Bloom Wellbeing -Tamsin Norman

15/12/2024

Many of my clients over the years have talked about struggling to manage family dyamics and stresses at Christmas in particular - my awesome friend Susie is co-facilitating this free event this Wed eve (16th December) - so sharing here in case it's of any interest to anyone!
https://www.facebook.com/events/969512405205593

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27/11/2024

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27/11/2024

Love this beautiful description of developing self compassion!

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20/10/2024

20/10/2024

We all talk to ourselves all day, and yet no one teaches us what thoughts are.

Thoughts are not truth. They reflect the state of our nervous system and the core beliefs built from birth-age 7. Thoughts are habits. If you start to observe your thoughts, you’ll see that you tend to think the same things over and over again. They’re your pattern.

And your thought patterns are greatly shaped what you’ve experienced in life. Not, the reality of what life is. Or what life can be.

Most of us react to our thoughts as if they’re 100% true. We’ve never questioned them. And some of us don’t even notice what we think. Yet, those thoughts drive our emotions. And those emotions drive our behavior.

Human beings are wildly powerful. We can adapt, start over, heal, and evolve as long as we’re breathing.

Your thoughts are not truths. The more you question them and embody who you want to be, the more life mirrors back to you a new way of existing. The more doors start to open up. The more new people come into your life

18/09/2024

This is lovely! And a key feature of mindfulness, whether for every day life and stress reduction, or for improving our relationships with our partners, friends and children. Our minds have a 'negativity bias' which is an evolutionary function that helps us to spot danger. Therefore it can help to practice training them to notice positive aspects of our lives more. Gratitude for the little (and big!) things can be a really useful part of this!

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02/07/2024

For all you Westies out there - my wonderful friend Marlies Dorrestein has organised a series of free 'Clilmate Conversation' events in Te Atatu South.
At the moment I'm doing the 'Active Hope' deep ecology course, and I came across a quote last night that really struck me, and seems particularly relevant here:
'When we look at issues that seem beyond our power to do much about the experience of powerlessness can pull our mood down and be a factor in depression. That's one of the reasons why many people just turn away. This closing down of our response is reinforced by common sayings like 'there's no point thinking about things you can't change if it's beyond your control, just let it go'. I wonder what might have happened if Nelson Mandela or the Suffragettes had thought that way? To find a way of changing something, you need to give it your attention. Even if it's frustrating when you can't see how to move forward, if you look for a way, you're more likely to find one. There's a deeply important insight here, and it's about the sequence of learning new skills. Before you can do something, it often seems beyond you...' Chris Johnstone.