by wallacemcd | Jul 17, 2024 | News
Passage to Power Workshop 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 We recently hosted another successful workshop at the Women’s Healing Sanctuary. Seven women came together, guided by two expert facilitators, to undertake a journey of self-discovery and healing. And the feedback we...
by wallacemcd | Nov 28, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
OBSERVATIONS OF GRIEF an interview by Corinne Parkes In a small, warm office in Sydney sits Sharalyn Drayton. With intense azure eyes, she looks at me as she calmly rests in an unremarkable office chair, her elbows propped on its arms, a tattoo on her wrist flashing...
by Janine Hanna | Aug 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
A Brief Anatomy of Grief & Loss . . . . because TODAY IS GRIEF AWARENESS DAY ANY LOSS CAN CAUSE GRIEF. Slowly read that again . . . . pause . . . . take a breath and let it sink right in as much as it needs to. If it brings up an emotional response, then just stop...
by Janine Hanna | May 4, 2023 | News
. , rest It is necessary to first stop before we can pause, and pause before we can rest. (Oooooooo, perhaps I just created a new tattoo design with this heading!) Our unique point of difference with other retreats is our focus on pausing and resting, as opposed to...
by Janine Hanna | Jan 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Beginnings . . . a new year, a new resolution, a fresh start, a different path. This is a New Year’s Resolution check-in! Apparently, most of us have given up on them after 2 weeks into January, so how’s yours going? A New Year invites opportunity for new...
by Janine Hanna | Dec 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s The Season Of Giving Many women who stayed at Women’s Healing Sanctuary during 2022 had little or zero capacity to contribute financially towards their stay. These women were enduring overwhelming circumstances, so we gifted them an Angel Stay and welcomed...
by Janine Hanna | Nov 11, 2022 | News
Things you CAN control – How you speak to yourself Words matter and the words that matter the most are the ones you say to yourself. Your self-talk doesn’t change what happens to you but it can determine how you respond to your circumstances and how you cope....
