Mindful Moment, the blog of Vista Clinic: reaching, caring, healing

Mindful Moment, the blog of Vista Clinic: reaching, caring, healing

From the Mindful Moment Blog

Mental health insights and updates from the Vista Clinic team.

Story dance!

April 17, 2016

The world exists of stories. Every nation, every tribe, every group of friends, every family, every couple, and every individual has their story. So too does the Bible have a story, the story of God’s…

LEWENSLIG: Daddy

April 17, 2016

In Lewenslig, there is a man that is nearly fifty years old but still has the mind of a boy. He calls Marius, the supervisor, daddy. Every day he would tell his friends how much…

The worry bug

April 17, 2016

I have been presenting groups for most of my professional life and even before then I had little problems with getting up and talking. However, that does not mean that the worry bug does not…

You gotta have faith!!

April 17, 2016

What is faith? Many a times I have heard people telling me that they do not have faith or that they have lost their faith. However, without realizing it we practice faith on a daily…

LEWENSLIG: WORSHIP

April 17, 2016

Every morning, Lewenslig have an hour of devotion. After scripture reading and prayer they have a time of worship. They sing songs kids are taught in primary school so that they can understand and remember…

First Google ever!

April 17, 2016

These days if we don’t know how to do anything the quickest and simplest way to find out how, is to google it. However when it comes to our spirituality it is extremely hard to…

Poison attitude

April 17, 2016

A Chinese girl named Li-li got married and moved in with her new husband, unfortunately for Li-li her mother-in-law also lived there. Since her mother-in-law was very obnoxious and Li-li did not like having her…

94.7, here I come again! Watch out!

April 17, 2016

Many people, including my psychiatrist, Dr Jerry Bezuindenhout, asked me if I would do the 94.7 cycle challenge again this year. At first I said no because I’m training for a triathlon and there would…

Help others to help yourself

April 17, 2016

Let’s face it most of us have that one person in our lives that drain every single bit of our energy. Don’t get me wrong we love them, but they can take their toll. A…

17 Things I want you to know about my mental illness

April 17, 2016

Mental illness has a profound effect on a sufferer’s life. Not just because the illness start effecting them physically, emotionally and cognitively, but it starts having a profound effect on their social interaction and personal…

10 Ways to develop an attitude of gratitude #2

April 17, 2016

After our first post on how to develop and attitude of gratitude I started paying attention to the people around me to see how grateful they really are. Boy was I surprised and not in…

Helping others train for the 94.7

April 17, 2016

I have a good friend who was entered for the 94.7 by the company he works for, together with his fiancé and his colleagues. They aren’t experienced cyclists. When I asked him how the training…