by Crysal Olds | Mar 26, 2020 | Mindful parenting, Mindfulness
As NZ goes into lockdown for at least four weeks, to slow the curve of the spread of COVID-19 through our communities, there are many thoughts that are going through our heads…. Some panic based, some fear based, some curiosity, even some excitement perhaps…. These...
by Crysal Olds | Jan 25, 2020 | Mindfulness
It has taken a lifetime for me to realise that this entire time – my whole 37 years on this earth, in this body, in this lifetime – I have been holding myself back. Its actually funny saying that out lout but I think we all hold ourselves back to degrees...
by Crysal Olds | May 19, 2019 | Mindfulness
My eldest daughter tells me every now and then that I talk to much. “Mum, stop talking”, she says, and when I think back, it is usually at a time when I am tired and I feel that I haven’t got an indication from her that she has understood what I am trying to convey to...
by Crysal Olds | Sep 24, 2018 | Mindfulness
So, sugar, like for many, has been my crutch, my celebration, my friend and my foe. Now I’ve seen the movies that say that sugar is in most of the food that we buy from the supermarket shelves and that it became so because fat was the world’s number one enemy...
by Crysal Olds | Jul 27, 2018 | Mindfulness
What are your thoughts on acceptance? Most people feel that acceptance is resignation. This doesn’t have to be so. In 2014 a study by the University of Hertfordshire stated that “self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it’s the happy habit...
