Holistic Well-Being Service

Counsellor Tanya Peterson explains that Christmas and New Year celebrations are often followed by a sense of depression or loss. There is so much anticipation about Christmas and family life, that following the ‘get togethers’, a depression or sadness can occur.  Perhaps your family is absent from you there can be many reasons for this, time, distance, or estrangement. Maybe you are questioning how you are living your life which currently offers little time for fun, reflection and time with people you care about?

Then there are the New Year’s Resolutions which are made in an attempt to improve some aspect of your life. Every year thousands of people within 4 or 5 days break them.  According to Tanya Peterson a local Counsellor, they are seldom kept because whilst you may have good intentions, unconscious counter-intentions sabotage your success. Resolutions are focused goals for what we have not previously achieved or what we believe we could be doing better, they are supposed to whip us into shape and make us feel better about ourselves. However, they are negatively based and we often resist them or feel guilty when we invariably end up breaking them

Tanya recommends that in 2010 you change how you apply yourself, become 100% responsible your life.  This doesn’t mean you are to blame for everything - it means you have a part in co-creating everything in your life, however you can also un-create them and create something new.  So however you want things to change in the New Year, start by becoming 100% responsible for your reactions to whatever comes your way.  Discover and own your reactions, choose life on your terms.

If you are not having the life you want, there is always a way to change it - start small steps today by asking yourself what is really important to me and what do I want to communicate to others who are important to me? You may find that counselling is needed to get you started - if it is, then embrace this as an important investment in yourself.

Tanya Peterson is an understanding and proactive Holistic Counsellor (Adv Dip Holistic Counselling), plus an Emotional Literacy Trainer and Reiki Master, is a member of the Australian Counselling Association.

You can learn more about Tanya on her website: www.tcpeterson-wellbeing-services.com or for appointments phone: 0417 988 962