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The voice inside our head
One of our SLM students recently rocked up for her fourth lesson. She's smart, accomplished, experienced, lauded in her field. But she...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Monday Monday
Happy Monday! Here's the next installation of the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music. At this stage each step is still too easy for words, so...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 15, 20241 min read


Sunday Beauty Spot
Can you contemplate the beauty and simplicity of this flower and breathe in for four beats, hold for four beats, breathe out for four...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 14, 20241 min read


Seven Second Saturdays: Week Two
As mentioned last week, if you spend seven seconds with us each Saturday, you might be surprised how much you've learned about reading...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 13, 20241 min read


A gift for your Mum x
Mother's Day: it's one month away today in Australia and in the US. If you'd like to give your mother something different and lovely this...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 12, 20241 min read


Performance anxiety
It can strike anywhere, at any time: in the board room, the concert hall, the lecture theatre, the exam room. We might know that we've...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 11, 20241 min read


April Sun
As mentioned last week, we are devoting Wednesday posts to a fun musical offering, a riff (or musical snippet), for the next little while...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 10, 20241 min read


Other People's Pain. OPP.
This stressor can be very difficult to negotiate. You really feel for your family member/friend/colleague, you help in every way you can...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 9, 20241 min read


10 Steps to Stress Less Music
As promised, our Monday posts for the next little while are being devoted to the 10 Steps to Stress Less Music, offering you free access...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Seven Second Saturdays: an introduction to music theory
Weekends are busy and people often have less time for social media. So we're offering Seven Second Saturdays, a weekly glimpse into music...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 6, 20241 min read


Catch a Falling Star
What is your North Star? Post-pandemic, a huge number of people worldwide reconsidered their lives and left jobs which no longer matched...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 5, 20241 min read


How alarming
School holidays: stressor or stress buster? People who have school-aged children most often have strong feelings about school holidays,...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 4, 20242 min read


Great Southern Land
As mentioned on Monday, we're mixing it up a bit after three months of posting about stressors, the things which can make our lives...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 3, 20241 min read


You are getting very sleeeeeepy...
Aesthetic lo-fi music: have you heard of it? Stress Less Music is thrilled to announce that very soon, we will be offering free,...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 2, 20241 min read


Get It While It's Hot
Happy April! Having posted about stressors almost every day for the first three months of the year, it's time to mix it up a bit! Mondays...
Caroline Neeling
Apr 1, 20241 min read


The stress of the new
Today, after filming myself several times, wanting to introduce my first ever instagram reel, I discarded everything and went with a...
Caroline Neeling
Mar 31, 20241 min read


Must be funny (according to ABBA)
Money. The other day, a dear friend asked me why I hadn’t written about money as yet in these posts. I responded that there have been a...
Caroline Neeling
Mar 30, 20241 min read


Hers and Spices
People meet. Sometimes they fall in love and make a commitment to each other. Daily life ensues, and they are happy. Until something...
Caroline Neeling
Mar 29, 20241 min read


Honesty... is such a lonely word
Truth. Surely truth, or telling the truth, shouldn't be a stressor? Truth is simple and clear, and telling the truth should make your...
Caroline Neeling
Mar 28, 20241 min read


To innovate or not to innovate
Innovation. To innovate is create something new, but if it’s truly a brand new idea (think ‘man can fly’ or ‘sound can travel through the...
Caroline Neeling
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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