by Patty Kikos | Feb 26, 2023 | Transformation |
Almost 20 years ago, I started my private practice at a similar time to a friend who worked as a nutritionist and specialised in homeopathy and herbs. Her dyslexia sometimes meant that her website and newsletters had typos or spelling errors that she was very self...
by Patty Kikos | Jan 22, 2023 | Boundaries, Uncategorized |
Happy Lunar New Year of the Water Rabbit to you! My ego doesn’t mind telling you that I started the Gregorian year officially being “wrong”. My family wanted to go away, and I wanted to remain at home and have a “staycation”. We came to a compromise and, who would’ve...
by Patty Kikos | Dec 31, 2022 | Boundaries |
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician and a socialist. Among many other ideas, he was well known for coining the phrase: There are decades where nothing happens, and then there are weeks where decades happen. This seems to be the most common theme for...
by Patty Kikos | Oct 31, 2022 | Transformation |
I don’t always get to see what happens after my client’s sessions have come to an end. Occasionally, there has been a ‘happily ever after’ that I’ve heard about, either through the grapevine or when clients come to see me to fix a few niggles after a few years. But...
by Patty Kikos | Sep 26, 2022 | Communication |
Mum said I learned to speak very early on. But it wasn’t until my teens when I really discovered my voice. I was raised in a subculture during a time where it was revered and even positively reinforced to physically stand up for yourself. It was the 80’s....
by Patty Kikos | Aug 29, 2022 | Communication |
Do you find that you need to make a truth a little more ‘palatable’ for yourself in order to get through a challenging transition you’re currently navigating? Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable feeling you get when you try to maintain 2 or more...
by Patty Kikos | Jul 25, 2022 | health and wellbeing |
A client recently shared that she will be travelling to the Mediterranean in a few weeks, and I was thrilled for her. I shared that I was envious and would be living vicariously through her...
by Patty Kikos | Jun 26, 2022 | Balance |
A friend recently shared a wonderful analogy of how she manages to juggle so many balls in her personal and professional life. She was inspired by an article she had read about Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the New York Times author of ‘The Naturals’ series....
by Patty Kikos | May 27, 2022 | Inspiration |
I recently attended a training in the glorious city of Melbourne. My regimented schedule usually gives me a sense of being organised and efficient, but I was ready for a circuit breaker that would catapult me out of my comfort zone. I was also secretly keen to see if...
by Patty Kikos | May 2, 2022 | Balance |
Greetings fellow traveller, I write to you after a treacherous journey of COVID recovery, but I also note I could have started off, by writing that I have been convalescing for the past 2 weeks. Both are essentially true. I have come to realise that resting only...
