The Mindset Blog – Mindset Therapy

Breast cancer survivors hold fashion parade on Sunshine Coast

Source: ABC Sunshine Coast / By Meg BoltonFull Article – Posted Fri 16 Sep 2022 at 6:39am Breast cancer survivor Joanna Atzori now describes herself as “flat, fabulous and fierce”.(ABC Sunshine Coast: Meg Bolton) After her first mastectomy, Sunshine Coast woman Joanna Atzori couldn’t bear to look in the mirror. Her cancer was so deep her right breast could not be reconstructed, and18 months later she had the left breast removed too. “It was very traumatic coming to terms with

Finding it hard to trust again?

Anyone who has endured years of living with a controlling partner, often experience trust issues moving forward. It does not only apply to a new partner, but friends and work colleagues as well. You look at them and think, are they friend or foe? By understanding the following, we will be able to move forward quicker and live a more fulfilling and satisfying life. How long should it take to trust someone?Good question, isn’t it?

Depression – How to reset your mindset

Halle Berry contemplated suicide after the end of her first marriage in 1996. She said Ï was sitting in my car and I knew the gas was coming when I had an image of my mother finding me. She sacrificed so much for her children and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do. My sense of worth was so low. I had to reprogram myself to see the good in

Are you in a controlling relationship?

“I love you to death” he said as they lay in bed together that night. That is precisely how you are making me feel thought Natalie as she lay there feeling sad. Slowly overtime, Natalie had noticed how Cameron had gotten more controlling. She lay there thinking ‘Was he always like this?’ ‘Did I miss something in the beginning?’ “Have I changed, or has he?’ No, you haven’t changed Natalie, you are just starting to

How to Achieve Post Traumatic Growth

In 1987 Terry Waite travelled to Lebanon on a mission to free hostages, but through a contact’s betrayal, Terry himself was taken hostage for five years. This is some of his story and how he has able to achieve Post Traumatic Growth. I remember the day very well. I went back to Beirut at a time of extreme difficulty because I was promised safe conduct by the captors of the hostages. But they broke their

Weeding Out Negative Thoughts

When I was born, my Mum and Dad had a tobacco farm in Bilwon out of Mareeba in Far North Queensland. I was only six months old when they sold the farm and moved into town. Mum tells the story of how she held me so my tiny feet could feel the rich soil of the farm. As my feet touched the ground, I instantly started crying and pulled my feet up in horror. Even