Soul Bloom Wellness

Soul Bloom Wellness Samara is a counsellor & coach specialising in supporting individuals who are navigating stressful circumstances or other barriers to living life well.

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I understand if this is daunting, I used to be scared of big emotions. And I'm mentioning it because it's easy to get ca...
16/07/2025

I understand if this is daunting, I used to be scared of big emotions. And I'm mentioning it because it's easy to get caught up in the story and not give ourselves space to feel. But the more you allow what's there to surface, the easier it gets.

Reminders for shifting out of the mental loop:

Let go of the story for a moment. Instead, get in touch with the emotions it’s stirring up.
Allow them to move through you, in a way that feels safe to you.

That might mean crying, shaking, screaming into a pillow, or simply noticing and naming the sensations in your body - this one is a great starting point*

Once we connect with what’s beneath, the story tends to quiet down, we make it more about what’s needed for us to go through our own process, to get ourselves back to homeostasis 🫶

We are complex beings and the mind does its best to keep up. To reason, to make it better, to figure it out..but sometim...
01/07/2025

We are complex beings and the mind does its best to keep up. To reason, to make it better, to figure it out..but sometimes it’s time to let go of the trying.

Does this bring up anything for you? If something comes to mind, here’s a reflective question -

If you were completely honest with yourself, to be in service of your needs, your health and wellbeing…What needs to happen for this situation to change, and what’s the first step to take, to get you there?

🙏

I don’t know about you, but I can see throughout my life there have been certain patterns and choices of avoiding diffic...
12/06/2025

I don’t know about you, but I can see throughout my life there have been certain patterns and choices of avoiding difficult emotions.

Sometime’s they served me, sometimes they didn’t.

Running used to be one of the healthier strategies, if I felt some stress or big emotion, I’d go for a run

Another tactic was grab a glass of wine…

Or find a way to escape (book a trip, quit the job etc)…

Or even now I notice if I feel inner tension, I crave a coffee as the answer.

They all vary to different degrees of a coping strategy, and not all coping strategies are “unhealthy”. Life is both tough and amazing with many things supporting us through it!

But the thing is, sometimes we need to let our emotions finish their cycle. To let in the difficult ones just like we let in the good.

Otherwise we’re just covering up something to perhaps be expressed later in some other context (cue yelling at someone over nothing but really it’s a build up of unrelated tension).

So here’s a question to reflect on today - what emotion/s am I needing to express and how can I best support myself in doing so?

Leave me a ♥️ if this resonates today

Moments of gratitude… #1. I couldn’t be more grateful for this angel offering this to me ❤️ it looks so beautiful and I...
10/05/2025

Moments of gratitude…

#1. I couldn’t be more grateful for this angel offering this to me ❤️ it looks so beautiful and I’m determined to do it justice.

#2. your decaf chai is 100/100 🤤

#3. Forever appreciating Mt.Marthas beautiful waters

#4. One of my favourite pass times - I could lie and look at the sky forever

#5. Breakfast at Denados

#6. My angel on earth Leo

#7. Dinner with my gal pals with and

#8. The space that holds such a nurturing energy to support others 🍃 🍃 🍃

We often try to think our way towards healing rather than tune into our inner compass. Along with, looking up all the po...
02/05/2025

We often try to think our way towards healing rather than tune into our inner compass.

Along with, looking up all the possible answers on google and asking others what they’ve tried.

Now all of this can be certainly informative, but we also need to remember to be trusting ourselves.

Trusting our body when it says no.
Trusting our mind when it needs more time rather than rushing and forcing.
Trusting the pauses, the signals, that are letting us know there’s another choice we can make.

When we rebuild trust with ourselves, we soften the anxiety and allow our nervous system to settle.

We stop pushing through, and instead begin to listen and act in ways that are uniquely aligned for how we need to be, to feel well.

The trust muscle is one to build, to help us return to presence and inner safety 🫶

Does this resonate with you today? I’d love to know

If you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed - practicing more presence can be very supportive. Even simply observing how ...
10/04/2025

If you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed - practicing more presence can be very supportive.

Even simply observing how much the mind likes to go on a journey with thoughts about “what could happen”, especially when the nervous system is heightened.

It’s up to us to really pin point what is in our current reality, what we are feeling in response to what’s happened now, and what is fiction from the mind.

None of it is bad or wrong - as the mind does this to harness safety as best as it can, but we can master how these responses influence us, with mindfulness practice 🫶

Do you feel connected to your self, your needs and your desires?For a lot of people, life is filled with prioritising al...
20/03/2025

Do you feel connected to your self, your needs and your desires?

For a lot of people, life is filled with prioritising all else but themselves, and it leads them to feeling disconnected, resentful and burnt out as a result.

I’ve definitely had that feeling. Particularly when I was younger I didn’t realise how much of my attention was placed on others needs, there were times I was overly consumed with worrying about what I could do to ensure someone else was ok, even when they weren’t worrying 😅

Now it’s thoughtful and loving to do this to a certain extent, but if in the mean time - if we are neglecting our own needs and losing a connection to what is needed for us to be present, safe and joyful, that is not healthy.

Rather than being distracted with a phone screen, tv screen, or even our loved ones, taking the time out to connect to ourselves, is so important and rewarding.

If it seems daunting to do, my recommendation is to start small. You don’t need to commit to meditation, solo dates or go all out and quit your job so you have a moment, BUT..

At the least consider giving yourself time throughout the day for being present with how you are feeling.

Tap in and ask yourself: How am I really feeling?

