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Untangled Therapy and Training is a specialised occupational therapy and mental health service located in Bunbury and servicing the southwest of Western Australia.

22/12/2025

Christmas can be a complex season.

It can bring joy, connection, and celebration and it can also bring heaviness, overwhelm, loneliness, or tension.

Both of these can be true at the same time.

This year, give yourself permission to notice your experience exactly as it is, without judgment, without comparison, and without pressure to ‘feel happy’.

Some days may feel lighter. Some days may feel heavy.
Your feelings are valid. Your nervous system matters.

Remember: Two truths can exist this Christmas.

Nb: Shared as general information only. Everyone’s experience is different, and this is provided for educational purposes only. It does not constitute personal health advice.

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27/11/2025

Body positivity and body respect often get talked about as if they’re the same thing but they offer really different experiences.

Body positivity focuses on loving your body.
For some people, that feels empowering.
For others, it feels unrealistic or even pressured.

Body respect is a gentler lens.
It’s less about how you feel and more about the small, everyday ways you relate to your body.
Choosing Comfort,
Noticing Limits,
Offering Kindness instead of criticism or
Simply acknowledging that your body is allowed to be a body.

You don’t have to feel positive all the time to treat yourself with respect.

Everyone’s body story is different, and this post is shared as general information to explore these ideas not personal advice.

26/11/2025

So many of the ideas we hold about our bodies didn’t start with us.

They often come from childhood, school, media, sport, family culture, the fashion industry or the social messages we absorbed without even noticing.

Over time, these messages can settle into quiet “rules” running in the background, shaping how we feel about our bodies, how we dress, how we show up, or what we believe we’re “allowed” to do.

This carousel explores the idea of noticing where these rules came from, and how they might still influence us today. Not to judge them, and not to “fix” anything. Just to understand the story a little more clearly.

You will find some gentle reflection prompts that people sometimes use to get curious about where these beliefs came from and whether they still align with their values.

Everyone’s body story is different and this is offered as general information to help notice the influences that can shape our relationship with our bodies.

If body image concerns are affecting daily life, connecting with a qualified health professional for personalised support may be helpful.

24/11/2025

A Different Way to Think About Your Body

A lot of us grow up seeing our bodies mainly as something to judge, compare, or try to “fix.”

There is another lens that many people find grounding, one that focuses less on appearance and more on experience.

Here are some ideas that often come up in body image work:

Your body is more than how it looks.
It helps you move through your day, connect with people, make memories, and feel the world around you.

Noticing what’s happening inside can be really meaningful.
Things like hunger, tiredness, butterflies, tension, or warmth are all pieces of information your body offers.

The way we talk to ourselves matters.
Even simply noticing the tone of that inner voice can be an important first step.

Function can tell a different story than appearance.
Breathing, holding, sensing, stretching, resting, bodies do a lot that isn’t visible in a mirror.

Respect doesn’t mean loving everything.
For some people, respect shows up in small, everyday choices: pausing, resting, offering kindness instead of criticism.

This series will gently explore these themes, not as advice or a treatment plan, but as general information about how body image can be understood from a broader, more compassionate perspective.

If body image concerns are affecting daily life, connecting with a qualified health professional for personalised support may be helpful.

21/11/2025

A new favourite in my toolkit: High Low Buffalo by Dr. Gen Muir

These cards are such a simple, playful, and meaningful way to build connection, reflection, and emotional language with kids (and honestly…adults too).

Here’s why I love them:

- They make emotional check-ins doable.
The categories, High, Low, and Buffalo give children a structure that feels safe, contained, and fun. It helps them share wins, struggles, and the wonderfully random bits of their day.

- They can support emotional confidence.
Kids can learn that feelings aren’t “good” or “bad”. They are experiences we can talk about together. These are foundational skills for resilience, secure attachment, and that all-important co-regulation.

- They are beautifully designed.
Bright, playful, and engaging without being overwhelming. Perfect for home, therapy, school, dinner tables - anywhere connection matters.

- Created by Gen Muir: a warm, wise, and deeply respected voice in the parenting space.
Gen’s work is grounded, evidence-based, and always focused on strengthening relationships. These cards are such a reflection of that.

Whether you’re a parent, therapist, educator, or anyone supporting kids, High Low Buffalo is a gem for helping build emotional literacy and everyday moments of connection.

