Surrender

Surrender

When there is conflict within us, when we are holding onto a belief about something, or someone, or ourselves – when all the evidence points to the contrary – it hurts. We create resistance and incongruity within ourselves that causes us pain and upset....
Listening

Listening

You cannot ‘fix’ anything (internally or externally) without understanding what’s going on. Listening, to ourselves and others, requires practice but gives us answers we wouldn’t have known otherwise. Ask a question. Take a breath, pause and...
Willpower, or not

Willpower, or not

I realised the other day after explaining how I work with so called ‘bad’ habits, behaviours and thought patterns in a much more compassionate way than trying to exert ‘willpower’ over ourselves to a client, that much of my theories and ways of...
Unconditional

Unconditional

I don’t really keep plants. I tend to ‘over love’ them and kill them. Accidentally of course, but they fair better when I purposefully ignore them. I was thrilled when my succulent dropped a couple of leaves and I managed to create whole new plants...
Smaller

Smaller

I live in a smaller world than I did. My world full of travel and culture and freedom has shrunk to the same four walls and routine. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’m healthy. I live with space and family and am surrounded by beauty. I am grateful that I get...