Louise Draper-Sevenson - Wellbeing Practitioner

18/02/2025

Emotional Freedom Techniques Tapping (EFT) works for decreasing the distress that we experience every day, wherher it is physical pain, emotions that overtake us, and lead us to bad decisions, a pressi g addiction, or flashbacks to past unpleasant events. Ir helps us ro become more at peace within ourselves. Who doesn't want that? It is becoming easier to explain how and why it works, without getting all woo-woo.

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03/01/2025

Hi everyone, just letting you know that there will be some changes happening re the Whole Woman Inc. website.

I was saddened to learn just before Christmas that Lanny Goodman, Christine Kent's much loved husband, passed away on 21st December, leaving the organisation and its website without its Chief Operating Officer. Lanny was a wonderful, multi-talented man. Christine is going as well as can be expected.

A decision has been made to close the Whole Woman website in its current form, on 15 January, and it will not be operating at all for a few months. They hope to have another structure in place after that.

If you would like to buy any Whole Woman products, eg Courses, from the website, buy and *do* the courses asap, because they will no longer be available after 15 January.

It is not hard to transcribe the 'meat' in the courses, and to write your own summary of the exercise routines which are a part of the courses, for your own personal use, after the videos section is taken down.

I can help you with the finer points that are not in the Courses, and I have a bunch of other strategies, skills, and lifestyle changes which I can teach you, that will assist you to get the very best out of Whole Woman techniques for self-managing and improving pelvic organ prolapse symptoms.

I also have many of the older Whole Woman DVDs for sale, which are the core of Christine's groundbreaking, original work on self management of pelvic organ prolapse and, are as valuable today as they were when first published.

I will be available to assist you with Whole Woman work, and interpreting Christine's material in the Courses after 15 January, on a fee for time basis. My internet access is not able to support Zoom, but I am willing to work over the phone, and by email.

Contact me if you would like to be supported with Whole Woman work, and we can work out the best way to do it, with no obligation to proceed.

The picture is my simplistic paper model that illustrates the relationship between the pelvic bones, the femur, and pelvic organ support.

21/11/2024

Here is some well-condensed wisdom from Dr Rick Hanson, neuroplasticity resear her and teacher.

It's normal to feel shocked, frozen, frightened, or outraged. But here are four fundamental strengths to help us feel and function better in difficult times.

05/09/2024

Empathy + gratitude + mindfulness = resilience and happiness. Think about it. Do it.

By Megan Blandford, Sydney Morning Herald

18/05/2024

Here's the comparison, people. These are all standard drinks (100ml in various sizes of wine glass.) Beer can for comparison. Thanks Holyoake for the promotional standard drink measuring glass, which has indicative levels marked for drinks with different alcohol content, from neat spirits through to light beer. Monitoring your alcohol consumption is a simple act of self care. Love and care for yourself first.

24/01/2024

I stole this. We do not bear the label 'well' or 'unwell' like a static sign hanging around our necks. We are all of this, and it changes often. We are able to make decisions that will propel us bit by bit from unwellness towards wellness, I am the only person who can make these everyday decisions for me. You are the only person who can make these decisions for you. Nobody else.

05/01/2024

Do you worry a lot, about things big and small? Do you get muscle tightness in parts or the whole or parts of your body? This can manifest as joint soreness as well, with different muscle groups around the joints being pulled unevenly, and affecting joint mobility and range of motion.

It is no coincidence that anxiety and tight muscles go together. When we are anxious, our body tightens up, ready to fight or flee, or just curl up in a ball to keep ourselves safe. It robs us of our proud, regal, confident upright, Whole Woman posture. Pelvic floor muscles are ... um ... muscles. Tight pelvic floor muscles can make it difficult to use tampons or menstrual cups; affect our enjoyment of s*x, and make pessary wearing, insertion and removal painful or impossible. It can also make walking painful, and affect our posture, which in turn affects pelvic organ support and can worsen prolapse and create pelvic pain.

Anxiety can come from many factors, and i am sure you can name a few things that bother you. There are also remnants of past traumatic experiences, both big and small, some of which we have blocked from our memory to protect ourselves. They only exist as fragments of story that our body remembers to keep us safe if the same thing happens again. It is an instinctive self protection mechanism from the primitive part of our brain.

Learning EFT Tapping can help you to deal with your own everyday anxiety. I can then use EFT Tapping with you to reduce the impact of your fragments of past negative experiences, so that your body can relax, and improve your overall health.

A good pelvic health physiotherapist can assist you with pelvic floor muscle problems.

Use both methods together for more effective resolution and better overall health.

Contact me for a free chat.

25/11/2023

Opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing of women and our families. We all know some of the impacts of menopausal transition on women's bodies. What about its impacton our mental and emotional health at a time in out lives when we carry a heavy load of family responsibilities? And many women are balancing business and workplace responsibilites as well. It is a time of the perfect storm. How much does it impact the community as a whole? What are the other things that impact us at the same time? The Senate Inquiry into Perimenopause and Menopause wants to know. See below for the Terms of reference and how to do a submission.

Issues related to menopause and perimenopause, with particular reference to: a. the economic consequences of menopause and perimenopause, including but not limited to, reduced workforce participation, productivity and retirement planning; b. the physical health impacts, includin

29/06/2023

Love this one!! 💕

29/06/2023