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Learning to Rest with it All

“Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest” Tilopa

Category: addiction

‘I love you, I’m here for you, you are valued…’

Grateful for this moment. It is peaceful, nothing awful is happening in close proximity, it’s warm enough, and there’s a … More

anxiety, Appreciation, building resilience, fear, painful times, self love, self soothing, worry

Surrendering back into Love

Working away on my irritated reactiveness to noises, noticing that crucial tension point of decision…. ….to ally myself with the … More

feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment

Hello again Sadness and Anxiety

How unpredictable life can be ! We never know what life will present us with, or where the next challenge … More

addiction, honesty, pain, self sabotage, stress, worry

Undoings

Feeling low this morning. Yesterday I had a magnificent woodland walk, lunch at the park cafe….and saw the men on … More

childhood damage, fear, letting go, stress, suffering, worry

Starving thoughts of Attention

Back at the kitchen table. Another sunny one and quite a lot on today, relatively speaking. A new client at … More

being present, feeling safe, gratitude, habits, letting go, living abundantly, nature of mind, resting in awareness, thoughts, trusting life, wellbeing

Hungry Ghosts – Addiction Dropping

This is a little personal congratulations and an acknowledgement of something that is of significance to me, and that is … More

anxiety, freedom, habits, letting go, Recovery, relaxing, self care, surrender experiment, wellbeing

Nicotine – having a go at stopping

I haven’t smoked actual cigarettes for about 7 or 8 years but I replaced it with vaping. I think I … More

addiction

No added Sugar – Day 2

Since I’m on a roll of tolerating inner disturbance, I’m edging on further. I stopped caffeine a month ago and … More

anxiety, letting go, self soothing

Encountering the Psychiatric System

Yet another client who is so cognitively impaired by the multiple psychiatric drugs he is on that I’m not sure … More

Hello Wellbeing, and welcome :-)

I have experienced a couple of days of heightened wellbeing. I’m consciously allowing it in, and noticing fears and discomforts … More

being present, breathing, feeling safe, gratitude, Recovery, self compassion, self sabotage, self soothing, worry

Alcohol Free Experiment – Day 51

So my hairdresser challenged me to join her in the 30 day alcohol free experiment going around just now. So … More

inspiration, Recovery, self abuse, self care, self compassion, self soothing

You Get What you Feel you Deserve

And that doesn’t apply to being struck by a random childhood disease and the likes. I have noticed how challenging … More

business success, childhood damage, family conflict, fear of success, living abundantly, Money Issues, thriving, trusting life, upper limit problem

Well and Happy!

After so many many months of daily managing of anxiety, it has subsided for the last few weeks. And wow … More

addiction, freedom, gratitude, self care, self sabotage, self soothing, stress, trusting life

How to be Happy, even if it Scares you.

And this is one big note-to-self here. I feel fear just writing this post. I’m scared of being happy. There, … More

abundance, anxiety, asking for help, childhood damage, compassion, feeling safe, gratitude, Money Issues, Recovery, self abuse, self care, self compassion, self love, self sabotage, self soothing, success, trusting life, upper limit problem

Ups and Downs

And I keep on falling and picking myself up, falling and crashing and then up and out of these slumps … More

anxiety, gratitude, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self sabotage, worry

Sameness

Getting to accept this stability, calmness, quiet, aloneness. Drama will appear no doubt, but for now it is lacking though … More

addiction, being still, healing, letting go, mindfulness, nature

More Peace, less Strain

A few days more have passed of living without my favourite bad habits, alcohol, sugar, overeating and Facebook. And all … More

addictions, aloneness, ease, habits, mindfulness

Hungry Ghosts – Addiction

Today a bit about my personal struggle with unhealthy addictions. I was listening to Tara Brach’s podcast all last week about addictions and … More

addiction, kindness, self care

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