Selina Byrne Wellbeing Solutions

Selina Byrne Wellbeing Solutions Selina Byrne Consulting Psychologist, Clinical Nutritionist, Clinical Hypnotist and Trainer for your

12/04/2026

Something beautiful:

Find a beautiful thing in nature today. The sky is an art show, the trees are an art show, animals will be sweeter than the ones on reels and birds will make tiny cute moments while you watch. It’s all there for us. Enjoy.

01/04/2026

Take charge energy:

Wherever you are right now, whatever you’re feeling, just take a minute, slowing, letting your eyes glide easily over my words, letting your inner mind relax, just listening, ready, all cells waking up to pay attention now, while you relax, drifting pleasantly over these words, inner mind knows, knows what you need to start, what you need to stop, no need for effort, you take charge now, you know your intention, you know the why, you know the what, and now it’s time for the how, the missing key that makes all the difference, and you don’t have to fully know, or fully do, because your inner mind, your subconscious mind, that great inner control panel is kickstarting it all, every day, breathing for you, beating your heart for you, and not taking charge of what you need to take charge of, it’s already happening, so let it unfold and watch your intentions turn into pleasant outcomes now, they will, and everything is ok, you are ok so go forth and make sh*t happen now. It will.

31/03/2026

Life and nature:

Every living thing, including people, plants, animals, and other parts of nature has a purpose. None of us has to do anything special or put any crazy effort in in order to matter. We matter because we exist and because we are unique. Existence certainly has challenges, some pleasant, some less pleasant and there will always be those problems and challenges. And because there are always challenges there will always be growth, opportunity and excitement. Nature knows what it’s doing. We are not machines. We are nature.

30/03/2026

Problem solving or rumination??

There are people that defend their rumination and claim that they are working things out and “need to think about it”. The truth is, rumination and actual problem solving are very different in outcome and brain processing. Rumination (accessing the default mode brain network) goes over and over things, asks questions, increases self doubt and activates the threat response, looping back over various memories, thoughts, emotions and questions (eg “why did I do that” or “how could they do this”). There’s no exit and no solution and we feel worse. Rumination thinks it wants to analyse and “understand why this happened” and it feels useful, but it’s not. Genuine problem solving activates a different part of the brain, the goal-oriented executive network. Problem solving asks “what can I learn from this” and “what can I do now about this” and “how do I move forward now”. The focus is on logical future-oriented solutions. This moves us towards empowerment and optimism because we take charge of the aspects we can control or influence. Rumination is an unproductive and distressing loop. Problem solving is a learnable exit-loop. All we have to do is ask the right question and stick to it.

29/03/2026

Generate motivation:

Just one thing. One thing you’ve put off or waited to address or ignored. Think about why it matters, how it will help things, how it fits into the bigger picture. How do you want things to be? You do care about this thing or it wouldn’t still be in mind. Care a bit more. Feel the urge to have it done or have it begun. Feel the system getting revved and take the tiniest bit of action towards the thing. Just a little. Now you’ve started, now you have momentum. Just make a little move towards where you want to be and from that little move, momentum begins. Keep it going in the smallest way today.

25/03/2026

Comfortable?

Lock your eyes here, and imagine, while you’re looking at my words, your eyes are also looking up, at the sky, at the roof, looking up, your eyes may even start to drop a little, as you relax, you may even yawn, that’s ok, or not, doesn’t matter, and your subconscious mind can begin to notice, just casually, easily, comfortably, all those parts that feel ok, that feel fine, maybe even parts that feel pretty good, closing the tabs on any not so comfortable parts for now, prioritising areas of comfort, of ok-ness, of pretty-good-ness, that’s right, all cells alive, alert, chill, just knowing that there are comfortable places and parts, zoning in, increasing comfort now, just let comfort spread, it will, letting comfort take over for now, gaining more clarity and confidence in yourself, you are, and you can comfortably move off into your day feeling ok, or perhaps a little better than ok. Enjoy.

