Author: IntuitiveCounsellor
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Always be…
What’s one piece of travel advice you always follow? Be mindful, Be respectful.Be AWARE. Don’t be too LOUD. Live as a local. Be curious. Be grateful. Know your privilege. Do not compare. Be safe. Be curious. Pack lightly. Enjoy the wonder of wandering. Be prepared. Save hard before going, ensuring you’ve got a safety buffer.…
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Strangely enough
What was your first ever videogame? I’ve never really been into video games. Shocking! Diabolical! Positively uncouth! I just never had the brain or vestibular/proprioceptive systems that made video games enjoyable or interesting. I did enjoy watching others play them (and have spent countless hours doing so) . For some reason video games just never…
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Goals
Do you set personal goals for yourself? I’m driven much more by a simmering, yet robust internal moral compass. I’m driven by my deeply intrinsic goals – goals about myself, my sense of purpose and identity. Such goals act as personal signposts and goalposts which are internally motivated and have no bearing on other people’s…
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Ambivalence
What do you think is the future of AI? Aspects of AI are undoubtedly life changing. As a parent of a child with a rare disease and disabilities I relish the ingenuity, research and development, the knowledge that researchers and scientists are able to extend and expand the realms of their research. AI enables researchers…
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A question of life imitating art.
Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in? My short answer is that once I would have viewed dystopian novels as so far removed from our lived realities, yet here we are at the tail end of 2026 and I see evidence of George Orwell, Margaret Attwood and MT Anderson everywhere. Where…
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It’s a hard choice
What’s the most underrated movie you’ve ever watched? I’ve watched countless movies – I love almost every genre except gratuitously violent horror and slasher movies. I have a passion for world Indy movies. One beautifully poignant movie was the 2003 South African movie ‘The Wooden Camera’ that made me cry ugly tears. It is a…
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Bend with the tides of life.
What’s something you’ve done that you never thought you could? I’ve bungee jumped – that took an inordinate amount of courage to launch myself off the platform and soar like an eagle. Albeit for a moment before gravity worked its magic and twisted and contorted by body as it fell. It was a metaphor come…
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Fictionally famous.
If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why? Call me boring, but my reality is that there is actually no real live breathing famous person whom I’d wish to change lives for with a week. There are however a plethora of famous fictional characters that…
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Breath work
How do you manage stress? I manage my stress by hiding my head in the sand! Only kidding- I use breath work, music, essential oils, aromatherapy and mindfulness to try and reconnect my body and my mind. I have various personal mantras that work. I move my body and shake it away, much like a…
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Simple
If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be? Regardless of how resilient you are, how strong you feel, how compassionate you are – you do not need to carry another person’s behaviours, excuses or expectations. Learn to breathe for yourself. Learn to carry your own worries.…
