Relaxing the Resistance

Relaxed the resistance a few notches and then find that solutions appear. With a lot of help which I asked … More

I love you, I appreciate you, I value you….

Said a few times gently with a hand on the chest, while generating kindness and compassion….after a deep breath. Change … More

Highs, and are they even Lows

Kind of knocked sideways or something with this tooth pain going on still. Though I don’t think anything about it … More

Courage

I sincerely asked for help last night, and help came. It arrived in the form of an encouraging and empowering … More

Greeting Myself in the Morning

Good morning and warm greetings to you. Welcome to another day. I love you. I say to myself on awakening. … More

Follow the Joy

Awake at 6ish, and some part was feeling anxious and I had to take action before it was escalated by … More

Celebrating Achievements

My son Tobie and his gf J are still here and she cooked a wonderful Portuguese duck and rice dinner … More

Socialising

Bit of a round up summary of the last few days. The journey continues into the New Year, it’s all … More

Quickening

It’s happening. Inside definitely expansion and expansion and outside…. I hope, I think I sense…that a critical mass of people … More

Inner Bonding

Intangible anxiety for an hour on awaking. Not a single thing in the daily life that would justify anxiety at … More

Feeling Safe

In bed as I awoke at 4am I said to myself gently I’m here for you I care about you … More

Rainy Monday

Grey and very wet morning and I’ve been cheering myself up by singing as I get dressed and make tea, … More

Updated Positive Self Talk list

I love you I respect you I care about you I want the best for you I appreciate you I … More

Thank you

Looked after despite my fears, time and time again. I doubted and was starting to worry about the lack of … More

A Wonderful Day

Yesterday was wonderful. First, a long term therapy client made some important little breakthroughs. And he is now a month … More

Evening Thanks

Breath in……and out….saying thank you inside as I exhale. Breath in…and out…..thank you. A pause to be grateful. Thank you … More

Congratulations to Me

Lying here in the immense heat of the hottest day on record in the U.K. 28 degrees C or 83F … More

Fun and Sharing day

Been loving the depth of sharing from my son T. Some of it quite hard for a mother to listen … More

Safe and Home

Again this morning, the Gayatri ‘tat savitur varenyam, bargo devasya demahi, diyoyo naprachodyaat’ and peace, peace and more peace. Then … More

Turning Towards Feelings

Awoke with the start of some little nippy worry thoughts arising in between sleep as I surfaced. The ones that … More

Healthy Habits

Still feeling quite disorientated here today and feel a need for some nurturing time alone today. Ignored a dear old … More

Dissolving Identity

Everything I ever wanted is already here. I was just watching this video by Angelo DiLullo in bed this morning … More

Choosing to Let Life go Well

I was lying in bed this morning, no need to get up, no need to do anything other than enjoy … More

A Thank You

Gratitude and appreciation had become such an integrated part of my every day attitude that I stopped having to think … More

A Different Today

Every day is so very different. It’s almost like a brand new life starting all over. “How fabulous, happy and … More

What am I Grateful for about Myself

What am I grateful for about myself? I’m grateful for my appreciation of beauty, my softness, empathy, intelligence, kindness. I … More

Adversity as a Friend

One of the most exciting discoveries of the last couple of turbulent years for me is that personal adversity can … More

Savouring

I’m savouring my positive happy experiences more and more these days as I realise the huge importance of learning to … More

Short Wise Quote – Gay Hendricks

“I had been resisting reality all my life—resisting facing it, resisting accepting it, resisting feeling it. Whenever I would have … More

Loving Ourselves – a reframing

We don’t have to learn how to love ourselves. We already love ourselves. All we have to do is to … More

Welcoming the Obstacles

Its 6am. Lying in bed newly awake and the head kicks in and starts to think it’s thoughts. I notice … More

Very Wise Quote – HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

“The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to develop a complete carefree acceptance, an openness to all situations without limit. … More

Faith, Trust, and Surrender

Still here deep in the folds of the current cycle – my little dark night of the soul raging away, … More

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

My Surrender Experiment

I’ve been caressed and hugged by the words of Michael Singer recently. It is exactly what I need to hear … More

A Positive side of This Pandemic

I was just pondering that if the planet were an intelligent being it might design something like this the way … More

What if Joy is Scary

What if you’re not used to it and it’s a more than a bit scary. Often it’s unconsciously scary and … More

Reframing the Past

I have written a lot about the less than ideal aspects of my past and their effect on me. Looking … More

Welcoming the Good Times

For a start I went on a date and it lasted 7 hours, is that good sign or what?! Intelligent … More

Celebrating Bad things that Haven’t Happened!

Part of reprogramming my mind towards noticing more ‘good facts’ is reminding myself of some of the adversity that isn’t … More

‘Good Facts’ for building Resilience

Today has been a continuation of building on my focus on what is good. Good facts, no matter how small, … More

Overcoming my Limits

This is a MAJOR project I’ve been engaged with for some years. Whenever things are going well in my life, … More

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

Nurturing Behaviour

There are many small actions I take nearly every week that are nurturing and give me stability amid the flux … More

Coaching Session

I looked up an old coach I had from about 4 years ago, and it was SUCH a positive experience. … More

Feeling a need for Encouragement

I’m an ENFP and though we have many positive qualities we can be easily discouraged if too many negative experiences … More

Expressing Gratitude to those we Love and to Ourselves

I sometimes wish I had people around me giving me positive affirmations and say “well done” to me more often. … More

Lost 10 pounds!

Since the 1st of January by making healthy choices, and next to no wine or any other alcohol. Still having … More

Day in the Life of a Business Woman

Yes I have got that hat on today as lots of business related activities happening. A potential new client meeting, … More

Latest Workshop update

I spent 5 hours at a Refresh your Energy art workshop today. It was a good laugh with a bunch … More

Self Encouragement

I feel a need to do this a lot recently, even though things are definitely improving. I want to remind … More

Today’s Gratitude List

Think a gratitude list is a good way to start the week. I so often need to remind myself of … More

Self Love Club Review

I went to the second meeting of the year last night. I found the Self Love Club on Meet Up. … More

Success and Childhood

I had a session with the therapist/coach last night. The subject was around allowing more success in, success in all … More

Had a Bit of Therapy

Having some small breakthroughs the last few days. The session with the transactional therapist yesterday focused again on the stress … More

Recovery from 2017 Plan

So, I have taken some action already and decided on making a few changes. I know I’m maybe repeating some … More

Congratulations to Myself…

I was wondering how I can encourage myself more. Encouragement is such a positive experience, and I love giving and … More