Thoughts & Reflections
Words to encourage, uplift, and gently guide you a little closer to yourself.
Loss is universal and grief cannot be prevented. We can, however, allow it to move through us without settling... A shared, simple experience to help sorrow pass more swiftly...
Read moreFind your way back into the power of this moment. Thoughts around a poem from the beautiful writings of the great Thich Nhat Hanh.
Read moreHow often do you find yourself in distress in a day, and not knowing what to do with it? And how often does your mind take you for a ride? The mind can feel like a scammer sometimes, hijacking your em
Read moreThere's more to life than the knock on wood reality. The sooner we grasp that, the better we'll feel. Here's how my grass roots understanding is growing. Yours can too, if you like...
Read moreProcesses may assist us in grief, but we won't thrive without relationship. We can't look to others to fill a gap. That leaves our relationship with self, with the energy of our source...
Read moreFinding Joy in Everyday Things - or - What is it about pebbles? What is it that I love so much about pebbles on the shore? Just rolling the words in my mind brings the waves lapping to my toes. Wet a
Read moreSo, there I was, this morning, sitting in our Garden Room with tears of joy spilling down my cheeks. Tears of joy. That’s not a common occurrence for me, I can tell you. Not that I’m a misery guts, bu
Read moreChoosing our beliefs changes everything. Believing in magic brings magic moments to us. Believing that I am in the right place at the right time doing the right thing brings confidence and ease to my
Read moreOptimism works. It’s just a case of finding a way to do more of it, without suppressing reality. Sometimes life really stinks. Sticking a smiley face sticker on that does us no good. We need a steady
Read moreHow much do we hold ourselves back, for fear of others' disapproval or criticism? I'm enjoying writing to and from an imagined Inner Champion, my Highest Self - Amelie, who brings me back into alignme
Read moreIf you notice yourself becoming increasingly risk-averse, making life smaller to avoid what you fear, you will find this reflection interesting and the approach shared may be of use to you. With encou
Read moreConnect with who people truly are and conflict disappears. Core confidence / alignment coaching / creating the future you desire / finding our way to a life we love
Read more“Now, we’re just going to spend the next section of the day Vision Questing - let’s map out where we want to be a year, five years, ten years into our practice!” The voice of our teacher is confident
Read moreHighlighting our flaws and dusting them with gold - compassion flows through our frailties. This blog explores the beauty of celebrating our weaknesses, and encourages us to treat failings with tender
Read moreBelieving that we can't be, do or have what we want is a huge source of pain in life. Perhaps the source of all pain. It sounds like the thinking of a spoilt 2 year old but it is inherent to the human
Read moreA busy working mum takes her child into the supermarket. He’s a tall boy of seven, with dark, intelligent eyes, a puppy dog smile and a slight lisp when he speaks. A casual observer would see the boy
Read moreWhat I learnt from discovering, with horror, that self development was doing me in… Do you find that you make some progress with coaching or therapy, but it’s two steps forward, one step back? Is yo
Read moreKeeping my head above water was all I’d ever known. I hadn’t realised there could be so much more to life… I was somewhat overawed by the giant of a man sitting next to me at the wedding table. Evide
Read more‘To Do’ Lists Made Me Ill. Actually, that’s not true. It wasn’t the lists that made me ill, it was my failure to live up to them. To Do Lists used to be a constant reminder of my inability to make t
Read moreHow our subconscious drivers can tie us up in knots Apparently, the man arrived at the workshop in a private helicopter. He was head-to-toe gilded with the trappings of success. Smooth, charismatic,
Read moreBridging the gap between minds needs a whole new level of listening, especially when the kid’s in trauma. It was ten past nine on a weekday in a small primary school. The area was one of profound soc
Read moreWhat to do on your 'Dry Well' days. When we feel lacking in love, where do you turn? What happens when you turn to others for love and find a whole world of hurt instead? This blog shares thoughts on
Read moreIf you've ever struggled to 'make' yourself fulfil your commitments, here's an experiment worth trying. Let go. Trust in Flow to take you through your schedule in optimum time and functionality. You m
Read more“Joy arises out of our very core. Joy is not dependent on other people or outer circumstances. Joy arises when you come home. Joy is to enter into your own inner being, into your own self.” ― Swami D
Read moreFacing our reality may be necessary at times, but overdoing it diminishes our power to create a better one. Creation takes imagination. We have to reach beyond our current experience to make changes t
Read moreThe simplest use of mantra can help you settle your mind.
Read moreTrust in the universe doesn’t bring immunity to fear. We still feel fear. Worry. Anxiety. Doubt. The emotional collywobbles come to us all. But when we know how to create trust in life, we can genuin
Read moreLearning to focus with precision is an art and a science. For me, it brings joy, even in the aftermath of huge loss. Here's how...
Read moreCoaching tools are invaluable in the search for joy beyond loss - loss of any kind. Sharing two powerful tools that work very well together when coaching yourself through life's challenges.
Read moreReaching for our desires can be a nightmare of despondency, until we can balance on the basket of life. See what the squirrels can teach us...
Read moreDo you know it’s an inside job? Some words to guide you back to the truth of your self. Here's where your power lies...
Read moreWorking with my own search for joy, through some pretty extreme experiences, feeds the confidence with which I coach others. If you struggle to enjoy life, you'll have your reasons, I know. Believe me
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Read moreWith inner work, we can make the mistake of hoping that someone will ‘fix’ us. We want to hand ourselves over like a car going in for repair. It doesn't go that way. We have to do the work. Is it wor
Read moreWhere do we find a knowing that gives us sure footing as the waves of change roll in all around us? Gathering thoughts around the stability of 'inner knowing' and how to tap into that strength...
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