Conscious Crete Newsletter

    What is effective communication? Effective communication means that your ideas and concepts are being heard and people are acting upon them. When it comes to defining effective communication, it also means you are able to listen, understand, and take action on what other people say. Effective communication is about more than just exchanging information. It's about understanding the emotion and intentions behind the information. As well as being able to clearly convey a message, you need to also listen in a way that gains the full meaning of what's being said and makes the other person feel heard and understood. Effective communication sounds like it should be instinctive. But all too often, when we try to communicate with others something goes astray. We say one thing, the other person hears something else, and misunderstandings, frustration, and conflicts ensue. For many of us, communicating more clearly and effectively requires learning some important skills. Lea...

 A true story about healing the inner child Once upon a time, because that's how all fairy tales begin, there was a little girl sitting on a green carpet. A little girl not much different from any other little girls in the world. Her black hair curled over her big hazel eyes. However, the little girl sitting on the green carpet was sad. And maybe this made her a bit different from at least some of the little girls out there because even in a world that did not turn out to be perfect like ours, maybe, there are still happy little girls to be found. But the source of her sadness was unclear even to her. Maybe it was because of the brown that blended into the green of the carpet in bizarre patterns. Maybe because of the strange stare of the little teddy bear wearing a fancy red hat. Or maybe because of the monsters…the monsters hiding piled on top of each other in the wardrobes from her mother's room,   or those infesting the neatly arranged drawers or hidden under th...

  What is community connectedness? Community connectedness is the measure of our sense of community – that is, how connected we feel to those around us. Whether it's with a group of friends, a hobby group, a sporting team, our neighbours or an online community, a sense of belonging is what humans require. Broadly defined, “social connectedness” (also referred to as “social connection”) is a state of feeling close (or “connected”) to another person or other people. This includes feeling cared about by others (and caring about others), as well as a feeling of belonging to a group or community. Human beings are ‘social animals’. Our relationships with others contribute to feeling good, so it’s important to socially connect with others where we can. Developing healthy social relationships can increase our feelings of happiness, security, belonging and self-worth. Creating bonds with family and friends allows us to feel secure. Sharing positive experiences give us a chance to he...

  Joy, tears, more tears, a lot more tears, joy again and inner peace after removing sadness, burden and responsibilities that were never mine. This is the story of a surprise gift received in the form of an online Family Constellation and the impressive healing it brought to me.  The way it all materialised for me is a great example of what you might consider to be coincidence or synchronicity as it happened  just two days after I heard about this method. The Orders Family Constellation facilitators understand certain important ‘orders’ and assist their clients to deal with them accordingly. Within a family, there is an appropriate place for everyone. For example,  ‘parents are “big”, children are “small”.’  There could be disharmony or imbalance if these orders are not followed by family members. Some people might experience emotional issues or even illnesses. Having a Chinese background, this concept is not new for me because the ranking system as I lik...

  Did you know that your thoughts and emotions have a huge impact on your health? Did you also know that your voice is an expression of your soul, and as such, it can provide insights into your mental and physical health? How about if I told you that by recording and analysing your voice and then introducing specific frequencies into your body, balance and harmony could be restored and your overall health and wellbeing could be greatly improved?  Well, all that is true.   We all notice the change in someone’s voice when they’re feeling sad and miserable compared to when they’re feeling happy and upbeat. That’s because everyone has an individual voice pattern.   Illness in the body or mind creates different sounding voice patterns and to someone who knows how to analyse voice patterns, finding a problem and a solution is easy……and this is where Sound Therapy comes in.   What is Sound Therapy? Sound therapy is a holistic healing modality that uti...

I remember my first family constellations session as if it was yesterday even if in reality it’s been more than 15 years since. I am now a family constellations facilitator and I have experienced probably hundreds of sessions, yet that first one sticks. I had heard of this method from my sister and I felt so intrigued and mistrusting at the same time that I needed to experience it on my own in order to discard the possibility of my sister having gone crazy. The whole concept of a gathering of people that work together for the healing of one of them (the client) was totally new to me. Another thing that was intriguing and almost unbelievable was that a member of the client’s family could be accurately represented by a random member of the group who knew nothing of the person they were representing. If you have never experienced a session of Family Constellations, you might be as confused as I was regarding the method. So, I will give you a bit of background further in this artic...