Mindful Therapy Cairns - Equine Therapy

18/12/2024

🌟 Understanding the Circle of Control 🌟 Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the things happening around you? It's easy to get caught up in worries that are beyond our control.

That's where the concept of the Circle of Control comes in! 🌀 What is it?
The Circle of Control consists of everything we can influence or change, while the outer areas represent things we cannot control. Focusing on what’s within our circle leads to a more empowered and peaceful mindset.✨

How to apply it:
Identify: Write down what’s in your circle of control (your actions, thoughts, and responses) versus what’s not (other people's opinions, the weather, etc.).
Shift your energy towards the things you can change.
Take action: Make small, positive changes in your life that align with your values.

Remember, it’s all about focusing your energy where it can make a difference!

09/12/2024

Research shows being constantly busy has major side effects — It permanently reduces your ability to think:

To protect our brains, according to science, it's necessary to balance intense focus with idleness.

However, in our fast-paced world, where every spare moment is filled with checking our phones, this reset is often neglected. This constant stimulation trains our brains to crave busyness, making it harder to disconnect.

Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin highlights these concerns in his book, The Organized Mind.

He pointed out that information overload keeps us trapped in a cycle of noise, sapping both our willpower and creativity. Levitin explains that, to prevent overload, we need to hit the reset button, which means carving space in your day for lying around, meditating, or staring off into nothing.

25/07/2024

The therapy room of Mindful Therapy

25/07/2024

Miss Jellybean feeling relaxed enough to lie down in sessions at Mindful Therapy new location

25/07/2024

Beautiful Hugo offering support this morning.

14/04/2024

Learn more about what QOTT offers retired racehorses at
https://www.racingqueensland.com.au/animal-care/off-the-track

14/04/2024

Mindful Therapy Cairns would like to acknowledge Queensland Off The Track Program (QOTT) for supporting retired race horses into new and diverse careers post-racing. We welcome Huey and Leaper to the therapy team here at Mindful Therapy Cairns. After a well-earned break, Huey and Leaper will embark on a new chapter in their lives becoming therapy horses. QOTT offers support in many ways to ensure retired racehorses are finding new loving homes .

22/07/2023

We also offer counselling and supervision via telehealth. Covering NDIS and professional supervision for services Australia-wide. Please email lara@mindfultherapycairns.com.au for an intake form.

15/06/2023

🌟These sometimes subtle early signs of dysregulation can be easily missed. Often they can be misinterpreted as a child “acting out” (especially by people other than you), when in fact it’s their nervous system heading into a fight/flight/freeze state of dysregulation.

❓Has your child ever had a meltdown or become dysregulated and you think "Wow that came out of no where!" (I have!) Guess what, chances are it didn't!

💫There is always some kind of preceding trigger, stressor, or a build up of over stimulation that led them to that point. It may have been something that happened minutes, hours or even a build up of a few days that led them to that point.

➡️Then later after everyone is regulated you think "Wait a minute I should have seen that coming.” I find this usually happens when I am distracted, dysregulated myself, or tired and I am not fully attuning to my child’s needs.

⭐️Attunement is the ability to be responsive, present and aware of someone's emotions. It is vital in the coregulation process. By attuning to your children and to yourselves we can begin to recognize the subtle changes in their level of arousal that are leading to dysregulation.

🎯Dysregulation can take
on many different looks and it presents differently in everyone. When you begin to attune to your child that's when you notice the little shifts in their level of arousal.

➡️When you start to notice those signs and see them drifting out of the "Just Right" or optimal level of arousal that's when you can step in and coregulate before it gets to a full fight, flight, freeze response often leading to a meltdown. That's when sensory strategies can be best used!

😊Don't beat yourself up if you miss some of the signs, we all do. Take note of it, so next time you will know how to respond, it’s a constant learning process!

🙋🏻‍♀️Are your child’s signs of dysregulation sometimes misinterpreted by others? Let me know in the comments!

Give this a share if this resonates with you and as a reminder for others!

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04/06/2023

28/05/2023

Boundaries are often hard to put in place although so very important for our wellbeing. This is the topic for rehabilitation group this week. Take care everyone.