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17 hours ago
5 min

Knowing when to let go of a relationship that no longer serves you

In life, sometimes, one of the toughest decisions to make is knowing when to let go of a relationship that no longer serves you. Getting trapped in relationships that have passed their used by dates are not fun places to be, and the longer you over-stay, the worse things tend to get. Are you feeling trapped in a relationship that no longer serves you? How long have you been making excuses, cutting slack and treading water? These relationships can be with family members, fri

Understanding the power of your relationship with money

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

The powerful practice of surrender during the grieving process

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

Nurturing optimism in a fast changing world

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

The power of redesigning your relationship with your past through mindfulness

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

Mindfulness - How I uncovered the deadly relationship trap of lost independence

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

Mindfulness - How I escaped the control trap and expanded

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

How mindfulness can help you navigate the end of a relationship

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

The complexity of the father-daughter relationship

Jeanette Peterson

Mar 11
3 min

The complexity of the father-daughter relationship

Some of us have experienced a beautiful and loving relationship with our father. However, for others, their relationship with their fathers have been marred with difficulty, ultimately causing the relationship to break down completely. If you are a daughter, what is your relationship with your father? If you are a father, what is your relationship with your daughter? As a daughter myself and a mindfulness coach, I have learned of the difficulties one can face, within the co

The importance of presence when a cry for help arrives

Jeanette Peterson

Mar 10
4 min

The importance of presence when a cry for help arrives

The cries for help can be as subtle as a gentle whisper in the dead of night. They might be from within you or a desperate call from another. No matter where they come from, these cries for help are seeking your presence and your love. The life-saving act of presence Have you made or missed these cries for help? Did you heed the cry from another with your presence? or did you brush them off? We've all done this at some point in our lives. Sometimes the effects are subtle

The gift of expressing your truth in written words delivered nowhere

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

The simplicity of the healing powers of nature right before you

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
1 min

Redesigning Relationships Mindfully - a brand new pilot program

Do you wish you had better relationships in every part of your life? Has your marriage hit a bump in the road and are you struggling to see a way forward? Are you single and sick of hitting dead-ends in the dating world? Is your work-life no longer fulfilling you but you don't know how to change it? Have your relationships with your children been fractured and you'd like to rebuild them? If you answer yes to any of these questions then the 'Redesigning Relationships Mindfully

Redesigning relationships series part 7 - understanding the healing potential of everyday people

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

Redesigning relationships series - part 6 - the power to re-invent future generations of children

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

Redesigning relationships series part 5 - the transformational power of understanding your enemies

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

Redesigning relationships series - part 4 - the art of creating fulfilling friendships

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

Redesigning the relationship you have with yourself - part 2 - your mind

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

Redesigning Relationships series - part 3 - Intimate partners

Jeanette Peterson

Feb 9
4 min

Redesigning Relationships series - part 3 - Intimate partners

We all long for that one special person to be in our life. Whether they are a man or woman and we choose to marry or not. As humans, we are just not designed to live solitary lives. There is no other relationship that feels more integral to living a loving life than that which comes from the relationship built on pragma. The ancient Greek word, describing the concept of committed love. Pragma is an enduring love that builds up slowly over time. Therefore, it takes time t

Redesigning Relationships in your life series - part 2 - work colleagues

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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