Or, what is the best thing I could do for MYSELF right now?

Those questions are powerful, and with honesty, followed by implementation, could change a lot for the better!

Let me know if you try it and what comes up, I’d like to hear.

Ps. If you’d like some more guidance on creating healthy connection with yourself, consider booking a session with me, where we will work on this together. DM me for more info ❤️.

I understand if you’re thinking - “but what will breathing do when I’ve got x, y and z happening, I’m too busy” The thin...
19/03/2025

I understand if you’re thinking - “but what will breathing do when I’ve got x, y and z happening, I’m too busy” The thing is though, your breath can support your capacity to manage x, y and z.

If our nervous system is in overdrive for extended periods of time, we may find ourselves getting sick easier, having restless nights sleeping, getting snappy and fatigued, all the while shrinking our capacity of what we can take on without it being to our detriment.

By slowing down in pockets throughout our day, focusing on some breaths and pausing, we are offering our body signals of safety.

We can be so used to operating from the adrenaline that stress gives us that it can feel normal (even if it’s not a nice feeling of normal), and so conscious efforts are needed to rewire that.

The breath is one of the best tools we have for feeling more calm and one that’s often forgotten in the moment. This is your reminder 🌻

Let me know how it feels x

Our body carries an intelligence far beyond our mind, yet our ego sneakily gets in the way —We push because we want more...
11/02/2025

Our body carries an intelligence far beyond our mind, yet our ego sneakily gets in the way —

We push because we want more, expect more and (due to societal expectations) convince ourselves we should be able to handle more. But the truth is, at certain times none of that is realistic, and what we need most is to tune into what our body needs from us.

Fatigue, brain fog, irritability, lack of motivation — they are signals of accumulating wear and tear. When the body asks for rest, it’s looking out for you.

Your body wants to be your greatest ally, and goes to significant lengths to be met in its goal of optimising your health and wellness.

So if you’ve been feeling drained, stretched too thin, or like you’re constantly running on empty, this is your gentle reminder:

Rest isn’t a reward for when you’ve “earned it.” It’s your fuel.

I hope the above tips can be helpful, reach out if you’d like further guidance 💛

Are you choosing your health? When I reflect on the past, I can see the signs my body first gave me to make diet and lif...
03/02/2025

Are you choosing your health?

When I reflect on the past, I can see the signs my body first gave me to make diet and lifestyle changes, and how some of the ways I was using to cope with life’s challenges wasn’t working…

💧 I would choose coffee because I was tired, rather than rest. Only to feel more anxious and sleep less.

💧 I’d go for runs to escape from stress, rather than address it and heal it.

💧 I’d drink wine and eat chocolate before bed, only to feel crappy the next day.

💧 I’d prioritise making money, traveling, socialising, instead of surrendering to slowing down and being present with what was needed;

Time off work, staying put & focusing on what was best for my overall health.

With the busy lives we lead it’s easy to be unconscious to how small things are starting to cause significant wear and tear on us.

When it comes to our health, we’re often given discreet whispers because the screams, that it’s time to take radical responsibility and make some different decisions.

If you’re stressed, will working more help? If you’re tired, is using stimulants really the answer?

🌹 So my thoughts are this, if you find yourself wanting things to be different and to feel better, pay attention to any misalignment there might be between how you say you want to feel, and what your behaviours are. Remember to do this with self-compassion and honesty.

What I’ve learnt is that our habits can be so deeply engrained in us, that to really choose ourselves and our health when we haven’t been, takes time, awareness and consistent attention.

If you have a little voice saying “I can’t keep going like this”, listen to it, and find the support to turn things around. Choose you and your health. As you start to reap the rewards, you’ll realise it’d be silly to do any different 🫶

So much is healed with connection; so much is created in loneliness. For some of us, connection doesn’t just happen - it...
22/01/2025

So much is healed with connection; so much is created in loneliness.

For some of us, connection doesn’t just happen - it’s something we must intentionally nurture. We might at times feel it’s absence due to life’s seasons, lifestyle changes, our we’re simply finding ourselves craving more.

When we’re feeling run down, fatigued or unhappy, it’s easy to overlook the profound role that connection plays. Social media often serves as a stand-in for connection that doesn’t quite cut it. We have a deeper need for meaningful connection - to others and ourselves.

It may seem obvious, but creating connection often requires action. We might need to take the lead - reaching out, making plans, or finding ways to share time and presence with a friend, partner, family member, strangers or our pet!

When those connections feel out of reach, consider hobbies or activities that naturally bring people together, or community events that provide opportunities for connection.
Even a walk to the local cafe and intentionally creating conversation with others, can make a difference.

And connecting to ourselves is equally important. Tuning into what brings us joy, peace and fulfilment - and creating space for those in our daily lives - is a vital form of self care.

If you’re longing for more connection, take a moment to reflect:

🌱 What small step can you take today to deepen connection with others?

🌱 How can you honor your relationship with yourself?

Connection doesn’t have to be complicated. It starts with one mindful step 💛

Image: My pup Leo sitting in the Soul Bloom chair (similar to your comfy spot for in person sessions). It’s a blessing to have him for connection 🐾

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A little about me and what I do...

Hi, I’m Samara.

I work as a personal coach, to help people restore their health and wellbeing.

Some of my journey…

Since I can remember I’ve found myself spending my time learning about health, psychology, and how to improve our experience of life. This has led me to mediation, breathwork, days of silence, buddhism studies, cleanses, researching scientific evidence and years of my related education.