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