Little to reflect on personally as it is quiet here inside and out in my immediate environment in the depths … More
Category: Recovery
Less Afraid of Feelings
Same again. This is how the tools are learned. After noticing a slight unease inside, I went down out of … More
Reconnecting – List
The changes, leaps and new realisations require time and space to settle in. So I’m just having a simple little … 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
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
Today this Helped
I was feeling tight in the throat and chest, feeling the contraction of anxiety. So I went out for a … More
Navigating Feelings and Thoughts
Windy wet start out there this morning. Dog curled up happy beside me. Nearly always open and happy she is, … More
Free of ‘Me’
I’m so very grateful to these directly felt experiences of how beautiful life can be. Right now everything feels perfect … More
And Back to Peace again
Relative peace anyway. My ego is on alert now it knows I’m onto it! I am on this intensive personal … More
More Feelings to Process
Allowing my feelings to be felt more, I have more material to work with, again appearing in a dream. In … More
Another Day of Peace
It lasted all day the feeling of at-ease-ness. I had one therapy client then another, some garden business work, then … More
Calm after the Storm
After opening the gates of disowned feelings and emotions and letting them arise yesterday, the pain did subside. It was … More
Friendly to Self
I haven’t been feeling well the last few days. Noticeable enough to remind me to go easy and be kind … More
Letting go of Anxiety
By feeling it. Fully. And relaxing with it. The fear is that if we allow uncomfortable feelings to be felt, … More
Wave of Fear
One arrived this morning. ‘Shouldn’t you be worried about something, you might be forgetting something really important?” A thought suggested. … More
Feeling Off
I call these periods mini ‘dark nights of the soul’. I like the drama of that phrase and it does … More
Covid Era Journey
I went from being very scared at first, washing my shopping, my hands, holding my breath when joggers passed me … More
Edge dwelling Daily Life
A diary post with no real point, other than perhaps the fun of reading it someday when I’m an old … More
Jittery Edge Territory
Circling the edges surrounding the new unexplored territory and physically experiencing the jitters. Joyful jitters though, excitement and anticipation of … More
Breaking free of the Social Shackles Continued
I have been exploring how we can be held back by others and motivated to hold ourselves back by our … 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
A Moment of Grace
I was pondering in a moment of appreciation, that this is a period of relative peace inside. A sense of … More
Untangling Obstructions
With the quiet patience of few expectations this last week has been one of resting, simplicity and a chance to … More
Lost at Sea
Yes that’s a perfect description for my felt experience at the moment. After weeks of family visits and dinners I’m … 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
A Whole New World
Sitting on my little spot here on the planet and everything is changing by the second, hourly, daily. It gets … More
Testing the Wings
Up super early today and sitting gratefully cosy and comfy here on this December morning. Cold and dark outside. All … 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
Thoughts Suggest what we should be Feeling
Thoughts come in continuously giving me suggestions of what I should be feeling. A thought can often be a suggestion … More
Unwell yet Happy
More useful adversity. I have been a little unwell this week with a sore throat, chest infection and cough. I … More
The Power of Admitting it
“I feel fear…… I feel fear……. I feel fear….. hello there fear I acknowledge you’. I say it out loud … More
Surrendering Anxiety
Here we go, right on cue, after tastes of fabulous freedom recently, anxiety provoking thoughts arrive a day or two … More
Walking to the Edge
All day yesterday the phrase ‘walk to the edge and the edge will come to meet you, and then you … More
Waking up Happy
More accurately, I woke up NOT feeling scared or anxious at all which allowed my natural state of being to … More
Guarding our Mental Health
How am I doing this? Firstly, I’m not succeeding all of the time. I spent the last 48 hours making … More
Worry Hijack Dissected
I’ve been communicating about and celebrating my successes here lately so here’s an example of different type of success, a … 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
Screen Time
Endless Twitter and Facebook scrolling, meetings and courses on Zoom, work on the computer, hours spent binge watching, and lots … 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
Little Life Update
Travelling along in the ever present moment here if that’s not too much of a contradiction. There are many moments … More
We got This!
I’m feeling optimistic that many more of us are finding the remarkably simple formula for expanding our awareness and increasing … 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
“Shouldn’t I be Doing Something Else?“
“Something more important, more urgent”. This is a voice that comes to me quite regularly. And I answer it with … More
Emotions – They are Temporary
Quick one to remind us that it is helpful to keep in mind that emotions are largely temporary. It’s particularly … More
Thoughts – Dropping and Trusting
I’m a walking, sitting, lying in bed, showering, shopping, chatting, bill paying, getting dressed and undressed, dog walking, ‘drop and … More
Shower Meditation
Today my foray into ‘dark night of the soul’ is on pause (woohoo) and it could just be due to … 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
Testing
Yesterday was a pretty meaty test – the ‘demons’ came hard and fast. Demons as in scary thoughts tempting me … More
And this Beauty
Want to share this further reply with you as it’s another one full of beautiful wisdom for getting through the … More
A reply
My hand holder through all this, this is how he responded to my latest round of earthly crisis. Sharing in … More
An Unravelling
Had a big fat one this week. Inside expansion and unravelling of illusions being reflected outside. The obstacles are coming … More
A Spiritual Emergency
I’ve heard it called that. A few days of inner agony mostly on than off for days and days…angst, anxiety, … More
Life Update
A new motorhome has materialised. Heard about a neighbour selling it on Tuesday by yesterday it was paid for, a … More
It’s all Changing
These shocking and unexpected health related experiences, a big one, the stroke and the little squirrel bite one…having to slow … More
A Squirrel Bit me!
Sharp, deep, and a total surprise. It was injured and I was rescuing it from the dog and put it … More
I had a Stroke!
Not even just a mini one. On Thursday morning I woke up nearly paralysed down one side…and to cut it … More
Damselfly Suprise
I looked at my tadpole bowl to discover a big colourful bonus that had just hatched out. A Large Red … More
A Tightening
I have been tightening up and up and up, and it’s damn painful. A whole set of triggering factors ricocheting … More
Took a Risk
Quite a big one for me with my conditioning to please others. Risking another’s wrath. And experiencing the fall out … More
Learning to Rest with it All 