Fabic Blog

18 Feb

Celebrating You!

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour SpecialistRelationships, Who we are

What if every-day was worth celebrating … celebrating you?

Parties can be lots of fun – there is no doubt about that, but parties are often saved for that so called special occasion.

But what if every day is worth celebrating … what if every day we celebrated you?

Too often we live in a way that lives for that ‘special day’ … today we will celebrate Jim because today is Jim’s birthday.

02 Feb

Love Is An Observation

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour SpecialistRelationships

What is love? This is quite a valid question this month as we go about flaunting our love for another on Valentine’s day. But do we really know what it means?

He loves me, she loves me not? As a young child, teenager or even adult, how often have we asked ourselves, “Do they really love me?”. We ask this of our current, past and possible future partners. We ask it of our children, parents, friends, siblings, family and really just about anyone.

01 Dec

Can we avoid ‘boxing’ on Boxing Day

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour SpecialistParties, Family, Social Event

Christmas is just around the corner …
for many this is a very stressful time – but why?

Christmas is a word that comes with many MANY pictures of the way life should be.

Pictures are simply the images we are fed about the way we expect life to be … our needs, wants, expectations and our ATTACHMENTS.

We all have pictures all-day, every-day. We may have pictures about:

03 Nov

How Do I Bring LASTING Behaviour Change?

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour Specialist

Introducing the Body Life Skills

The Body Life Skills series is a simple and practical, yet very effective 3-step program based on understanding and changing behaviour that supports LASTING behaviour change for any person.

02 Sep

Anxiety and BEING a Man

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour SpecialistMen

In the confines of a counselling clinic, many men and fathers report feelings of anxiety on a regular basis.

However, anxiety is rarely what initially brings a man to our clinic; generally, they present to support their children, a friend or a partner. However, I’ve been interested to observe that when a man feels safe enough to share, they frequently report experiences of anxiety in their daily life.

But why?

01 Sep

Boys vs. Emotions

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour SpecialistMen

In the confines of a clinic, many men and fathers report feelings of anxiety on a regular basis, according to Tanya at Fabic.

While men are open to discussing their anxiety in the sanctity of a counselling clinic, anxiety is rarely what initially brings a man to our clinic. Generally they present to support their children, a friend or a partner. However, I’ve been interested to observe that when a man feels safe enough to share, they frequently report experiences of anxiety in their daily life.

01 Aug

Supporting our Tweens

by Tanya Curtis Behaviour SpecialistTeenagers

It might be hard to see sometimes, but at the core of our tweens is an awesome, amazing and lovable being - and not the monster that they often portray. So what happens? How do we go from awesome being to monster behaviour? The simple answer is anxiety. Anxiety is the precursor to all unwanted behaviour. Let me explain further…

10 Jul

We are all Amazing Awesome Beings

by Joshua Campbell IT ProfessionalLife

I would not be the first to say that I have compared myself to others, and still sometimes do. Be it in their looks, complexion, choice of clothing, hair style, house, car, job, money, income, partner, family, even the family pet! Comparison is so seemingly normal that for many of us we do it without even realizing we do and its impact is never beneficial for anyone.