Dragonfly Counselling and Consulting

25/09/2025

25/09/2025

The beauty of Autumn 🍂 reminds us that we are ever-changing.

There is a certain freedom to letting go and trusting this new season…🍁🍂

25/09/2025

25/09/2025

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24/09/2025

24/09/2025

🌸 SPACE CLEARING 🌸
Clearing your space — whether it’s your home, office, or a sacred nook — is like taking an energetic shower. It’s a deep metaphysical cleanse that lifts stagnant energy, restores balance, and creates room for peace and clarity.
The smoke used in smudging can alter the ionic makeup of the air, helping to calm the nervous system and reduce stress. It’s a form of ritual alchemy — a way of shifting the unseen energy around you, transforming your environment from the mundane to the mystical.

✨ SAGE
Use dried white sage leaves for a traditional space-cleansing ritual.
Place a few loose leaves or a small bundle in a fire-safe bowl — an abalone shell is ideal, but any non-flammable dish will work.
Light the leaves until they begin to smolder, then gently extinguish the flame, allowing the fragrant smoke to rise.

For a longer burn, you can nestle a charcoal disc beneath the sage.

✨ PALO SANTO
This “holy wood” offers a sweet, grounding aroma that invites clarity and sacredness.
Light the tip of the palo santo stick using a candle or lighter.
Allow it to catch flame for about 30 seconds, then gently wave it out, letting it smolder and release its fragrant smoke.
What to do:
Once your sage or palo santo is smoldering:
Gently wave the smoke into corners, across doorways, and into shadowed spaces — areas where stagnant energy may linger.
Use a feather, your hand, or a fan to guide the smoke with intention.
You can enhance this ritual by speaking affirmations or blessings aloud. Let your words align with the purpose of the space:
“This space is now filled with peace, clarity, and love.”
“Only harmony and acceptance dwell here.”
Adapt your affirmations to match the energy you wish to invite — whether it's creativity in your studio, rest in your bedroom, or focus in your office.
🌾 White Sage, Palo Santo and locally grown Purple Sage bundles available at Halcyon

23/09/2025

IT'S STILL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

So many people have been conditioned to believe that abuse is only “real” if it leaves physical scars. But that is a dangerous lie. Abuse doesn’t have to come in the form of punches, kicks, or bruises to destroy a person’s life. They don’t have to hit you, choke you, or slam your head into a wall in order for it to be domestic violence. The truth is, abuse has many faces, and most of them don’t leave visible marks.

It’s in the way they degrade you with cruel words until you start doubting your own worth. It’s in the way they humiliate you in front of others to break down your confidence. It’s in the way they scream, yell, and twist your emotions until you’re left walking on eggshells, terrified of their next explosion. It’s in the constant blame-shifting, where somehow every problem is made to feel like it’s your fault. It’s in the endless lies, betrayals, and cheating that chip away at your sense of security and stability.

It’s in the financial abuse—when they control the money, restrict your access to basic needs, or purposely keep you dependent so you feel trapped. It’s in the manipulation, the silent treatment, the calculated withholding of affection and support. It’s in the control—deciding who you can see, what you can wear, where you can go, and what dreams you are “allowed” to chase.

This is abuse. This is violence. It doesn’t have to involve fists for it to leave deep wounds. Emotional scars run just as deep as physical ones, and often take longer to heal because they attack the very core of who you are. They break your spirit, silence your voice, and convince you that you’re powerless.

Never let anyone minimize your pain by saying “at least they didn’t hit you.” That’s not comfort—that’s ignorance. Domestic violence is not limited to bruises and broken bones. It’s every act of control, every word meant to wound, every manipulation designed to trap you. And whether the world recognizes it or not, it IS still domestic violence.

22/09/2025

MyTime is a facilitated group for parents and carers of a child with disability, chronic medical condition or additional needs. Join a virtual session from the comfort of your own home, meet other parents and carers to unwind and talk with with others who understand.

Join an upcoming session in September:
12th - Sensory Processing and Regulation
26th - Storyboards, and how to make them.

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