By Tracy Kopp, Fearless Leader When you experience loss or the ending of something important, it’s likely you’ll be met with feelings of grief. Grief is a unique emotion, and every person experiences it differently every time. It’s a complex mix of anger and sadness, and sometimes includes fear, resentment and betrayal. In recent times, …
You Did a Good Job, Mum: Three Points of Proof You Don’t Totally Suck As A Parent
TW: probably not a great article to read if your Mum is a massive jerk. Mum, you did a good job. No, seriously – stop whatever you’re doing and give yourself a pat on the back. Science has confirmed it: you are not a totally sucky parent. In fact, according to research, you’re probably pretty …
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5 Ways To Set Healthy Boundaries With Sh*tty Family Members
By Tracy Kopp, Fearless Leader Family… you can’t choose ‘em. If your family dynamic is all cutesy a la The Von Trapps, you can move along, this article is not for you. But if your crew is more Kardashians meets Shameless, dive on in. Sometimes, family members seem to be born to make drama and suck …
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Magic As Medicine
By Tracy Kopp, Fearless Leader As a therapist educated to seek evidence-based approaches, I’ve been consistently awed by the incredible results I regularly see in clients who’ve sought alternative treatment. When I first started working in healthcare, I labelled non-traditional modalities as ‘woo woo’ and laughed at the practitioners bold enough to practice them. What …
Menstrual Cycle Madness … or Magic?
By Natasha Colchester, Kinesiologist One of my greatest journeys as a woman has been learning about my own body and its cycles. As a young woman my menstrual cycle was quite literally pain-full and at times debilitating. I had no positive feelings about it AT ALL. I was prepared physically for its arrival (thanks Mum), …
What I Learned From 2020
As we get ready to kick 2020 out the door (see ya!), it’s important we take time to reflect on the many lessons it’s brought us. Nothing that happens in our lives is ever all good or all bad (yes, I will debate you on that). It’s finding the meaning – or making our own …
How We Growth-Proof Ourselves
Growth can be hard! We made a video to explain why the humans like to remain stuck. Silly humans. Here’s just three reasons we try to avoid and restrict our own growth: Moving away from loved ones, for example of they are stuck in patterns of co-dependence, victimhood or substance abuse Uncertainty as to what …
5 Secret Tools to Bring Growth into Your Life
Most of us like the idea of growth, but it can often be very painful. Common wisdom is that the more we allow ourselves to get trapped in our comfortable, lazy patterns, the more inevitable it is that opportunities for growth will come as hard slaps in the face rather than gentle prods. Which one …
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How to Make More Time
By Tracy Kopp – Chiropractor In the lead up to Christmas, you may once again be asking yourself ‘How does one human get so freakin busy?”. We run around at this time of year like those proverbial chooks with their heads cut off and seem to get nothing done. We struggle to tie up the …
10 powerful ways grief opened my heart
Grief has been part of my life for the past twenty years. I must admit, the last three years has been the most intense grieving times to which I willingly opened myself up to. I was spent from all the psychological analysis over the years, resentful that nothing could inspire in me a peaceful relationship …