Dr Natasha Arndt - Counselling Psychologist

10/10/2025

The narrative needs to change!

10/10/2025

26/09/2025

Because Fridays are for fun — and for friends.

A true friend is someone who gives you the freedom to be your most authentic self. No masks. No need to perform. Just the comfort of being fully seen, accepted, and loved — exactly as you are.

Life feels lighter with friends who:
✨ Laugh with you until your cheeks hurt.
✨ Sit quietly with you on the hard days.
✨ Celebrate your wins, no matter how small.
✨ Remind you that you are never walking alone.

Friendship is where ordinary days become memories. Where silly conversations turn into inside jokes that last a lifetime. Where connection feels easy and safe. 🤍

This weekend, take a moment:
🌿 Send a message to the person who makes your world brighter.
🌿 Plan that overdue coffee or wine date.
🌿 Or simply say, Thank you for being my person.

Because friendship isn’t just one of the nicest things we can have — it’s one of the best things we can be. 💛

Here’s to laughter, love, and the people who make our lives richer just by being in it.

25/09/2025

🤍 Thursday Thankfulness🤍

Hugs matter. 🌱

They are small moments that hold big power — soft, steady reminders that we are not meant to do this life alone.

A hug can:
✨ Lower stress by calming your nervous system.
✨ Release oxytocin — the “connection hormone” that reminds you that you are safe.
✨ Reduce anxiety and ease the weight of a hard day.
✨ Say, without a single word, You’re loved. You belong. You are not alone.

Hugs are more than an embrace — they’re connection in motion. They’re a language of care that says:
I see you. I’m here. And in this moment, you don’t have to carry it all by yourself.

Today, take a moment to be thankful:
🌿 For the arms that have held you through pain and through joy.
🌿 For the quiet comfort of a hug when words weren’t enough.
🌿 For the reminder that even in the chaos of life, connection heals.

And maybe — offer one too. Someone in your world might need a hug more than they can say. 🤍

24/09/2025

🌿 Wednesday's are for Wisdom 🌿

Confidence isn’t about believing you’re better than anyone else.
It’s realizing you have no reason to compare yourself to anyone at all.

Your path is yours — unique, imperfect, and beautifully your own. The way someone else walks their journey doesn’t make yours any less valid, and their pace doesn’t define your progress.

Comparison steals joy. It tricks us into believing there’s a race, a finish line, or a perfect version of success we must reach. But the truth? There’s no timeline for becoming.

True confidence is quiet.
It’s choosing self-trust over self-doubt.
It’s standing firmly in who you are — flaws, strengths, and everything in between — without needing validation from anyone else.

This week, pause and ask yourself:
✨ Where in my life am I holding myself to someone else’s measure?
✨ How can I start honoring my growth, even in small steps?

Confidence grows when we celebrate our own journey — moment by moment, step by step. 🌿

23/09/2025

⚡ Tuesday | Taking Action ⚡

Emotions are not problems to fix — they’re signals to guide us.

This week, when big feelings show up, try responding with intentional action instead of judgment:

✨ High-energy discomfort — Angry, annoyed, stressed → BREATHE. Pause, ground, and let your body reset.

✨ High-energy pleasure — Curious, excited, inspired → CREATE. Channel that energy into building, writing, connecting, or starting something new.

✨ Low-energy discomfort — Sad, lonely, uninspired → MEDITATE. Slow down. Journal. Sit with what’s underneath.

✨ Low-energy pleasure— Calm, relaxed, grateful → REST Let yourself be. Replenish before you pour out again.

Action doesn’t always mean “do more.” Sometimes, it’s about choosing the right action for where you are.

How will you respond to your emotions today — not with judgment, but with intention?

22/09/2025

✨ Monday's are for Motivation ✨

Hello week — I come in peace.🤍

Not with unrealistic expectations.
Not with a list a mile long.
Not with the pressure to be perfect.

