Full moon tonight. Looks spectacular – and it’s a Gemini moon!
Last couple of days have been busy and I have been pushing through an incredible tiredness to complete the year.
School reports are finished and the realization today that there are only 2 more days left for me this year, left me a little bemused as to how fast the year has gone.

I have been offered another day a week at the school for next year, and may take that as a short term contract. It has been great to feel like I am free to walk away if it wasn’t working and each week I have joked with the principal that “I might come back next week!”
What a difference in atmosphere to my last school.
I met a former colleague at the supermarket on Sunday and the conversation with her was awkward to say the least. Confirmed that leaving that school was the best thing to do.

Getting busy with referrals for Hypnotherapy. In the past couple of weeks, I have worked on a variety of issues with clients, from insomnia, study related issues and a couple of past life regressions. I now have a room away from home on a Monday afternoon at an Osteopathic clinic.
In between, there has been a family wedding in Brisbane which was a lot of fun. Great weather and went for some walks along the riverside each day.
The one day a week at the primary school is working out well, and the students have really responded to working with Multiple Intelligences in Japanese. Lots of cross curricular activities with a focus on Japan, both the language and culture. At the moment there are the reports to write, but so much simpler than in past years and I have nearly finished them before the December 4 deadline.

The website is still under construction and although I fell in love with the graphic from the previous post, today the decision was made to move right away from that and to simplify the site- hopefully using a photo from one of my outback trips for the header.

I spent the weekend taking photos of flowers to include in our own version of the graphic and will now use them in a series of cards and calendars for next year.

Lots been happening in the background since the last posting.
Since graduation from the Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy, I have been fortunate to have an increase in clients. Slow but steady……
Other projects have been constructing the IACT Australia info and forum site which was fun to do. Eventually there will be more Australian members, so it should start to run itself.
Another project is my own website, which is currently under construction. When it is finished I will link to it.
There was a successful evening at Curves in Wheelers Hill for a fundraising evening in support of breast cancer. I offered 10 minute Reiki sessions and was booked out for the night.
More study was undertaken and I attended a residential weekend training on Past Life Regression held by Pete Smith and Rick Morse from the ATP. We were treated to a fabulous weekend of hands on learning and therapy and a special preview of the movie “Belladonna” all about past lives/loves. We got to meet the director, writer and her husband the cinematographer the next evening.
So now I have added Past Life Regression to my bag of tools. I have done one on a friend and to get the international certification will have to do five case studies. That should be interesting as well..
Monday afternoons will see me in a room away from home. I do love the home clinic room, but the dog is problematic as he will often whine on the other side of the closed door. I’m also conscious of the fact that not all people like animals and he enthusiastically greets everyone at the front door! So it’s off to a room at an osteopathic clinic and will see how that goes. Now I really have to get serious to pay the rent!!
Wednesdays I am teaching in a play based program for P,1 & 2 and a strong MI influenced LOTE program (which I have written) at Croydon West Primary School. Lovely students and they will try anything – one Year 1 boy successfully constructed an origami tetrahedron by copying what I was doing.
Today I was off to the bank to finally open a business account. The bank insists that I needed a business name even though the government business site shows that as a sole trader I don’t. So today my business name was born…..BrightLight Specialized Education

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
Kahlil Gibran

On one, I want you to do one thing: Look up.

On two, do two things:

Slowly close your eyes and take a deep breath.

On three, do three things:

Breathe out, relax your eyes, and let your body float.

Imagine you are floating in a bath, a lake, a hot tub, or just floating in space.

Each breath is getting

deeper and easier . . .

Use the link to read the research about hypnosis….

LOGOS

I am the word, the way, the light,
I am the morning, the noon and the night,
I am the Alpha, the beginning of all.
I am the path, the Nothing you seek.

I am the Omega, the Ending, be meek.
I am the truth for all to see.
I am the love fulfilling your need.
I am the freedom, from fear in your mind.

I am the rock on which you can climb.
I am the cloak that protects you all.
I am the cross. On me you can call.
I am the answer to all of your prayers.

I am the power, of love, curing ills.
I am the will of the innocent child.
I am the peace in your everyday trials.
I am the freedom from conflict, affliction and death.

I am the love that is. Let me be your breath.
I am the love, unconditional and forgiving.
I am the Love. Let me reign in you.
I am

Peace

Things are moving along well and life is getting pleasantly busy. Starting to see more people for Clinical Hypnotherapy as well as Reiki and a couple of Polarity massages.
I have decided that my specialization will be on school anxiety – and this covers students, teachers and parents.
Having first hand experience of test/exam anxiety and having overcome that with the help of hypnosis has made a huge difference to me. My last test situation was quite relaxed and I found I had no problem in recalling information I needed.
Also, after observing bullying behaviours in the school environment for several years, by both staff and students, I have come across some very effective strategies to overcome this.

Graduated on 5th July with a Diploma of Applied Clinical Hypnotherapy!!!
Never thought I would do it, but had a great journey in getting here.
The teachers were great (that’s you Rick and Peter!) and the small class really of 9 really worked well together.
We have learnt so much and thankyou to to all those who helped out with being willing subjects for case studies.