The magical feel good juju that is gathered up by being present is not a reward that the ego/personality wants. … More
Tag: love
Magic of Nature
The day’s variables were too complex and uncertain for my mind to try to work out so I just let … More
A Passage
Awoke happy and deeply relaxed this morning, stretched out savouring the experience….no thoughts at all, just an awareness of the … More
Handshake with Feelings
Miraculously I did find a place of peace inside yesterday. I thought I was going to melt with all that … More
Relaxing the Resistance
Relaxed the resistance a few notches and then find that solutions appear. With a lot of help which I asked … More
Sunny Day
A good day surprisingly after that news. Yes I have some fear. Life goes on…other stuff doesn’t seem to become … 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
Orientation
The physical location of where I feel myself in the body, where I am perceiving the outside world from. When … 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
Into the Body
There was a lot of talk about love and fear yesterday with 2 therapy clients both of whom were experiencing … More
Loving everything…
….is the direction this is going. And that is exciting and quite scary too when I think of what I … More
Nothing is Wrong
Almost all day up I was noticeably comfortable in my own skin, and at ease with life. Couple of trigger … 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
Aloneness (in relation to Covid)
Bit of a long one today. And maybe controversial if you support the conventional approach to the vaccines and other … More
Inner Bonding
Intangible anxiety for an hour on awaking. Not a single thing in the daily life that would justify anxiety at … More
Back to Love
Tired this morning, 4 hours sleep after staying up exceedingly late into the night watching series 5 of the Handmaiden’s … More
No Complaints
The leaves are falling at quite a pace now, and darkness closes in as winter approaches. I make the house … More
You are Loved, You are cherished, I’m here for You
Another long sleep and bobbing in and out of sleep from the early hours. And again I went through the … More
Pausing and Allowing
Saw an otter yesterday in the river just after I had a strong inner prompting to slow right down to … 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
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
Testing back into Unchanging Stillness
I have two clients to see this morning. It is always a great way to start the day, being useful. … More
Becoming Everything
Reading a post this morning was realising that when the ‘I’ disappears, there’s no place to take a position from, … More
Everything is fine until I Think!
And try to control things. I start thinking and reflecting, then it feels crowded in here. I lose touch with … More
Surrounding Suffering
I had another night of listening to the centuries old Dzogchen texts read out by Samaneri Jayasara. I’ve got her … More
Stealing Peace
At times I feel as though I’m ‘stealing’ moments of peace. I don’t trust it fully. It’s like a passing … More
Trusting Safety
Another day in the life with some of my inner processes. Again written for my future self. Who I imagine … More
What is Happy
It is definitely a feeling that arises from within for me. I’m pretty sure it’s there all the time, joy … More
And Happy Again
Noticing a pattern here. You look right at the disowned feelings, allow them to be felt, let disturbance in and … 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
Dropping down into Feelings
A thrill of anticipation this morning as I was getting up. I know how to deal with anxiety at last … 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
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
Sensual
I was kissed gently and confidently last night by a close friend in a dream. It was the perfect moment. … 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
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
Opening up to and Allowing the Love in
This week I have had several powerful opportunities to receive love. I’ve watched my openness to this, and I expected … More
Feeling of Infinity
The sense of it pervading and enveloping everything including me arrives each day these days. I have responses to it, … More
Kindness
I woke up to a little package on my doorstep. It was a beautifully made and delicious present of home … More
Facing the fear of not Interpreting
To face the fear of not interpreting and stay with the experience is a big beautiful ongoing lesson for me. … More
Long Wise Quote
“The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to develop a complete carefree acceptance, an openness to all situations without limit. … More
Happiness Visits
I’m little by little getting used to this new sense of expansiveness and openness of heart. I presume it’s due … More
Opening and Closing
To not close my heart and to instead remain open (and free). That sums it all up. The Mission. I … More
Happiness up, Anxiety down
Largely as a result of taking my ego on, taking a stand and not adjusting the world to make it … More
Having a Beginners Mind
I am experiencing a flow with my psychotherapy clients. I seem to know what to say and when and which … More
Straddling two Worlds
There’s one world in which we help and care for each other. We cooperate freely and giving is not perceived … More
Navigating Change with People
It can be difficult to maintain old friendships when we change and grow. As authenticity, awareness, self care and confidence … 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
A quick Messiah Netflix review
This series had a very positive effect on me. It was spiritually uplifting, and I am non religious. I binged … More
Appreciating the Beautiful
Everywhere I look, if I choose to notice, there’s beauty all around me. I see my body, even just my … 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
Celebrating Ourselves
Sometimes, when encouragement from others is not available, it can be really useful and helpful just to encourage ourselves! I … More
Monday Gratitude
Good morning, it’s a new week and it feels like the last week of summer. We are swiftly entering the … More
Soften and Allow
My new dog is showing me how my own fear works. The dog was terrified at first. She was totally … More
My Self Love Club
I go every Thursday to this group, the Self Love Club. It was started by a wonderful woman who, like … More
Happy Birthday Me!
Yes it is today. And its a sunny morning, the birds are singing and its spring. So much to be … More
Coaching Session
I looked up an old coach I had from about 4 years ago, and it was SUCH a positive experience. … More
How I think, How I Feel
I sometimes have a thought something like ‘ oh everything is chaotic, it’s scary, and I’m barely coping’. I also … More
Learning to Rest with it All 