I Love You Phoebe

March 30, 2016 by Phoebe Maroulis in Education, healing, Love, mental health, Parenting, Potential, resilience, Wellbeing

Life is either fear or love, there is nothing else.

Life is either fear or love, there is nothing else. Ultimately prevention is better than cure. If I could create one thing for my kids it would be the undeniable knowledge that they are enough. I now choose to stop trying to make my kids mini versions of what I want, or think I want. I now choose to just let them go and tell them they are loved and safe to make mistakes and discover the world and that they will be just fine.

I then need to tell myself the same...and genuinely hear it.

I am enough

March 17, 2016 by Phoebe Maroulis in mental health, Potential, Education

Thoughts on education.

It would appear that I wanted for nothing. But I can't help but wonder if it denied me the feeling that I am still seeking, that feeling that I am enough.

The only way to grow, as told by The Snail

February 23, 2015 by Phoebe Maroulis in Change, Choice, Potential, resilience

Where are you being a snail in your life, dragging around the old and familiar? Anxious not to pop out in case you get hurt, in case someone sees you, in case you actually do find something better on the other side and then don't know how to let go......too risky?

Really????

The Mush Before the Butterfly

January 24, 2015 by Phoebe Maroulis in Change, Potential, self awareness, mental health

Is a period in a human life where the day to day feels far from comfortable, the equivalent of the stage when the caterpillar in the chrysalis turns to mush, and shortly afterwards emerges, in an array of colour and pattern to paint the world with magic?

The answer I came up with is, yes, I very much suspect so, and so thank you Universe for the rough patch.

Dendrochronology

June 23, 2014 by Phoebe Maroulis in Potential, self awareness, resilience

At the junction of the roots and the branches of a tree lies the trunk, made up of layers of wood, or growth rings.

Exhibiting characteristics defined by the branches and the roots, the growth rings vary in width and strength depending on the climatic conditions experienced by the tree during that year. In a tough season the rings are narrow and the wood is strong, the tree puts all its focus and energy into building strength and resilience.

Small towns and rich living

June 02, 2014 by Phoebe Maroulis in Choice, Potential, self awareness, Self expression, community

There are lots of ways to bring richness to rural living and it starts with knowing yourself, really intimately, warts and all, taking the time to get to know yourself. Once you know yourself you then have a self-awareness about which activities bring you joy and which ones bring you pain. Armed with this knowledge you can make conscious choices about what you get involved in and what you avoid at all costs.

Deep and Meaningfuls

April 10, 2014 by Phoebe Maroulis in Change, Potential, Creativity, Choice, Communication

“We evolve through conversation”

In coming to know myself and realising my entelechy I am learning the importance of conversation and the role that good conversation plays in my wellbeing. There is lots of room for improvement, I can adjust the topics, I can more effectively cater to my audience, perhaps I can take up the practice of talking to myself, however I no longer need to feel wrong.