Inga Dennett Consulting

29/01/2026

This isn’t a quick take. Read if you have a moment to actually be with it.

I’ve been sitting with something I want to name clearly.

Social media can create the feeling of connection without the substance of it. We observe one another, learn from one another, even feel emotionally impacted by one another — but that isn’t the same as being in relationship.

Since returning to kindy, this has been made even clearer for me. Being back in shared physical space — with children, colleagues, and families — has been a reminder that understanding, growth, repair, and connection are relational processes. They happen through presence, attunement, time, and being with one another in real moments.

In real life, connection asks more of us. It requires capacities that are built slowly and through experience, and not everyone has had the opportunity or support to develop them yet.

These spaces weren’t designed to hold depth, mutuality, or nervous system safety. They’re designed for visibility and consumption, not containment. And when exposure is mistaken for connection, it can quietly drain the very people offering steadiness, skill, and care.

So I want to be clear about how I’m showing up here now.

What you’ll see from me in this space won’t be the depth some of you may have received in the past. This page isn’t a place for counselling, therapy, or emotional processing. Not because I don’t care — but because I do, and I now understand the value of that work and the importance of the right container for it.

I’m not stepping back in frustration. I’m orienting more honestly.

Connection still lives in bodies.
In rooms.
In people who can stay.

This space will reflect that clarity.

28/01/2026

28/01/2026

Connection - it's what we're all wired for. It's post day 1 of high school for my girl today (how we're here already I don't know).

The getting out of holiday mode and back into the routines of school is difficult and I'm sure we aren't the only ones. Sleep time one of them. Cue the aromatouch hand massage coming to mind and into action tonight at bedtime. I guarantee anyone will benefit from receiving this beautiful touch.

If you don't already have these oils in your world, reach out and I'll connect you. https://youtu.be/i_448mpgLO0

28/01/2026

27/01/2026

Back to kindy tomorrow - the place where attuned presence abounds.
Picked up this cute top for my days at kindy at an op shop in Byron recently.

27/01/2026

First day back in the counselling space after a month off. The landing feels so gentle.

27/01/2026

26/01/2026

25/01/2026

I was reminded yesterday how God seeks us out. How out of a whole church service, it is meant for the one. How everything in each of our lives is divinely coordinated and timed specifially to the minute even though we in our human selves think we have control and do everything in our power to feel the illusion of control.

God reminded me while I was in this worship service yesterday with a vision. It took me back to the end of 2024 when Petah-Jane Auckland-Hall was doing her on the road tour and we had organised a Wellness event to be held at our Airbnb near Toowoomba. A couple of people had registered, one had become unwell on the day but her step mum was still coming along. The first half an hour or so ticked by with no one coming along and then she arrived. Thinking the start time was later. So PJ ran the class for this one beautiful, divinely guided and timed soul, for her to be reconnected with and reminded of the power of doTERRA.

So yesterday when the pastor asked if anyone was feeling called to put their hand up and say yes to Jesus and one person out of the many there said yes, and this vision/remembering was bought to mind, I smiled. If you're ever feeling as though you don't matter, you, this one person in this great big world, remember these stories, these moments in time, where God was clearly seeking souls, to remind them, that yes events can be absolutely built for one person to see, to feel, to be reminded that they matter beyond this human place xx

25/01/2026

Church and an essential oil gifting

25/01/2026

Bergamot has become one of my absolute non-negotiables 💚

Not just because it smells fresh and beautiful… but because it genuinely helps me stay steady, clear-headed and calm when life (and work) gets full.

It’s also one of the most researched essential oils for stress, burnout, and emotional regulation:

✔ Supports healthy cortisol
✔ Helps reduce anxiety
✔ Calms the body’s stress response
✔ Beautiful support when you’re mentally tired or emotionally flat from doing too much for too long

One study found that “Bergamot inhalation significantly lowered cortisol levels and reduced negative mood,” describing it as a simple and effective way to reduce stress.

There’s also a small clinical pilot study with first responders and military personnel showing Bergamot aromatherapy helped improve sleep, reduce anxiety, lift mood, support focus and calm nervous system over-activation linked to PTSD symptoms.

One important thing to know: Bergamot is cold-pressed and naturally contains compounds that can make skin more sensitive to sunlight. That’s why I personally prefer inhalation with this oil, diffusing or breathing it in.

You still get all the emotional and nervous system benefits, without worrying about sun exposure or skin reactions. Simple, safe, and stress-free.

How I use it:

✨ Diffuse first thing in the morning or before a busy day
✨ A few slow breaths straight from the bottle when my nervous system needs a reset (always keep a bottle in my bag)

And as always quality matters, especially with citrus oils. They oxidise easily, and low quality oils can irritate the skin and even make things feel worse emotionally. So I stick with pure, properly tested oils.

If you’re building an emotional-support kit… or finding your way out of burnout… Bergamot is a beautiful place to start 🍃

Study link:

PTSD pilot study – https://www.ajqr.org/article/the-use-of-bergamot-essential-oil-for-ptsd-symptomology-a-qualitative-study-13596

30/09/2025

Hello friends - this last weekend has been the most transformative of my life, the weekend spent in church conference with the intention of experiencing an encounter with Jesus. I felt the call on arriving on Friday evening to delete any means that people outside of my immediate family could reach me which meant deleting all social media apps, messenger, emails but I forgot WhatsApp! What I found in that deleting experience was there is so many ways people and energies can get at us that have become normal for us but not right. Throughout the conference I felt a call. Well more of a directive to no longer be on social media platforms. No reason given just a very stern - get off social media. So with that in mind I won't be posting or creating on these platforms, nor be accessing messages, instead if you wish to work with me - you can email me at ingadennettconsultant@gmail.com (for which I can access on laptop) and we can chat about how I can best support you where your currently at and of course please continue to refer anyone you feel called to connect me with. I have no idea how long this time away/off is for, am being guided divinely, for which my experience over the weekend has made this following like my North Star. Thank you for all who have supported me on these platforms through your messages, sharing of what I do etc. Be gentle with yourselves 🕯️