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Is this word a dirty word in your life?
Rest……… How do you feel when you read this word? How do you feel when you hear this word? How do you feel when someone recommends you rest? Do you allow yourself rest? Does your body tell you it’s time to rest? Do you listen to your body? Do you honour what your body tells you? What is it that influences your decision to either listen to your body, or push past the messages it is giving you? What would it mean if you allowed yourself to rest? What would you say to yourself? For so long I was someone that would push past, that wouldn’t listen, or would ignore my body. Pushing myself to my limits where I would hit a point where I had no choice, where my body would not let me do anything but rest. I have felt guilty for ‘not doing’, thinking about all the things I ‘should’ be doing. Why is it in our culture that there is such a glorification of ‘busy’, hearing people talk about how busy they are, at times competing to be ‘the busiest’. Why is being busy worn as a badge of honour? Why is it not that honouring ourselves is what we strive for and respect in others? Over time, I heave learnt to honour what my body is telling me, to rest. Recently, I have taken this to a new level. I wont lie, there has been moments of guilt, there have been challenges to my perception of myself AND I have continued to come back to myself and what I really need not what... read more
The Power of Intention
Oh my goodness this is a massive subject, a deep concept and a powerful tool. Please know that what I share here now is just a drop in the ocean as far as what can be shared about intention. So why is intention so important? Because it is our guidance, our internal and external guidance. It is the frame, it is the fire that will drive us to do what is truly most important to us and to set as a lens to see the world and what the world is showing us following the setting of this intention. Setting an intention for our lives, for how we want to live, when honoured can be the brightest light in our lives. Taking time to set an intention when you wake in the morning, an intention for your day can make a powerful change in our lives and most importantly within ourselves. Setting an intention for a moment in our day. Creating a space for what it is we are intending can bring answer and deep guidance. I’m not going to lie, setting an intention today doesn’t mean that tomorrow what you want will arrive in exactly the way you had imagined, the universe, spirit, life isn’t quite as tidy as that…. You can see though that there are many different ways to make use of intention and with practice and intention to live with intention you can make powerful and sustainable change in your life. If you are looking for ways to create more intention in your life and feel like you would like some support in this to... read more
Me Time
There are times when I feel overwhelmed. There are times when I find it hard to be around people, even the people I love. When this is happening, it is a very clear sign for me that it is well past time for some very important me time!!!! It took me years to learn the signs I was giving myself that I needed some time and space for myself. I know especially with work, partners, family, friends and children, it can be really hard to find and make time for ourselves AND I also know what it can mean and what it can cost if we don’t create this space to reconnect with ourselves. For me, it means that I am easily upset, I have no energy to share with others and am running very much on automatic pilot, rather than connected with what is truly important. Finding moments to be alone, to ground yourself, to be able to hear yourself. This is time that is so often under rated and under prioritised. Do you know the signs that you need time to yourself? Do you know how you can make ‘me time’ a priority? If ‘me time’ is something you need and something you struggle to allow yourself to make a priority, maybe an opportunity to talk, to have a sounding board to figure out how to make this space for yourself is something would really make a difference for you. If this is is something you struggle with and want to change click here to sign up for a complementary connection session to receive support to find... read more
Who is at the centre of your wheel?
How are you running? What is motivating you? What is influencing your decision making in your life? What are you making a priority? Do you know? Is it conscious decisions you are making? For me, with the benefit of hindsight I am able to see in my life where so much of my decision making was driven by motivations I was completely unconscious of. I was making decisions based on beliefs I have built up over the years. Beliefs that have been shaped by patterns and experiences of the past, of both myself and others, One of the biggest unconscious patterns I have been driven by is doing everything I possibly could to help other people, even if this was at my own detriment. I am so much about helping others, that has not changed, however, the place where this comes from, the motivation and belief system behind this has changed. Rather than pouring all of my being into doing whatever I could for others, I have learned a couple of valuable lessons. Lesson 1 in short is that I have to care for myself first to be able to care for others well. If I am not well and unable to do anything it is of no help to anyone, however if I can keep myself well cared for first then I have so much more to offer. Lesson 2 briefly put is that my image of ‘helping’ has changed. The idea that I know what other people want and need has shifted to I have gifts to offer and I can do that... read more
Moving Toward the Light
We have just passed winter solstice. The shortest day of the year. The time leading up to this can be a struggle for some people, the cold, less sunlight and a time of more stillness. A time of looking within, a time of facing aspects of ourselves and our lives coming out of the shadows and starting to be seen. It can be confronting, coming face to face with yourself. The light, the darkness and everything in between. Seeing these aspect of ourselves can really challenge us. It can be hard to see and understand AND the most challenging part of this can be looking at ourselves with compassion, love and respect whilst still acknowledging what we are being shown. If we can be supported to journey through what can be darkness and challenge and come out the other side we can truly know ourselves with love, power and integrity. This journey whilst being a challenge can be a blessing. A blessing of waking up to what is truly important and letting go of what no longer serves. May you find the support you need to uncover what no longer serves you and uncover your true, natural, perfectly imperfect self. If you would like to see if I might be able to support you in your journey, click here. Love and light to you brothers and sisters... read more
Welcome Back to You
