. Amon
Jeanette Peterson
- Mar 28
- 4 min
The power of redesigning your relationship with your past through mindfulness
Are you living, haunted by your past? For many of us, this is what can so frequently hold us back in life, often without us even realising it. When we are in a position in life that we are not happy with, it becomes commonplace to either, escape to the past or dream of the future. Life isn't perfect, so we are all prone to this at times. The trick in mindfulness is, to first become aware of our habit to do this because the most joy in life only exists in the present moment
Jeanette Peterson
- Mar 21
- 4 min
Mindfulness - How I uncovered the deadly relationship trap of lost independence
Dependence! Now there is a word that can easily stir up a whole lot of trouble. Just like many other words in the English language, the word dependence certainly has not gone unscathed. If you have become a regular blog reader of mine, you will be beginning to realise just how significant the depth and breadth of which social and cultural conditioning has indeed become entangled within our lives. So what is the big deal about dependence in a relationship anyway? For nearly
Jeanette Peterson
- Mar 18
- 4 min
Mindfulness - How I escaped the control trap and expanded
One of the most valuable lesson to learn in life, is to understand what you have, and do not have control over. The conversation of control is a difficult one to have. Just using the word control in a conversation can trigger deep-rooted imprints in your life. We are taught to desire control through social & cultural conditioning in many ways throughout life. Control is both applied by force, through trickery and frequently surrendered, sometimes without even realising. So ho
Jeanette Peterson
- Mar 16
- 3 min
How mindfulness can help you navigate the end of a relationship
Our lives are full of endings and beginnings that we apply labels to, some we believe are good and some bad. However, these are just labels of social & cultural conditioning. For anything new to begin, something must end. A perfect example of this is for the beautiful sun to set, the day must end. We don't question these kinds of endings, because we assume another day is coming. However, Do we really know? Enduring the end of a relationship is likely one of the most difficult
Jeanette Peterson
- Mar 3
- 3 min
The gift of expressing your truth in written words delivered nowhere
Have you ever thought about writing a letter to yourself? Would it be to the younger version of yourself or the future you? What would you say? Writing letters has now been replaced by email and text in the modern world, where we deliver the written word at high speed. Have we then lost the art of the long written letter, or have we simply made communication much easier? The answer may be different based on your age and experience in life. Whatever it looks like, as technolog
Jeanette Peterson
- Mar 2
- 3 min
The simplicity of the healing powers of nature right before you
Do you yearn for that sense of calm that you see in others, yet it feels as though it has alluded you for what seems like forever? Connecting to this sense of calm can be incredibly beneficial to all areas of your life. When you feel calm, you can relax more, make better decisions, and are less likely to be triggered by negative interactions with others. Who doesn't want this in their life right now? We all have a natural yearning for happiness. The answer to your longing fo
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Redesigning relationships series part 7 - understanding the healing potential of everyday people
Looking beyond the woo-woo and understanding the healing potential of everyday people has the capacity to transform your life completely. Not only do we have untapped potential to heal ourselves, but we also have a significant capacity to heal and be healed by the inputs of everyday people all around us. In the world that we live in, this idea may feel like a big claim. On the contrary, it is something that is greatly understated in our lives. The relationships that you dev
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Redesigning relationships series - part 6 - the power to re-invent future generations of children
The position of parenting can be both powerful and fearful all at once. It does not matter whether you have cared for your own children or someone else’s. The role of the parent is where you can potentially cast a wide net of influence. Your children are born in a state of complete reliance on you from the moment of birth to survive. Most parents will tell you that this is both their proudest and most daunting task in life. It is a role lived out like a roller coaster ride, w
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 18
- 2 min
Redesigning relationships series part 5 - the transformational power of understanding your enemies
The word enemies itself is steeped in social & cultural conditioning and often long-held suffering in our lives. Yet we all know that the greatest enemy is the enemy within because we habitually get in our own way of success. Who are your enemies? Are you focused on them right now? Is your focus on them holding you back in life? What you focus on, you feed right! So by focusing on any relationship in this negative way, we simply attract more of the same. So potentially thi
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 16
- 3 min
Redesigning relationships series - part 4 - the art of creating fulfilling friendships
In life, the special friendships we have developed over time, frequently become our saviours when times get tough. Those special people who swoop in and pick us up when it feels like all hope is lost. These are the special friendships that should be nurtured, with care and compassion. When these friendships are fulfilling, we feel supported and enriched, giving us the backing to be courageous and authentic even when it scares us. You know, those besties that know just how
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 12
- 2 min
Redesigning the relationship you have with yourself - part 2 - your mind
No relationship in life is more important than the one you have with yourself. This internal relationship is that of philautia, as described in Ancient Greece. The beautiful art of self-love. Self-love quite literally underpins every relationship you have had in your past, are having right now and will have in the future. The problem as with almost every word in the English language, this one too has been bastardised. Never the less, it is essential here to not diminish the i
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 10
- 4 min
Redesigning the relationship you have with yourself - part 1 - your body
No relationship in life is more important than the one you have with yourself. This is the relationship of philautia, as described in Ancient Greece. The beautiful art of self-love. Self-love quite literally underpins every relationship you have had in your past, are having right now and will have in the future. The problem as with almost every word in the English language, this one too has been bastardised. Never the less, it is essential here to not diminish the importanc
Jeanette Peterson
- Feb 4
- 3 min
Redesigning Relationships in your life series - part 2 - work colleagues
Most of us spend nearly one-third of our day at work on any given working day, yet 40% of Australians feel lonely at work. This is an alarming statistic don't you think! With this and other startling facts around workplace anxiety, stress and dissatisfaction, I thought it imperative to focus the second part of this series on Redesigning Relationships, specifically for work colleagues. When we spend one-third of our life at work, the relationships we have there, play an integr
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