Just with intention:
🌱 To show up.
🌱 To do my best — even if my best looks different each day.
🌱 To choose peace over chaos where I can.

This week, let’s give ourselves permission to move gently.
To welcome the week with calm.
And to remember — peace is something we create, one choice at a time.

What’s one thing you’ll do today to start your week in peace?

21/09/2025

☀️ Sunday are for Reflection ☀️

There is so much peace in learning the difference between what we can control — and what we can’t.

We spend so much of our energy trying to manage how people see us, how they react, or what they do with the words we share. But the truth is, those things are never truly ours to hold.

What we can control is powerful:
✨ The way we communicate our feelings — with honesty and kindness.
✨ The words we choose — even when it’s hard.
✨ Our intentions — staying true to our values.
✨ The boundaries we set — to keep ourselves safe and connected.
✨ The effort we give — showing up fully and authentically.

But what we cannot control is equally important to acknowledge:
❌ How people respond to us.
❌ What they understand.
❌ How they perceive us.
❌ Whether they honor our boundaries.
❌ The outcomes of our efforts.

When we release what isn’t ours to manage, we make space for peace. 🌿
We stop carrying the weight of what we cannot change, and we return our focus to what we can — our choices, our actions, and our healing.

This week, breathe deeply and remind yourself: My responsibility is what I give, not how it is received.

20/09/2025

🌙 Saturdays are for Stillness 🌙

It’s okay to feel sad again over things you thought you had healed from.

Healing isn’t a straight line — it’s a spiral.
Some days, the ache returns.
Some memories still sting.
And that doesn’t mean you’ve gone backwards.

It means you are human.
It means your heart is still tender in places that mattered deeply.
It means you’re meeting your pain with awareness — and that is healing.

Today, give yourself permission to feel. To sit quietly with the waves. To trust that each revisit brings a little more understanding, a little more space, and a little more light. 🌸

19/09/2025

🎉 Fridays are for Fun 🎉

Life is serious enough. Bills. Deadlines. Responsibilities.
But joy? Joy is found in the silly, frivolous, pointless little things that simply make you happy. 🌟

Happiness is fleeting — like sunlight through the trees — but that’s what makes it precious.
We can’t hold on to it forever, but we can make space to invite it in.

Dance in your kitchen.
Sing off-key in the car.
Buy the bright socks.
Laugh until your stomach hurts.

Fun doesn’t need to be productive. It doesn’t have to make sense.
It just needs to make you feel alive, even for a moment. 💛

This weekend, choose the moments that make your heart lighter. Because happy may be fleeting — but it’s always worth letting in. 🌈

What little thing will you do today to invite happiness in?

18/09/2025

Thursdays are for pausing and being thankful.

Thankful that we don’t have to show up as a polished, “best version” of ourselves every single day.
Thankful that we get to be real — happy, sad, weird, mad, quiet, loud, tender, tired, messy… and still worthy.

Because freedom doesn’t come from perfecting who we are.
Freedom comes from accepting every version of ourselves and letting it flow through — without shame, without apology.

When we choose authenticity over performance, we stop chasing better and start embracing real. And that, in itself, is something to be deeply grateful for.

Here’s to the beauty of being real. Here’s to the quiet freedom in being you.

17/09/2025

Wednesday Wisdom

Life will never be only good or only bad — it’s always a mix of both. The secret isn’t to avoid the hard moments or to cling too tightly to the joyful ones. It’s learning how to **meet each moment as it comes**, with presence and grace.

🌿 Celebrate the good without fear that it won’t last.
🌿 Sit with the hard without judgment, knowing it will pass.
🌿 Trust yourself to respond — not perfectly, but adequately, with honesty and care.

The real joy in life isn’t in control. It’s in the way we **navigate the dance between what is and what’s next**.

So today, take a breath. Meet what’s in front of you — good, bad, or somewhere in between — and remember that your power lies in your response.