I'm practically a tradie now

Before DIY Kylie

After DIY Kylie

As exercise is now my form of physiotherapy I use my treadmill on a daily basis and I'm pretty un-co so I found it challenging to walk and hold my e-reader at the same time without falling off :-) 


So I decided to do some of my DIY magic! I bought from the hardware store some metal robe hooks and a tube of Liquid Nails. After applying the hooks and waiting for the glue to dry, I now have a perfect little ledge to hold my e-reader, a book or a magazine on, yay!

Love

Kylie

Emotional Freedom Technique

Ready to work in the mines!

A couple of weekends ago I attended an EFT workshop - Emotional Freedom Technique. What a fantastic healing tool this is. Basically EFT is accupuncture without the needles; it is a way of neutralising negative memories so that you still retain the memory, however it no longer causes you pain and hurt. It does this by clearing the blocks in your meridians, the energy pathways in your body, which is exactly what accupuncture is.

At first glance tapping, as it is known, is a little kooky because you use two fingers to tap on certain parts of your body however the affects are amazing. One of the students on my course commented that she read an article stating how it is amazing that one tiny incident in your life can cause untold amounts of grief and take months if not years of therapy to get rid of, well tapping can do this in as little as 5 minutes. I can personally testify to this as I worked on a very unpleasant memory from when I was around 7 and in my first round of tapping, all of the emotion left this memory and while I could still recall it clearly, it no longer caused me pain, it is now just a neutral memory stored in my brain. I have also led Brad and another friend to tap through painful memories of their own and they had similar results to me.

So far I have done the Level 1 course and I am doing the Level 2 course in a few weeks time. This technically qualifies me to become a practicioner however its not something that I am interested in, I just like it as a tool I can use on myself and friends to clear away negative stuff from my life. 

If anybody would like some more information on EFT, this is the website of the fantastic trainer that I am working with, Sikaal at: http://www.universalrhapsody.com/content/view/13/31/

Love

Kylie

My Mt Isa Adventure

I just returned from visiting one of my best friends in the world, Lou Lou, in Mt Isa. Our first point of call was the local country wear store where I bought my cool cowboy hat, I love it! I wore it the whole time and felt like an authentic cowgirl :-)

Mt Isa was great, what a terrific atmosphere of community in that town. It is very small but its size was more than made up for by the warmth and welcoming manner of the townspeople. Lou Lou seems to know every second person that she sees in the street so I met quite a few people and every single one of them were lovely. Mt Isa was about what I expected, quiet and down-to-earth with some very beautiful spots such as the lake and the Granite Rocks. We had a bonfire at the Granite Rocks on Saturday night and the stars were unbelievably beautiful, so clear and bright that I felt like I could reach out and touch one; breath taking. The other thing I really liked was Peacock Park, a family picnic area where stunning peacocks wander around freely all about the place. Fantastic.

All around I had a terrific weekend and it was so wonderful to catch up with one of my best friends in the world. At one point we were ruminating at how much she and I had both matured since we used to go out hard core partying and drinking; who would have ever thought we would both be content to sit by a picturesque lake eating lunch and sipping coffee rather than dancing on the tables in a club at 3.00 in the morning?

Ah..........growing up is an interesting thing.

Love

Kylie

Big Weekend Coming Up!

Mr Teddy Bear looking very bling

I have got a great weekend coming up, I'm flying to Mt Isa to see one of my best friends in the world, Lou Lou. Lou Lou and I haven't seen each other for around a year and because Internet service is quite slow in Mt Isa we mainly keep up to date via text,  so I'm sure it will be a big girly, teary reunion when I disembark off the plane. I am really excited to see this part of Australia, I've never been to anywhere it this before and I'm assured that country life will be a real eye opener for a city girl like me!

Lou Lou and I have been friends for around 5 years and I can honestly say that she is someone whom I admire the most in this world. It took her 9 years to finish her university degree, 9 years, wow, the fact that she stuck with it and got there in the end is a true inspiration to me and it makes me want to strive to achieve my dreams of getting my counselling degree after I finish my diploma. 

Overall Lou Lou is an amazing woman and I am so proud to have her in my life; how have your friends motivated you to strive for more in your life?

Love

Kylie

Thinking, thinking, thinking......

I had a great session with a terrific spiritual healer last week, Sarina Damen (http://www.sarinadamen.com/) and we spoke about a few issues that I carry guilt over and Sarina said something that really resonates with me, "Guilt guides you to where the healing needs to go." Now isn't that something to think about? I have always been taught that guilt is a destructive emotion that should be avoided at all costs but if you look at it at as a signal of where to do some inner work, it turns into a positive thing, and there is nothing more than I love to turn negatives into positives! What are some situations that you have turned from a negative to a positive in your life?

On a side note I came out of hospital last week and at clinic this week I blew the highest breathers I have since transplant, yay! I feel fantastic, which is how I expected to feel after transplant, it's only taken 9 weeks, lol.

Thank you to all your messages of support and caring, I sincerely appreciate it.

Love

Kylie

Home Sweet Hospital

Well I'm in hospital again with another infection, hopefully just a short stay this time. The weird thing is, I feel great, not sick in the slightest, however when I had my routine bronc last Friday they found infection. But there were no signs of rejection, yay!

I've been studying heaps and I'm really getting through my counselling workbooks, I'm doing number 15 at the moment and there are 22 in total. I have decided to continue studying after I graduate from my Diploma of Professional Counselling and enrol in a Bachelor of Counselling, which will take me years to do however I'm determined to finish it. I will do the Bachelor through the same place I'm doing the Diploma, The Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors, http://www.aipc.com.au/.

I attended the Prince Charles Transplant Support Group this morning, what a terrific resource to have and a great group of people to meet and chat with. I got a few tips from people whom have had transplants a long time ago as to how they stay healthy, I shall be pursuig these ideas with gusto!

Anyhoo, overall I'm great, this is just a small setback on an over-all smooth journey.

love

K