When my kids were really young we had a playlist we played during car rides that featured a quirky band called the Dreyer Family band. One of my favourite songs they sang was called ‘Family Photograph’. In it the lovely sounding (presumably) Mrs Dreyer, sings ”What you think about gets bigger, what you think about grows wings, what you think about becomes you, so let’s think about love, love, love, love, peace and love…”.
Spring is coming. The morning frost is still a thing in the parklands of Melbourne but now there are blossoms on the trees and some heat in the sun, when it comes out. Yet the metaphorical sun is yet to break through Melbourne’s lockdown. There’s still a month to go before we learn whether the current restrictions have helped us to control the community-transmitted cases of COVID-19. One of the difficulties that many of us now face is the inability to plan and make decisions. Even New Zealand, a nation that successfully controlled coronavirus, has seen a return to stage three restrictions in Auckland following a mystery outbreak.
One of the most challenging things you can do is to lead yourself. It’s easy to tell others what they should do but it’s much harder to do it yourself. For close to 15 years I have consulted as an integrative health practitioner, advising people how best to address their health problems. Often the path to a solution wasn't as simple as taking a bunch of supplements. Behaviour change was required to implement dietary or lifestyle changes.