We are born whole. We are born pure. AND THEN Society, ‘norms’, other people’s opinions of what is ‘best’ and what is ‘right’ and what we ‘should’ be start to confuse and change us. We change to fit, we change to be ‘good’, we change to be ‘polite’. WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US???? It leaves us lost, it leaves us confused and it leaves us disconnected from ourselves. Have you ever felt lost, disconnected, confused about who you really are, about what is really important. GREAT!!!! This means you are starting to question, that you are starting to awaken that part of yourself that has been put to sleep. I BEG YOU!! DON”T STOP!!! If you have started the journey of awakening, it can’t be stopped, it can be more or less challenging though. The way for it to be less challenging is for you to connect with someone who understands this process, who has been through it themselves, who gets it. I have struggled through this process of awakening, luckily with the support and care of people who understand this process. It was a challenge even with the support, but I can’t even imagine how hard it would have been without this support. If this experience of confusion and disconnection sounds familiar to you, I invite you to join me for a free connection session to see how I could support you through this precious awakening process. Peace and blessing to you dear soul.... read more
Be the Change You Want to See
You have probably heard this ‘quote’ before: ‘Be the change you want to see in the world’. Have you really thought about what this really means for you? What is the world you want to see? What would it look like? What would be happening? What would be the main motivation of people in this world? What would people be doing? Now you are clear on this, what does this mean for you? How can you be living what you want to see the world reflect? What will be your motivation? What will you be doing? Knowing and repeating quotes, being clear on your opinion is all very nice, however, if you truly want to be living with power and integrity you need to live these words and ideas. Taking time to get clear on what you truly want to see helps you get clear on what you truly want to be. If you are searching for support to get clear on the reflection you want to create click here for a complimentary session. Peace and blessing to you dear soul.... read more
Dis-ease
I am ill at ease even writing about this right now. Thinking about what this means and thinking about how it feels. It is such a descriptive and appropriate word. DIS-EASE It has been a rough few weeks personally within my body but reflecting it has been a rough year for many people I know when it comes to their health. Focusing on this subject brings up a lot for me. Thoughts and feelings around particular dis-ease, around treatments, around the “healers”, around what this means for a person’s life ad the people in their life. This reflection gives me a strong sense and deep respect and feeling of knowing of the importance and healing power of community. There are so many treatments out there, there are so many doctors and people that call themselves healers and some that truly are and there is such a journey for the person through this and while it is their body that this is happening to it is also not only their journey. The journey of healing whether that be physical healing or the emotional healing, of finding some peace and acceptance of the dis-ease it is a journey that those around the person are a part of and it becomes part of their journey. I have been privileged to witness community supporting each other through such challenging life experiences and I have been blessed to have my own community supporting me through mine. As challenging and at times painful and scary dis-ease can be I am in awe of the power of it to connect people, to bring out such beautiful... read more
What’s Done Cannot Be Undone
The title of this came to me last week and has been gradually revealing its messages to me since. These words, some of the only ones I remember from my Shakespeare reading in high school have stayed with me and at this time resonate so strongly. When I was first reflecting on the words last week I was focusing on me and things I had done in the past. I know at times I can be really hard on myself about things I believe I have said or done “wrong”. I have in the past gone over and over them, picking them to pieces, wishing I had done something differently, thinking about what my actions might make the other person think of me. I later started thinking about others and how their actions had effected me in the past. Like I said in my last email I had been holding on to some anger for a long time around what some other people had done. This was not only unpleasant for me but a waste of energy because as the wordsmith put it “What’s done cannot be undone”. Experiences following these thoughts and some more reflection lead me to what I see is an extremely important place. To the place of forgiveness or at least at this time the place of preparation and intent for forgiveness. As I write this I think about how ill equipped we really are to forgive. As a whole are we as a human race supporting and passing on the lessons and tools of forgiveness? I truly believe that forgiveness, true forgiveness of oneself... read more
Don’t Look Back In Anger
Right now I sit here and wonder what will come to be shared with you this fortnight. There is obviously something important in the title, “Don’t look back in anger”, yet right now I am unclear of how where I am in relation to this at the moment could be of value to share. But as I have learned through writing these emails over the years, just trust and what needs to come will come….. I have been feeling some anger for some time now, not all the time but inevitably the anger resurfaces at some point. Anger around something that happened a long time ago. Anger around something I wish I was not still angry about. Anger around something I now see has played out in another way in my life. I wrote last time about this being a time of facing deep old wounds and at this time I feel like we are going deeper, seeing more of that wound and feeling more of the challenge of this. Having the reflection of more than one ‘event’ triggering a similar emotional response, I realise what an opportunity this is. Rather than just going off the information from one experience I have deeper, richer and possibly clearer guidance for my growth. I see there is an opportunity to transcend the worst things that have happened and become clearer on who I am for having experienced that. This is not about saying that what happened was not hard or absolutely rubbish and it is also not about holding onto the pain and rubbishness of the experience. Strong emotions can point... read more
About Me
Before I left school I was asked what I wanted to do, all I could answer was “I want to make people happy”. At that time I didn’t know how but was blessed with a teacher that helped me start down a path that has seen me meet so many beautiful people from so many walks of life. 
