Nicole Palasia Holistic Counselling

23/04/2025

The feminine doesn't give, the feminine gives back. Have a think about that for a minute ❤️

04/03/2025

Pain is a season. Don't let seasons define your life philosophy ♥️

08/01/2025

If you're wanting another way to understand Jung's work ❤️

Carl Jung, in full Carl Gustav Jung, (born July 26, 1875, Kesswil, Switzerland—died June 6, 1961, Küsnacht), Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded ...

04/01/2025

Did you know Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and the Seven Hermetic Principles share striking parallels, despite their different origins. Both explore how the mind influences behavior and experiences, offering tools for personal growth and well-being.

Mentalism & Thought Power

Hermeticism: Reality is shaped by the mind.
CBT: Changing negative thoughts alters emotions and behaviors.
Correspondence & Internal-External Connection

Hermeticism: "As above, so below" links internal and external worlds.
CBT: Internal thoughts impact external behaviors and relationships.
Vibration & Positive Action

Hermeticism: Everything moves; change is constant.
CBT: Positive actions (like engaging in valued activities) shift mood and emotional states.
Polarity & Balanced Thinking

Hermeticism: Opposites coexist and can transform.
CBT: Reframing helps turn negative perspectives into balanced or positive ones.
Rhythm & Emotional Flow

Hermeticism: Life has tides and cycles.
CBT: Emotions fluctuate, and mindfulness helps regulate these natural waves.
Cause and Effect & Behavioral Links

Hermeticism: Every action has consequences.
CBT: Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are interconnected in cause-effect patterns.
Gender & Balanced Approaches

Hermeticism: Dual energies (masculine and feminine) exist in everything.
CBT: Combines logic and emotion to create balanced problem-solving and emotional health.
Conclusion
Both CBT and Hermeticism focus on the mind's power to influence reality, emphasizing balance, awareness, and intentional change. This alignment demonstrates how ancient wisdom and modern psychology both guide us toward healing and self-discovery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kybalion

02/04/2024

My boundaries are set like a white picket fence.
One that took years to build.
I constructed it high enough for me,
and low enough for you.
It’s meant to be welcoming, though not for everybody.
These boundaries are for me.
It’s me delineating the exact amount of respect I deserve.
It’s me saying to the world “I value who I've become”.
I hope when someone walks by, they see love on the other side
and realizes it grew from rock bottom.
You can fall a great distance
quicker than it will take to stand back up.

There were times I just needed someone to believe in me when I couldn’t.
And when they never arrived, I went on alone.
There were times when I waited and waited and waited to catch a break.
And when it never arrived, I caught myself.
I rebuilt and healed myself.
I forgave myself for falling,
then accepted that I was deserving of a beautiful life anyways.
In spite of loss, in spite of grief, in spite of pain,
in spite of the darkest, coldest seasons tearing me to pieces –
I created a place where love and warmth
reaches us both
between these fence posts.

I wish I knew then what I know now -
you don’t need to wait for flowers when the garden grows within.

J. Raymond
"Don't Pick The Flowers"
From The Kindred Project: Vol. II
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📸 credit: Aliceinanut

23/03/2024

Shame questioned, seeking
In the tapestry of life, a maiden stands,
Visited by sorrow's relentless hands.
Shame, a shadow, lurks in hidden spaces,
Where darkness dwells in subtle embraces.

Beyond distaste, beyond mere collapse,
Terror's grip tightens, in silent traps.
"No more layers," she pleads in despair,
Yet another cloak of burden to bear.

A maiden, naive, with trust's gentle glow,
Deception's web entwines, a silent foe.
Hostage to all, her innocence lost,
In the labyrinth of lies, truth is the cost.

But amidst the chaos, a mother appears,
With budding wisdom after many years.
Imperfection, her badge of honor worn,
In truth's embrace, she finds her dawn.

Shame queries, seeking solace's grace, from the Crone in mother's place.
"Why do you not heed my embrace?"
The crone replies, with gentle tone,
"You are but a burden not my own".

Imposed by those who failed to see,
Your purpose lies in setting free.
Return to source, uncover your worth,
Lay upon the altar, surrender birth.

For in your quest, lies wisdom's art,
Guiding us back, to the maiden's innocence,
In mother's heart, and crone's insight,
In unity found, our truth takes flight." - Helena Avgerinos

27/12/2023

The Gottmans work can be done self directed or with a registered counsellor. Loads of free resources online, videos, books, apps, and weekly emails. Transformational for both people in the partnership. Satisfying if youre a deep thinker and feeler and not totally confronting for anyone new to self discovery, and wanting deeper connection.

02/12/2023

One of my teachers said 'lt's easy (life), a-l-l you have to do is TRUST. Oh and you will get hurt'. At first l thought 'wow, profound, simple' then I thought 'f**k my life' 🙃🙂

I wrote this in 2018. I was deep in a Dark Night of the Soul, It's inspired by La Loba from Women Who Run with the Wolves.

It isn't necessarily about an obvious current hurt, it's a collective cry from the deep, from me, for me. It's transformation. It's alchemical. It's universal for any seeker and non seeker. 'Maxium despair is the prerequisite to transformation' - Carl Jung

It's a call, a beckoning, a necessity to go deep, deeper and deeper again. To find the pearl in the dragons mouth. It's there, its always there. Annnnnd it's a process. Whether it's wisdom or stupidity I will and do devotee with pain. Why? Because to resist what is is insanity. 'Be a lover of reality' - Byron Katie

Chinnamasta Goddess of Radical Surrender embodies this perfectly as she metaphorically puts her own head on the chopping block and pulls the guillotine down on her own head and says 'bring it on'. Radical surrender! We do this one of two ways, kicking and screaming or willingly. I choose willingness 'most' of the time.

"She stands over the creature
With raised arms
And she sings

She sings pained
Of famine, forgetting and forgoing

She sings panicked, frantic, confused, crazed, crushed

Convoluted she sings
Of grief, heart break, affliction

In desperate yearning
Pining for solace
Connection, softness

Where can she fall
Where can she fall
Where can she fall
Full weight
Fully body
Onto, into
A ball curling and sob
Cradling barrels of tears
Blood shot
Vacant eyes
Exhausted
She sighs

What becomes of her
This assortment of bones
No flesh
No beat of heart
Even her organs abandon her
Even the Souls of her worn out feet
Depart
In sheer defeat
The loss
To great
The singing of bones
Incomplete

Numbness, lostness, aloneness
I will lick my wounds
I will drink my blood
I will feel

I trust life will meet me
I trust the bow of the branch will bend
I trust I will be fed
I will lay face down in the mud

All I have to do is TRUST, oh and I will get hurt".

16/11/2023

Great read 📚

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07/11/2023

06/11/2023

It is okay to feel like your loss is the worst loss in the world.
It is the worst loss in your world.

15/09/2023

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Nicole Palasia, Counsellor, Portland West, VIC, 3305, (03) 4518 1456, Facing various challenges, such as personal growth obstacles, relationship difficulties, career transitions, emotional struggles, or self-esteem issues, managing stress, anxiety, or depression, or looking for guidance in navigatin...