Recoverlife

Recoverlife

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Hi, I'm Michael Anderson, a PACFA-registered clinical counsellor with 15+ years specializing in psycho-social recovery.

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SERVICES & SUPPORT

COUNSELLING & COACHING:
• NDIS Therapeutic Support (1 hour + travel)
• Psychosocial Recovery Coaching (2 hours + travel)
• Online counselling sessions
• Registered NDIS provider

WHERE I WORK:
• Your home
• Community spaces

08/06/2026

We do the exact same thing with our lives. When we feel stuck in a career rut, a looping thought pattern, or a draining routine, our default setting is to brute-force it.

We analyze, we stress, and we pull harder.In therapy, we call that cognitive fixatedness—and usually, it just locks the problem in place.

Progress doesn't come from fighting the knot. It comes from shifting to solution-focused thinking: dropping the struggle, changing your perspective, and looking for the one small angle that actually creates breathing room.

Stop pulling. Start loosening.👇 Want to learn how to train your brain to see the exits instead of the roadblocks?Follow for more resources like these in the comments

03/06/2026

Here's a brain hack therapists use when someone is completely stuck.

It's called the Miracle Question.

"Imagine you woke up tomorrow and the problem was gone. You don't know how. It just was. What would be the first thing you noticed?"

That's it. That's the whole thing.

And something strange happens when you sit with it. Your brain stops defending the problem and starts scanning for the solution. It bypasses the part of your mind that keeps you looping and goes looking for evidence that change is possible.

You already have more answers than you think. You just need the right question to surface them.

That's what the 7-Day Miracle Series is built on — a clinical counsellor walking you through the exact techniques used in real therapy sessions, one day at a time.

Free. No signup. Just put your earphones in.

Start here: https://www.recoverlifecounselling.com.au/podcastoverview

03/06/2026

One thing that actually helps when you're feeling stuck: ask yourself a better question.

Not "what's wrong with me?" — but "what's one small thing that used to help, that I've stopped doing?"

That's a Solution-Focused question. Instead of pulling apart the problem, it points you toward what already works for you. It's a technique used in counselling, but you can use it right now, on your own.

Jordan tried it. His answer was embarrassingly simple: he used to take a 10-minute walk after dinner. He stopped when things got busy. He started again last Tuesday.

Small things are still things.

The free 7-Day Miracle Series walks through questions like this — one a day, easy enough to listen on a walk or a spare moment: https://www.recoverlifecounselling.com.au/podcastoverview

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