Have you ever had a dream where you're totally aware that you're dreaming and can control events within the dream? My ability to lucid dream has waned in recent years, but occasionally I can still tell myself during a dream "you're dreaming", and then control to some degree the direction I want the dream to …
I have Youtube subscriptions, Spotify playlists, and favourite podcasts. I have the car stereo tuned into local radio stations, and if I hit the digital button I can listen to radio stations from interstate and overseas. The world is literally at my fingertips. Radio waves and satellite frequencies abound in the atmosphere all around, 24/7, …
There's a new sign in the hospital reception area. It says "I've conquered this moment." Underneath is a golden bell that cancer patients victoriously ring once their treatment is completed, as staff gather around to clap and cheer. I still have a few months to go, and can't wait to ring that bell!Breast cancer treatment …
When I was at university I took several counseling courses which introduced me to the "dirty dozen" of communication roadblocks. These included things like: criticising (negatively evaluating the other person's behaviour or motivation)moralising (telling the other person what they should do)excessive questioning of the other person using closed questions (questions that allow only a yes …
Years ago we were letting our youngest teenage daughter drive our manual 4WD on the town commons at Longreach in central Queensland. It's not uncommon for outback kids to learn to drive in wide, open spaces so while in town we took advantage of the town commons where it was safe to let her loose! …
Every morning I look in the mirror and a bald-headed reality stares back at me. The result of chemotherapy treatment. Every morning I face a choice. Will I complain to myself about the situation I find myself in? Or will I rise above it and focus on the positives? My David ring helps me make …
I hate rides. Maybe that's too strong a word...I endure rides! Just ask my husband, who when we were dating took me to a Sydney theme park. He talked me into coming with him on a twisting inside-out, upside down stomach lurching corkscrew roller coaster...definitely not the ferris-wheel type ride that I was hoping to …
Quietly Roaring 