Free to be me
This morning I sat in the sunshine after my yoga class, and thoroughly enjoyed my still warm cinnamon and raspberry muffin and even warmer hot chocolate. This in itself is an achievement. More often...
View ArticleMore about Conducting "Enable Me"
I know that my role in the "Enable Me" project is personal trainer / exercise lady. However, I have been switching hats a lot lately -- mid session and discreetly taking my personal trainer hat off...
View ArticleUnsweetable
This was meant as a response to Andrew Sutton's post on Conductive World -- but I got excited, wrote too much for it to be an acceptable response length, and have decided to repost it here. Please see...
View Article"Always look on the bright side of life..."
Dear Shane --I've just come home from your funeral -- I have to say, you would have loved it. There were so many people there that the entire side courtyard beside where there service was was filled,...
View ArticleThe Winds of Change
Ready for some stream of consciousness and random thoughts? I figured I'd better warn you that this is going to be one of those blog postings...The winds of change are blowing -- I can smell them, I...
View ArticleA letter to my personal trainer alter ego from my inner fat kid
I have been battling my little demons for the past several weeks; having ridiculous and self defeating conversations in my head, hashing through everything over and over again. Avoiding mirrors, not...
View ArticleA Little Hope Goes a Long Way
"For the first time in years I have hope" MR said this morning, after gliding beautifully up and down her hallway several times , swinging her arms and counting 1-2 as she stepped, stopping, correcting...
View ArticleConducting when it's Confronting
I try not to roll my eyes when talking to some well meaning person about 'what I do for a living' and 'whom I do it with', when with their hand on their heart and their eyes welling up with tears, they...
View ArticlePounding the Pavement and other Life Lessons
Yesterday I went for a run -- I run, but I don't love it; there are other things I'm much better at and would prefer to spend a sunny afternoon doing, but yesterday was different. As I ran, I enjoyed...
View ArticleIs it CE? YOU tell ME!
When people ask me what a conductor is, I usually say something along the lines of "a conductor is an educator and re/habilitation professional that specializes in teaching movement strategies and...
View ArticleIs it CE? YOU tell ME! - the long awaited sequel part 1
In my last posting I wrote about working conductively with LE, an adult with autism. In this post I want to share some thoughts and experiences about working with SJ, a 63 year old woman with severe...
View ArticleIs it CE? YOU tell ME! The long awaited sequel - part 2
This posting is a continuation from my last blog entry. Now where did I leave off ... insights gained, and lessons learned and reinforced from working conductively with SJ, a woman aged 63 with severe...
View ArticleWhat's going on?
A few days ago I announced on facebook that I am excited about my new affiliation as the Sydney arm for Future Footprints Conductive Education, and that I look forward to working with Eszter Agocs and...
View ArticleIt felt like home...
I often write about my experiences, trials and tribulations, of working conductively with people well and truly beyond the scope of traditional Conductive Education. I am very passionate about this...
View ArticleAnudder Tough Mudder...
Everybody's talking about Tough Mudder - and since I first heard of it I've been talking about it too, insisting that it looks awesome but that there was no way I could / would / or should do it. My...
View ArticleNICE Conductors need not Apply
This morning Conductive World Market on Facebook let me know about an amazing job opportunity with Move & Walk, a holistic Conductive Education centre in Sweden that I have been following for...
View ArticleSink or Swim... How does one conduct one's self in the ocean?
I have been meaning to resume blogging for a while, but needless to say these intentions were thwarted by an all-consuming personal challenge I undertook over the past few months. I have been training...
View ArticleWhen conducting is Trying...
I have been working with Miss M for almost two years now; she is a young adult who had a terrible fall while overseas a few years ago, and she has been left with a rather nasty brain injury. Miss M is...
View ArticleReflections on life and death and love and happiness
Every once in a while you meet someone and for whatever random reason you seem to already know each other - your souls seem to recognize each other - and you are able to connect and form an instant,...
View ArticleDodging raindrops and finding my feet...
I know I've gone quiet lately. The past several months have been tumultuous -- I've effectively shut down a business and a chapter of my life, moved country and started a new challenging job, and I...
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