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 | Jan 30, 2022 | Balance, Boundaries, health and wellbeing, Transformation |
Welcome to 2022 my loves! I feel like it’s a day late and a buck short as you’re reading this on the last day of January, but hey, better late than never, right?? How is everything going for you? I am feeling refreshed after my 2 week ‘reststaycation’. It...
by Patty Kikos | Apr 30, 2020 | Boundaries |
Hello my darling, how are you? This last month has seen us witness a global pandemic escalate into mammoth proportions in a way that many of us have never witnessed before. I know I certainly haven’t. And yet, in many ways, I have also felt blessed. I watched...
by Patty Kikos | Feb 20, 2020 | Addictions, Balance, Boundaries, Emotionally Balanced |
There are some memes that appear on my social media feed that I never get tired of seeing over and over. And then there are some that drive me insane, as toxic messages become normalised within our culture and society. The one I have the biggest issue with, is...
by Patty Kikos | Jan 28, 2020 | Boundaries |
My dearest friend, I want to start by sending you and your family so much love and best wishes for 2020, especially if you and your loved ones have been personally affected by the blazes that have ravaged our country. The tragedy of the Australian bushfires has...
by Patty Kikos | Aug 15, 2019 | Boundaries, Healing |
When I recently facilitated a group workshop, a common theme that many of the participants were working through, was in releasing the feelings of resentment that had built up for them over time. For some it was linked to their former spouse or current partner, for...
by Patty Kikos | Jun 13, 2019 | Boundaries |
Almost everyone I know has one, if not several. I’m referring to that person in your life that rants incessantly AT you and talks exclusively about themselves. It’s either uncle Barry that sometimes shows up around Christmas and gets made fun of for years afterwards,...
by Patty Kikos | Sep 18, 2018 | Boundaries, Community, Transformation |
Flower Crowns. Oh my goodness. Kill me. I was the kid that hated arts and crafts at school. In fact, when my high school forced the home economics module that was obligatory in every all girl school in my state, even my own mother was horrified at my sewing attempts....
by Patty Kikos | May 24, 2018 | Boundaries, health and wellbeing |
It was over 10 years ago and I was barely making ends meet. I’d borrowed a friend’s suit to wear to the interview as I nervously sat opposite the owner of the business who was interviewing me at the time. “I really need someone who can give me 120%. Do you think...