Bereavement and beliefs

Bereavement and beliefs

Whilst I was training, I worked at a bereavement centre, counselling clients who had lost someone, often in traumatic circumstances, sometimes not. I have no preference as to what other people believe, but what I noticed was that those who believed in some form of...
Alignment

Alignment

It took her a while, and she still slipped every now and then, but she had learned to trust her inner knowing, more than any outer wisdom she accumulated through rational and logic. She had tested it over the years – fought with herself doing the things she...
I want it another way

I want it another way

The more you force, the more you fight with what is, the less energy you have to understand it, learn from it and let it be useful to you. When you’re constantly saying, ‘I want it another way’, you miss the message and the opportunity for you to...
Manifestation

Manifestation

A good reminder for today – not to induce a fear of manifesting something we don’t want, but more to consciously direct our attention to that which we do…⁶You are much too tolerant of mind wandering, and are passively condoning your mind’s...
Peace

Peace

Last week I spent pretty much any time I wasn’t with clients, in bed resting. I guess a mild case of covid enforced a bit of a time out, but I missed my morning walks on the beach and getting on my mat – something I recognise is a huge privilege and one I...
Does it make me kind?

Does it make me kind?

Study all the texts, philosophers and psychologists you like, but if that study doesn’t turn into kinder, more loving and more peaceful thoughts and actions, it isn’t worth anything to anyone.Equally, you don’t need to study anything to have kinder,...