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Are you feeling heavy, weighed down, trapped or tense in the body? Do you feel stuck in patterns of insecurity, anxiety, fear, repressed emotion or avoidance?

Counselling, Somatic Therapy and Breathwork to Grow a Nourishing Connection with Self & Others.
1:1 Sessions & Small Group Workshops
A Holistic Therapeutic Journey
MIND • BODY • SOUL ✞♡ Do you struggle to form secure attachments or healthy boundaries? Have you possibly been carrying inner child wounds, attachment wounds or trauma that remains frozen; stuck in the body; unseen, unheard, unfelt & unprocessed? Are you ready to bring freedom, peace, calm and joy back to your mind, body and soul? Are you ready to grow a secure and nourishing connection with self and others? I can create a safe container for you to feel into and explore your emotions, sensations and experiences with curiosity instead of judgement. Here you can learn to connect with self, listen to your body, feel into your body, release, create meaning, integrate and create new pathways forward. I am a Qualified and Experienced Counsellor (B.S.Sc., Maj. Couns.) and Somatic Attachment Therapist. I am currently adding to this my Breathwork Instructor Course and Somatic Trauma Therapy. I work within a holistic framework to support your healing journey. Book in your FREE Nourishing Connections Consult Call to ask any questions, share what you are going through and explore how I can best support your needs.

09/09/2025

When we pause and turn our listening into the body, we can become aware of the way we are breathing.
When we become aware of the way we are breathing, we can adjust our breathing patterns to influence our body; our nervous-system state; our holistic well-being.

01/09/2025

Hold onto hope for your healing...
Healing comes softly...it comes slowly...
There is no 'quick fix'...
It takes time...
It is a journey...
It is a dance...

Hold onto HOPE for healing and for your future...HOPE is the anchor for our soul.

Remember also that blessings can come TO you and THROUGH you, even when you are in the midst of hardship; even when you feel messy or broken.

Grief, loss, fear, anxiety, loniness, rejection, hurt, judgement, depression, overwhelm, stress.. Whatever you have or are experiencing...

Offer yourself COMPASSION.
Give yourself TIME.
Cling onto HOPE.
Persue the LIGHT, the TRUTH, the GOOD & the BEAUTIFUL.
Seek God's COMFORT and PEACE
Keep trying to SURRENDER...
Remember there IS a purpose & plan for your life.

23/08/2025

You can study and learn all the therapeutic modalities you want, but when it comes down to it,
the most powerful intervention on the healing journey is not a learnt tool, it comes from deep within the space holder.
It is one soul reaching out to another soul with love, compassion & empathy.

The healing power of empathy is not to be underestimated.
As humans we seek for our struggle to be SEEN, HEARD and HELD in SAFETY; we long to have our fear, our hurt or our loss validated.
When we reach out and express our pain and expose our heart, if it is met with this genuine and heartfelt empathy; a warm safe compassionate presence...then it can lead to healing rather than trauma.

As Peter A Levine, PhD says:
'Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.'

Are you still holding hurt and pain that was unmet with empathy?
Do you still hold this in your body?
Do you seek empathy and compassion; a safe container to process and heal?
❤️ 🙏

22/08/2025

Keep seeking what is GOOD, BEAUTIFUL & TRUE.
If your a sensitive soul like me, it is hard not to drown when you are faced with some of the brokenness, unkindness and darkness in the world...
If your not careful, this can be ALL you see...because it IS THERE but it is NOT ALL that is there..
Daily I have to Intentionally try to look for the beauty in the world, the good, the kindness...I am also challanged to BE that in the world, this can be hard also on challanging days...
It is amazing how a little bit of kindness can go a long way! And even just a brief moment of feeling some joy or noticing some beauty in the world can make your day or week better xo

Thankyou to for creating such a beautiful display in my own antique copper pot I've loved for years & with bark from my own yard...Not just a florist, Vanessa helps you create a PERSONAL piece of BEAUTY to cherish!
(with such kindness too)
😍❤️🙏🏻

20/08/2025

We can not always be certain what events will lead to trauma, as reactions to events vary significantly. Trauma is not solely defined by the events that happened but by what happened inside a person as a result.

People can even be impacted from the same event in vastly different ways. Some might experience significant distress from an event that others shrug off.

Peter Levine describes trauma as
the incomplete; unresolved physiological responses to percieved threat. The occurance of trauma depends on how the person's nervous system responds, how they process the event and the meaning they form from it.

This is their own personal 'felt experience' of what happened to them. The 'felt experience' is what we work with on the therapeutic journey.

29/07/2025

Beautiful Brene Brown Quote:
"Vulnerability
sounds like truth
and feels like courage.
Truth and courage
aren't always comfortable,
but they're never weakness."

