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Secret Women’s Business – part two

Talking about sex (and other fun stuff) with our children

Last week I shared the story of the ‘Pregnancy Scare Road Trip’ as an introduction to my deep dive into this complex subject that I hold really dear to my heart.

I hold it dear to my heart because in my line of work I have a lot of conversations with a lot of women.  And we talk a lot about a lot of things – but often we circle around a few key topics – our men, our children and our bodies, not always in that order.

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Secret Women’s Business – part one

I’ve been promising a blog on this for so long not I’ve almost given up being able to get it written.  And the reason it’s been extra hard is because I’ve just got TOO MUCH to say on the subject!  I want to look at it from a whole bunch of different angles and there’s a lot I want to draw on.

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Learning about life #bradybunchstyle

It’s been a little over six months since 3 + 4 = 7 and #bradybunchtowers was birthed in Camberwell.  Blended families aren’t a new phenomenon and I’m quite sure there are literally thousands of people blogging about their experiences, but here’s some of what I’ve learned so far.

I shared a Facebook post before Christmas which generated a fair amount of comment.  (Find the post HERE)  It wasn’t meant as a ‘poor me’ post, and I most definitely wasn’t looking for sympathy, it was more one of these kind of observations:

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Coming back – well that sucks

Today I’m sitting stranded in a fog-bound Dubai airport trying to make it back to England to visit family.  Yesterday, back home in Melbourne, I went for a swim.  It was my first swim in probably 12 months.

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Living a fearless life

I’ve had this one in me for a fair few months now.

It’s been going round and round, percolating if you like.  And I think it’s been particularly slow in the writing because it’s quite literally something that I’ve been really challenged by personally since all of the woo-ha last year.

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I am good enough

If you’ve read anything I’ve written you’ll know it always comes straight from my heart.  Every time I put fingers to keyboard or pen to paper (I still love writing the old-fashioned way) it’s a mixture of information sharing, motivational message and therapy (for me)!  Sometimes it feels like I almost give birth to the pieces I write, and that’s why I think it sometimes takes a while for posts to come, the words and thoughts have to brew for a while in my over thinking mind.  I’m always brutally honest and I often over-share, and this one is no different.

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My story

I recently shared an article that I have had published on Tiny Buddha where I talk about what it was like to be married to an emotionally abusive man.

Some of you already know what happened, and it has taken many months of coming to terms with how I ended up in that place, never mind actually find a way to verbalise it and begin sharing it.  Shame, embarrassment and just really not knowing how to start that difficult conversation meant that I suffered in silence for the almost three years of our relationship.  I have learned that the silence is all part of the abuse cycle, and by continuing to remain silent meant I was enabling the pain to continue.

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On being a strong woman

This one isn’t about muscles, lifting weights or flipping tyres.

I think I’m probably physically a little bit stronger than the average nearly-40 year old woman.  Actually, maybe a bit more than that but as a Personal Trainer you’d hope that was the case!  I do push-ups on my toes, really quite enjoy burpees, and love the part of the gym where all the buff blokes hang out grunting over the squat rack.  But like I said this one isn’t about being physically strong.

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It’s all about the bounce-back

One of the most important muscles you have isn’t exactly a muscle.

I posted on Facebook today about Sheryl Sandberg’s recent speech to Berkeley University students a couple of days about where she spoke for the first time publicly about her husband’s sudden death a little over 12 months ago.  She spoke of her grief, how those dark early days are now a blur to her and how it sucks sometimes being a single mum.  ‘Leaning-In’, she now admits, is a whole lot harder when you don’t have a significant other in your corner, helping and supporting you at home.

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