CQ Counselling and Lifestyle Medicine Services

07/01/2026

Its just common sense. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17MFUwux93/

05/01/2026

If you’ve been wondering why I’ve gone a bit quiet lately, it’s not because I don’t care or can’t be bothered. I’ve been juggling work, trying to keep my own mental health balanced, and quietly pouring a lot of energy into writing a research proposal for a PHD over the past few months. I’ve also been reaching out to potential supervisors and looking at grants and funding pathways.
I haven’t really talked about it, even to people close to me, so I know it might look like I’ve just disappeared. The truth is I’ve just been stretched thin and a bit overwhelmed, not disconnected. Thanks for your patience while I find my feet again.

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to everyone. You're all important to us at CQ Counselling and Lifestyle Medicine Services

14/11/2025

I've done my first ever video on tapping for anxiety. I did it for work colleagues but sharing to help others. I've spent years studying and find this sequence works well. I'll upload a sound tomorrow that also helps. This is my own sequence and have done studies on it to see if it helps. It takes 60 seconds to do and you can do it as much as needed. Feel free to share but please don't say you designed it like others have. That makes me sad but I'm happy for all to share.

This is a tapping and breathing sequence I have developed and use for people with anxiety, depression, blocked thoughts, and trauma response. It can be used ...

02/11/2025

I dont like doing videos but if this can help please use it. I've developed this over the last few years and it only takes 60 seconds.

This is a tapping and breathing sequence I have developed and use for people with anxiety, depression, blocked thoughts, and trauma response. It can be used ...

19/10/2025

🌿 Living Well with Graves’ Disease

A Lifestyle Medicine and Counselling Perspective (from lived experience)

Graves’ disease can turn life upside down, your heart races, your energy fluctuates, sleep disappears, and emotions can run high. As both a counsellor and someone who has lived through Graves’ disease, I understand how deeply it affects every part of your life, body, mind, and spirit.

💚 Lifestyle medicine and counselling can work alongside medical care to restore calm, balance, and confidence. It’s not about replacing your medication; it’s about supporting your recovery and long-term stability.

🌱 Key Areas of Support

🧘‍♀️ Stress and Emotional Regulation
Chronic stress can worsen autoimmune symptoms. Gentle breathing, tapping, meditation, or counselling can help reduce cortisol and calm the nervous system. A vital step in rebalancing thyroid health.

🥦 Nutrition & Inflammation
A whole-food, anti-inflammatory diet (vegetables, lean protein, healthy fats) helps reduce immune overactivity. Avoiding excess iodine and processed foods can make a real difference.

😴 Sleep & Recovery
Fatigue and restlessness are common. Good sleep hygiene, calming evening rituals, and light movement (walking, yoga, stretching) help the body repair and stabilise hormone rhythms.

💬 Counselling & Self-Compassion
Graves’ can leave you feeling anxious, teary, or unlike yourself. Counselling helps process those emotions, rebuild self-trust, and manage the psychological toll of living with an invisible illness.

🌻 A Message from Teens

I’ve lived through the fatigue, tremors, and uncertainty. What helped me most was combining medical care with daily lifestyle practices, such as grounding, self-care, mindful nutrition, and emotional honesty. These small steps helped me regain control, and I now teach them to others through my counselling and lifestyle medicine work.

If you’re living with Graves’ disease, know this: you are not broken, and you are not alone.
There is a path forward, steady, calm, and supported.

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Send a message to learn more

25/09/2025

If youre a registered counsellor in these areas please contact me.

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟

Populi Solutions is growing, and we’re thrilled to share that we’ve recently won new business across several regions!

As our reach expands, we’re on the lookout for local practitioners who are passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives.

We’d love your referrals or recommendations for practitioners based in the following areas:

-Ballina
-Murwillumbah
-Grafton
-Bathurst
-Orange
-Mudgee
-Dubbo
-Condobolin
-Narromine

If you know a skilled and passionate practitioner in any of these regions, we’d love to connect. Together, we can continue to bring high-quality, person-centred programs to communities that need them most. 💡

Drop us a message, or an email with any contact details.

Let’s keep growing and creating impact, thank you for being part of our journey! 🫶🏼

06/05/2025

Many people are too frightened by the feelings and emotions that run with this to forgive their past.

05/05/2025

06/04/2025

Hi everyone. I havent been on the page much getting some health concerns attended to. Off to see the specialist today in Rockhampton to try and get this Graves diagnosed and under control. Had to go to hospital by ambulance on Thursday night. Heart rate was peaking 140 plus, and I wasn't feeling the best. I had a run of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia the ambulance officer said. Blood tests at hospital were T3 0.01 and T4 53.5. So hopefully I won't be feeling like I can't do anything soon. Have a wonderful day 😊

29/03/2025

I've created a dopamine ladder for people with addictions. When you feel the urge to do something you do that is not beneficial for you, (such as gambling, drinking, Facebooking) climb the ladder