22/07/2025

Therapeutic interventions and tools are important...
But even more important, is the therapist themselves...
The therapist's empathetic presence, their regulated nervous system
and their safe embodied connection with the client can provide co-regulation and is the most important intervention for the therapeutic healing journey.

Vulnerability + fear = Trauma
Vulnerability + safety = Healing

Just as many clients have been hurt in relationship, they can also heal in safe relationship too.

17/07/2025

PART 2: WHAT ARE 10 THINGS I'M TRYING TO DO TO SUPPORT BODY & HORMONAL SHIFTS IN EARLY PERIMENOPAUSE?

✔️ MOVE MY BODY REGULARLY
(Pilaties, gym, swim, walk, dance etc
for upregulating the nervous system when stuck in low mood, increasing metabolism & digestion, building muscle & bringing energy back to body! Even micromovements for embodiment, energy release or awakening the body if slipping into shutdown)

✔️ COLD WATER IMMERSION
(Cold shower, cold fresh water dip, ocean swim/surf, ice bath etc
Again good for lifting mood, upregulating the nervous system & energizing the body)

✔️ INFRARED SAUNA SESSIONS
(Helping hormonal skin breakouts, improving sleep, detoxing, supporting relaxation, helping metabolism & circulation)

✔️ HERBAL & HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS
(Chaste Tree, D**g Quai, Maca, Ashwaganda, Chamomile, Passionflower, Milk thistle, Valerian, Black Cohosh, Vitamin D, Magnesium, melatonin, probiotics, vitamin C, wild yam cream, collagen & Protein etc.)

✔️ SENSORY SOOTHING SPACES
(Supporting the body to calm and down regulating the nervous system through the senses...bring in the sounds, tastes, textures, smells and visual aspects that soothe & nourish your body)

✔️ BREATH PRACTICES & DAILY RITUALS
(Breath techniques for regulation, scripture meditation, music, prayer, journaling or mindful movement practices that can bring peace to the body, mind and soul. Focusing on the truth, gratitude, beauty, hope, love, awe & wonder in life)

✔️ NOURISHING CONNECTIONS
(Intentional time for deep connection with self, with God, and with close others in my life that nourish my soul)

✔️ HEALTHY BOUNDARIES
(learning to listen to what is needed each day: To speed up or slow down? To say 'no' or say 'yes"? To do more or do less? To pull in or give out? To let go or to hold on?...Its ok to say 'no' thankyou when you need to...before your body has to say it on your behalf)

✔️EATING WELL
(Small regular healthy meals, lean protein, healthy fats, fiber, plenty of fresh fruit & veg. Limit sugar, alcohol, caffine, processed & inflammatory foods)

✔️ INCREASE HYDRATION
(Drink more water. Nourishing oils and natural hydrating products/routines for skin & hair)

05/07/2025

Parenting is NOT about perfection...
I have to remind myself of this at the end of each day...
I have a tendancy to have mummy guilt and feel pressure to do everything right...
Ill wake up and tell myself how patient and present I will be with my kids today...
Then some days I get down the hallway and Ive ALREADY yelled or got impatient!
Im just so human! Its annoying!
I make mistakes...
But it's not about being perfect...
Its more important to be humble...
To apologize, to ask forgiveness, to repair...
To learn, to grow...
To KEEP trying
To KEEP loving

Mama, offer yourself grace and forgiveness today 🙏🏻❤️ Your only human xox

02/07/2025

ARE YOU ALSO IN YOUR MID 40s and noticing fluctuations in your hormones and some new changes in your body?

Its been so good to chat with close women who are also in this stage, to swap stories and normalize some of the changes beginning that can feel different or challanging.

In your 40s, you may notice some common changes in your body that may be associated with perimenopause; the body undergoing hormonal changes as our ovaries begin to produce less estrogen & progesterone.

I'm no expert, but I can share 3 common shifts I'm experiencing in this stage of life, to help normalize what you too may be experiencing:

1️⃣ We begin to lose muscle from the age of 30, muscle uses more energy, so our metabolism is more efficient the more muscle we have.
Ive noticed a lot more focus and input is now needed to maintain muscle and strength. Hormone fluctuations also causing my metabolism and digestive system to slow.
You too may notice:
WEIGHT GAIN, MUSCLE LOSS, LOWER ENERGY, SLUGGISH DIGESTION-BLOATING & INCREASED FOOD SENSITIVITIES

2️⃣ Another big change Ive noticed is
SLEEP STRUGGLES.. Getting to sleep can be hard some nights and in the early hours of the morning Im prone to waking (they call it the 3am wake!).
Decreasing estrogen levels can disrupt natural melotonin levels, making it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.
Progesterone also has a calming effect and can promote sleep. Its decline can lead to insomnia and difficulty falling asleep.

