Letters from Sarah

how to sit with your feelings at the calm store

How to sit with your feelings?

Sarah Sacks

Often in therapy, we are asked to "sit alongside our feelings" … but what does this really mean and how do we do that? Let me start with a story...

How to sit with your feelings?

Sarah Sacks

Often in therapy, we are asked to "sit alongside our feelings" … but what does this really mean and how do we do that? Let me start with a story...

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Master change with ritual: 5 keys

Master change with ritual: 5 keys

Sarah Sacks

As you know, I often write about rituals. Ritual is especially poignant for me, as in these past weeks, I witnessed my youngest child immersed in ritual graduate from school. ...

Master change with ritual: 5 keys

Sarah Sacks

As you know, I often write about rituals. Ritual is especially poignant for me, as in these past weeks, I witnessed my youngest child immersed in ritual graduate from school. ...

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self care at the calm store

The power of showing up

Sarah Sacks

Working as a mental health practitioner, I am witness to a wide spectrum of experience.  Stories of depression, grief, anxiety, and trauma are often a part of my day.  Some...

The power of showing up

Sarah Sacks

Working as a mental health practitioner, I am witness to a wide spectrum of experience.  Stories of depression, grief, anxiety, and trauma are often a part of my day.  Some...

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Naming our feelings to find calm

Naming our feelings to find calm

Sarah Sacks

Have you noticed how good it feels when someone addresses you by your name? “Hi Sarah, how are you?” feels so different to “Hi”. Each time we are acknowledged by...

Naming our feelings to find calm

Sarah Sacks

Have you noticed how good it feels when someone addresses you by your name? “Hi Sarah, how are you?” feels so different to “Hi”. Each time we are acknowledged by...

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Care combined with connection is powerful

Care combined with connection is powerful

Sarah Sacks

Working as a therapist is a gift. I am invited in to people’s worlds. Together we traverse the darkness and the light. My task is simply to be alongside, not...

Care combined with connection is powerful

Sarah Sacks

Working as a therapist is a gift. I am invited in to people’s worlds. Together we traverse the darkness and the light. My task is simply to be alongside, not...

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Journaling is powerful

Journaling is powerful

Sarah Sacks

It is a wintery Melbourne Sunday morning, I am sitting here with a candle lit by the fire, listening to some favourite tunes, reading back on some of my journal entries over the last...

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Journaling is powerful

Sarah Sacks

It is a wintery Melbourne Sunday morning, I am sitting here with a candle lit by the fire, listening to some favourite tunes, reading back on some of my journal entries over the last...

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