24/03/2026

Neutral brain space:

When we’re trying to shift states, it’s usually easier to access neutral as a beginning, mainly for states we don’t love, such as pain, tiredness/exhaustion, boredom, worry, etc. The idea is to abandon fighting or fixating and simply name the state. “Oh, ok sadness; hello, there you are”. Just name with neutrality, say g’day and move on without dwelling. Whenever the sensation arises, say hi, acknowledge its presence then move forward in mind and body if possible. We may need to greet sensations hundreds of times a day. Yes there are times we need to track and analyse but in general, neutrality acknowledgement is our friend and it can break the brain loop of secondary emotion (the fear or frustration we can add to what we feel). Stay in neutral zone when needed today!

23/03/2026

Mini burnouts:

Many of us know what a burnout feels like. Exhaustion, irritability, pain, brain fog, desire to withdraw from extra stuff and general malaise. It can feel like being a zombie dragging yourself through the day until it passes or adequate rest is achieved. The key question to ask is around what has been too much. Sometimes it’s obvious; a period of immense stress, a bout of poor sleep or just doing too much. Sometimes it’s more nuanced and we need to do some emotional detective work to see what we’ve been carrying consciously and subconsciously. In burnt out phases, we must be self-companionate. No self-critical thoughts, just compassionate self-enquiry.

22/03/2026

See the humour!

Just a reminder to keep a sense of humour amongst it all. Humour helps us keep perspective and, at times, a healthy detachment when things are grim or chaotic. Humour helps us drop our defences and gets that medicinal laughter happening. Do you watch enough quality comedy? Watching a funny tv series or movie is brain boosting; short-form videos or reels less so. Humour helps all our relationships in life and reminds us of how ridiculous human nature can be! Find the funny today.

18/03/2026

For tiredness:

Rest your eyes here, on my words, as I slowly speak to you, and you can listen with your inner mind, while your live mind wanders about wherever, whenever, relaxing and breathing in, all that cool clean air, brightening the brain now, every cool breath makes it brighter, and brighter still, all the lights turning on for you now, flick that switch, brightness level up, that’s right, daylight bright, then later, when it’s the right time, your inner mind can remember for you, the brightness turns down, relaxing, easy, comfortable, effort can stop as needed, and start as required, automatic, easy, nothing bothers you now, nothing disturbs you, your battery charging to full now, in energy saving mode, ready for your needs, lights on, power up, engines active, sharp and clear, you’re good to go. Go well.

17/03/2026

Social media “advice”:

The oversimplification of complex psychological and emotional realities is rife on social media and in a lot of the personal development literature. Often these “simple” solutions are offered by non-clinicians who have somehow “stumbled” upon the secret to feeling X and eliminating Y. Often they are selling a product or service, or their “brand”. Reading the “simple solutions” can feel invalidating if they don’t “work”, as if you aren’t trying hard enough or applying it “properly”. Of course there are useful things that we read, things that look at the issue from a different lens or validate something we’ve been confused about. But an info bite can’t take individual complexity and personal history into account. It can’t know trauma, generational patterns, unique brain chemistry, blend of neuro divergence or other patterns of the psyche. It’s ok to look but we should never be fooled into thinking there is any “universal solution” or that the writers or these “solutions” are problem-free. As we all know, many gurus have been exposed for not walking the talk or being downright deceptive about their actual life. Self-help should be judged by its fruits. Use what’s useful but know that the answer is often “it depends” in terms of what will have a long-term positive outcome.

16/03/2026

Include yourself in empathy.

Many people have an abundance of empathy for others which, while a wonderful thing, may lead to overlooking difficult or inappropriate behaviour. This overly-empathic pattern contains the potential for a lot of self-sacrifice. It’s the “looking through THEIR eyes” effect. To ensure that self-empathy or self-compassion is also included, it’s crucial to take a look through our own eyes as well as those of the other. You matter too.

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