3️⃣ Hormonal shifts in Perimenopause and Menopause can impact our MOOD. Nervous System dysregulation & Emotional dysregulation can occur more frequently. You might feel more prone to irritability, anxiety, depression or mood swings.
I find my window of tolerance changes with my hormonal fluctuations and my sleep cycle disruptions.
My sensory sensitivity has also increased with age and hormone shifts.
I am also prone to experiencing more anxious spiraling thoughts, especially when waking in the night.

THESE THINGS ARE COMMON AT THIS AGE FOR WOMEN AS OUR HORMONES & BODIES GO THROUGH SOME NATURAL SHIFTS...

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR PART 2 POST:
WHAT ARE 10 THINGS I'M TRYING TO
DO TO SUPPORT THESE SHIFTS?

11/06/2025

The poem 'Wait Without Hope" by T.S.
Eliot shares the need for patience and
inner stillness in the face of hardship. He urges his soul to release all
expectations, desires, and thoughts....Instead, practicing to be present and patient in the waiting, knowing that the journey through the dark and.the still times are essential for experiencing the light and the dance. ..
'I said to my soul, be still, and wait
without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong
thing; wait without love,
For love would be love of the wrong
thing; there is yet faith
But the faith and the love and the hope
are all in the waiting
Wait without thought, for you are not
ready for thought:
So the darkness shall be the light, and
the stilliness the dancing
Whisper of running streams, and winter
lightning.
The wild thyme unseen and the wild
strawberry,
The laughter in the garden, echoed
ecstasy
Not lost, but requiring, pointing to the
agony
Of death and birth.'

T.S Eliot

20/05/2025

'HER HAVEN' is a WOMEN'S CIRCLE to find SAFETY, REFUGE, HOPE AND PEACE AS
WE DWELL IN GOD'S PRESENCE TOGETHER.
Many women I know have been to various women's circles with spiritual elements. Many other women I know have been or go to a church to support their faith.
'Her Haven' is a women's circle that is a space between. It is a warm, cozy, nourishing, intimate space we are opening up to bring women together on ANY stage of their faith journey.
'Her Haven' is a space for:..the seekers..the church fringe dwellers..the women who don"t feel they quite fit in mainstream metro church buildings but want to explore or grow in their faith..the women that feel curious about God and Jesus but are not feeling comfortable to step into a large church to hear and ask more. ..the women who feel too sensory sensitive in a larger church setting but want to gather with other women to encourage their faith journey
..the women who may go to a church but desire a more intimate meditative space to connect and reflect as women
...the women that may go to other spiritual women's circles but feel a little lost in their spirituality and seek to connect with God in a more personal way and lean into the wise, solid and grounding teachings of Jesus..the women who want to explore faith or encourage their faith in a very warm space with no expectation; no judgement and no 'box' to squeeze into.
...for women who may have church wounding but crave to connect again with other women of faith.. for women who are not sure about Jesus or the bible but who would like to dwell in a space where they can feel encouraged from scripture meditation, prayer, breath, song, connection, candle light and warm cuppas.

I have often been nervous to use the word 'Christian' due to some of the blanket assumptions that may be made or 'boxes' I may be placed in...but essentially the word Christian just means 'follower of Jesus Christ' and many of you know my husband and I are followers. In a broken imperfect world full of challanges, we know that we desire to dwell in the grace, forgiveness, love and peace God offers us.
I will not be a perfect and pure person holding space for perfect pure people. I will be showing up in my mess and imperfection for God to use this space as a haven for women to come, just as they are, in their authenticity; with their various struggles or emotions or doubts. A space for us to practice slowing down the body and the breath, to practice meditating on and learning from the wisdom of scripture, to practice quietly dwelling in God's presence and listening for His voice.

A few girl friends and I would love to welcome you into this monthly space for women. The next gathering is on Saturday 14th June. Come at 6pm to grab a warm cuppa for a 6:30pm circle start 🙏🏻 Held in my lounge space in Lake Macdonald Sunshine Coast. Imagine a space set up to be gentle and calming to the senses; with soft music, candles, a cosy circle of cushions, and warm mugs of chai/cacao/herbal tea.
I would love to try and answer any of your questions, if you just DM or text me.
I would also love to add you to our whatsapp group chat if you are local and want to receive the upcoming dates, scripture verses and song links xox.

Next Gathering Sat 14th June 6pm-8pm
Please forward to anyone local who may be seeking this space.
Blessings , Kristy xo

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Cooroy, QLD

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	9:45am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5pm
Friday	9:30am - 5am
Saturday	9:30am - 5pm

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+61423692833

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http://www.nourishingconnections.com.au/

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