What is Lockdown Fatigue?

What is Lockdown Fatigue?

What is lockdown fatigue and aside from self-care what do we need to be doing that helps with the root cause of this newly coined 2020 phenomenon? I felt called to write about the topic of lockdown fatigue as this week alone I’ve had five messages from dear friends...
Tiny actions in the face of fear

Tiny actions in the face of fear

Set big goals, they said. Take massive action, they chanted. Go big or go home, they shouted. The sky is the limit, they mused. Meanwhile, for someone dealing with anxiety or overwhelm these words are at best meaningless and at worst just mean. Think about it, when...
Braving our new world

Braving our new world

Braving our new world as we move out of lockdown and into Level 2 means businesses are reopening, more travel and activity outside of the home is allowed, education facilities reopen and we are permitted to gather in limited group numbers. This is great right?? Errr...
What the Stoics can teach us

What the Stoics can teach us

Sifting through the news sites on the weekend there was one that finally caught my eye. An article by Donald Robertson about how Stoicism can help us in times of a Pandemic. A couple of decades ago, studying for my arts degree in Melbourne, I took some classes in...
Finding Calm in Viral Chaos

Finding Calm in Viral Chaos

2020 began for me with watching my birth country Australia ravaged by bushfire. Then within months we were all facing the reality of a global pandemic, something I honestly never thought I’d see in my lifetime. We are in a place right now we’ve never been...