If you’ve tried them, tell me your favourite card or moment below 👇💬

** General information only - not a substitute for personalized therapeutic advice.

20/11/2025

Pregnancy is often celebrated, but once the baby arrives, our bodies can feel scrutinised.

Negative comments from others or our own inner critic can make it hard to feel safe in our skin.

Your body doesn’t owe anyone a timeline. It’s still doing incredible things, quietly, in ways that matter.

This work is hard. We’re not only untangling and healing our own negative body thoughts and beliefs, but also generations of societal expectations and judgments on women’s bodies.

On Tuesdays I have the privilege of working alongside Sarah and an amazing team of OTs at Apricity Therapy, providing maternal mental health services. If you’re interested in learning more, or would like to book - visit and follow the link in bio 🤍

19/11/2025

Therapy is a space to understand what’s happening in the brain and body, to make sense of big feelings, to build skills that grow with time and to support children, parents, and adults with whatever life is asking of them.

It’s connection.
It’s co-regulation.
It’s capacity-building.
It’s noticing what’s underneath the behaviour, the overwhelm, or the shutdown and meeting it with compassion instead of shame.

Therapy helps children feel safer in their bodies.
It helps parents feel steadier in the hard moments.
It helps mothers to reconnect with themselves, soften the pressure, and feel supported rather than alone.
It helps adults untangle patterns that were never theirs to carry.

At its heart, therapy is simply support.
The kind that meets you exactly where you are, and walks with you from there.

18/11/2025

Did you know the skills we often expect children to “just have” - emotional regulation, patience, impulse control, flexible thinking - rely on a part of the brain that isn’t fully developed until our mid-20s?

It’s so easy for expectations to quietly creep higher than children can reasonably meet.

Not because anyone intends to push too hard, but because we forget these often seemingly capable little people are still learning to regulate, to follow steps, to manage nerves, to cope with change, and to try new things with confidence. And honestly, many of us adults are still learning these skills too.

When expectations sit even slightly above a child’s developmental stage, we often see frustration, overwhelm, or “disengaged” behaviour, which is usually just a child doing their best with a task that’s too big.

A gentle reminder for all of us, teachers, parents, caregivers:
Developmentally appropriate expectations aren’t lowering the bar. They are however honouring where a child truly is.

When we get the fit right, children feel safer, more capable, and far more willing to take risks and enjoy the experience. And that’s where the real learning lives.

16/11/2025

This book definitely deserves a spot on the grid!

‘I Can Fix This’ by Kristina Kuzmic is definitely worth reading.

She captures what so many of us parents describe every day.
- The pressure to “do it right,”
- The fear of messing up,
- and that sinking belief that one rough moment means you’ve failed.

Her message is clear and fits beautifully with the work we do.

• Repair matters more than perfection.
• Co-regulation matters more than quick fixes.
• Your presence matters more than any script and
• The real work isn’t fixing our children, it’s managing our own expectations, emotions, and nervous systems so we can meet them where they are.

If you’re carrying the invisible weight of trying to hold it all together, this book is a gentle reminder that you don’t have to fix everything, you just have to stay connected.

It is an absolutely brilliant, heart warming and eye opening read. Highly highly recommended!

14/11/2025

There’s so much parenting advice out there, it can feel like one ‘wrong’ move will ruin your child.

The truth? Children don’t need perfect parents.
They need good enough ones.

🤲 Parents who notice when things didn’t land and say “let’s have a do-over,” and reconnect.

🤲 Parents who show that mistakes can be repaired, feelings can be held, and relationships can bounce back.

Perfection creates pressure.
Good enough creates resilience.

Your child doesn’t need you to get it right every time they just need you to try 🫂

11/11/2025

When mothers allow themselves to be imperfect, children learn something powerful.

They learn that love doesn’t require pretending.
That strength can look like tears, rest, or starting again.
That connection matters more than composure.

Your softness, your honesty, your humanness.
That’s what teaches them safety.

29/10/2025

You don’t need more willpower, you need more nervous system safety.

The goal isn’t to never yell.

It’s to notice sooner, breathe deeper, and come back to connection when you can.

You’re not failing, You are learning to parent from a place of safety, not survival.💛

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103 Victoria Street
Bunbury, WA

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http://www.untangledtt.com/

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