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Check out our recent article in AroundDB....we were asked about how to take hold of your life and start to crafting it in a way that you dictate. Covid has hit the global pause button, and in that space we are presented with a unique opportunity to do just that...dive deep and begin crafting a life that we design.
Enjoy!

http://www.arounddb.com/around-db-articles/qa-with-aude-and-bruce/dear-aude-and-bruce-can-you-help-i-want-to-change-my-life-buy-i-dont-know-where-to-start/

Dear Aude and Bruce: Can you help? I want to change my life buy I don't know where to start - Around DB I know I’m supposed to be using this global pause to slow down and reprioritise but it’s just not happening. Though I’ve been working from home with more time to myself, I don’t feel I’ve changed or developed during COVID-19. How can I use this time to grow? STUCK IN DB

Experiencing stress during these Covid times ? Here's an article with practical advice for you.
Stay safe !

Dear Aude and Bruce: Can you help? My stress levels are through the roof! - Around DB I’ve got a very stressful job and that compounded by the current climate in Hong Kong – the recent protests and the COVID-19 outbreak – ..Read more

Dealing with COVID-19, especially if you are under extended quarantine, is no joke. Family issues may be rising to the surface, as may personal issues, but this is the perfect time to really dive into these and find balance. Only within balance are we able to finally and fully heal.
Here's a great article talking about just that. It is raw and honest, just the same as quarantine can be:

https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-surviving-quarantine-without-killing-partner/

How to Not Completely Hate the People You’re Quarantined With Take it from experts who study isolation: It’s hard, it takes teamwork, and it may cause excessive staring into nothingness.

HOW TO BECOME A RELATIONSHIP MASTER INSTEAD OF A RELATIONSHIP DISASTER!

The Easiest Way to Improve Your Relationship | The Gottman Institute The easiest way to improve your relationship is to pay attention to your partner during life’s small, everyday moments. This video shows you how. As relation...

Here is our new article on Around DB ! Dear Aude and Bruce: Can you help? Our cell phones are ruining family time. From a DB resident.

Dear Aude and Bruce: Can you help? Our cell phones are ruining family time - Around DB Relationship advice from a psychotherapist and Reiki master healer

Our first article in Around DB ! We will answer questions on life, love, family, on a monthly basis from DB residents!
Please let us know if you have questions you would like to have answered and we will be happy to give you our professional insights.

Dear Aude and Bruce: Can you help? I need to feel desirable again - Around DB Relationship advice from a psychotherapist and Reiki master healer

Why not starting the New Year in a new way with a bit of help from Esther Perel !
"Identify the stories no longer serving you. You can do this alone in a diary or bring a couple of friends together. It’s a great question for a group conversation over dinner.
Take it a step further: invite each other to be witnesses of the changes you claim to want to make. Set up an accountability schedule, i.e. commit to checking in with each other by sending quick updates or scheduling your next dinner that way you’ve got two things covered: your own plan and staying connected to your friends.
Make a promise to yourself and a promise to your loved ones. Sometimes it’s easier to be accountable when we know someone else is counting on us.
Don’t be afraid to break promises; it’s an important process.
When you slip, know that you can always start again tomorrow. Getting derailed doesn’t cancel the entire promise or resolution. But don’t spend 365 days restarting."

Esther Perel Letters from Esther is my monthly newsletter to stay in touch and inspire reflection and action in areas that are important for your relational intelligence. In celebration of the new year, this month's theme is: Promises and Resolutions.

Here's a piece that Bruce recently wrote on the belief of "dark energy" or negative energy being nothing more than a reflection of how the internal environment is at the moment:

https://reikirays.com/71116/the-external-is-a-reflection-of-the-internal-there-is-no-such-thing-as-dark-energy/
Enjoy!

The External is a Reflection of the Internal – There is No Such Thing As Dark Energy - Reiki Rays Article by Bruce Taylor I’m often finding myself in conversations that surround the nature and context of energy (chi) and, in particular, how this energy can be either light or dark in nature. As a full time Reiki practitioner, much the same as many of you reading this, I am also further presente...

What are people saying about our Wellbeing Transformative Weekends?

"For me this retreat was an eye-opener, a game-changer. I was able to go so much deeper into the work. I could not recommend it enough. Aude and Bruce’s generosity, undivided attention and time was such a very precious gift. Love yourself, have a try."

"I felt that the whole weekend was very tailored to my needs and the discoveries that I made as I went. I felt so supported but both Aude and Bruce and their ability to jump at all opportunities that manifested for me to go deeper into my journey, always with their caring support."

"I arrived on a Saturday morning in tears, not entirely sure I wanted to/ should be there. Not for one minute did I ever look back once we had started and I came back with spring in my step in Sunday. For me, it was essential to be away in DB and not to go back to my routine on Saturday night. It is difficult to put in words how transformative this weekend has been, how it has opened my eyes to so many things, from my past down to what my skin is telling me. One week on, I feel stronger and ready to pursue my exciting journey. Thank you so much to Aude and Bruce for their energy, beautiful compassion, generosity and energy over these 2 days."

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