Dr Colinda Linde

12/04/2026

This is such a simple yet profound truth. Nobody is saying that surviving is easy or simple. Just that we've survived so much already, and we really do tend to forget about that when going through another chaotic phase.

11/04/2026

Always a pleasure to share practical CBT with the amazing SADAG crew and beyond 🌸

28/03/2026

Quiet wisdom 🌸

24/03/2026

As we approach Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, this is particularly pertinent. Let go what wants to let go, like trees let go as part of the natural cycle of things. All that rationalising and reasoning without big brains, can really end up getting in our own way. Let it go. 🍂

In a garden, leaves fall, they dry, gather on the ground, and eventually we sweep them away.

We don’t do this with anger, neither with resentment, but just as part of tending the space.

We don’t look at the tree and think it betrayed us. We don’t curse it for doing what trees naturally do.

Leaves fall because that’s the season, but when it comes to people, we tend to forget this.

Someone (that someone can be us) disappoints us, someone makes a mistake, and others shed a version of themselves we once knew (or thought we knew), and suddenly we turn the entire tree into the problem.

Zen teachings often remind us that life moves in cycles: Growth, shedding, renewal.

People change. We change. Sometimes what falls away was simply part of a season that has ended. This doesn’t mean we ignore what needs cleaning, as boundaries still matter, and consequences do too. Just like the gardener still sweeps the leaves. But there is a difference between tending what has fallen and carrying bitterness toward the tree.

The idea here is to handle what needs to be handled without letting resentment take root.

Gardens (symbolically representing the psyche in this case) stay healthy not by stopping leaves from falling, but by learning how to care for what the seasons bring.

20/03/2026

But seriously, worry just makes you think that.

17/03/2026

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13/03/2026

On a Friday the 13th, 13 seconds of pure bliss and calm ✨

11/03/2026

Wednesday Wisdom ✨

10/03/2026

Worry is not a Personality Trait!

08/03/2026

It may be going into Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, but never a bad time to do some spring cleaning 🌸

06/03/2026

This feels intuitively correct. And thinking back over the years, it often works so much better to subtract than to (keep) adding to a messy situation!
Has this worked for you?

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06/03/2026

Inspiration for a new month 🌸🍁