Opening and Allowing

The magical feel good juju that is gathered up by being present is not a reward that the ego/personality wants. … More

Calm amid the Storm

Yes feeling balanced despite no change in circumstances. Feels like a miracle. Everything is the same as it was that … More

Sluggish Start

So this post started in one mood and ended in a completely altered one after I interacted in a positive … More

Just so

Long sleep and no pharmaceuticals required. Good. Though now on two types of antibiotics though to remove the tooth infection. … 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

Body Wisdom

Such a deep communion with my therapy client yesterday morning. (Note to self- watch out for using the clients to … More

Allowing

Dropping down out of the head area and orienting from the heart/chest/midriff/tummy area of the body is remaining with me. … More

Happy Arisings

Submerging intensely into a state of deep appreciation of this beautiful animal I share my life with….treasuring and savouring each … More

Good Cheer

Friend N called me by mistake at 3.30am and it’s now at 5.30 still awake. But happily drinking tea and … 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

Celebrating Talents

I find myself acknowledging how talented I am tonight, and feeling appreciative and extra loving of myself. How seldom I … More

Facing it All

“Thank you for being here, it’s good to have your company”, I say to Elsa when she comes over for … More

Love to the Inner Child in Us

I enjoy being awake in bed between about 5am to 7am, especially during these dark winter days. Several cups of … More

Celebrating Achievements

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

‘Oh hello little toes, hello legs’

It was only towards the end of the shower that I realised I hadn’t been really there for the experience. … More

Socialising

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

Ruffled up a Bit

Bit ruffled up inside again this morning. Though I started the day on awakening in bed with a hand on … More

The land that is nowhere

And the deeper secret of the secret. The land that is nowhere, that is your true home. iChing Don’t look … More

The Expanded Self

It was useful to read this Course in Miracles Excerpt earlier, to be reminded of that sense of an expanded … More

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

‘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

Quickening

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

Reconnecting – List

The changes, leaps and new realisations require time and space to settle in. So I’m just having a simple little … More

Luxury Waking Up

The experience of awaking this morning was delightful. As soon as I realised I was awake I started saying a … More

Making Life a bit more Fun

Each day starts with noticing that I’m waking from sleep. Immediately some words of love and support come into my … More

Encounter with Resistance

Thrilled to be noticing how integrated my self talk has become recently. There is barely anything other than positive affirmative … More

Saturday Morning

Blissful spacious love, I surrender into you. I give myself full permission to relax further and further into a backdrop … More

The Magic of Self Love ❤️

Each morning in the early hours when I stir from sleep I say some of the phrases from my list. … 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

Surrendering

It’s pouring right now, windy and dark outside. Leaves flying off the trees. Inside it’s still and warm and cosy … More

The Smooth and the Hard times

It was a pretty serious session with the first client in the morning, with death as a theme. Of her … 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

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

No Complaints

The leaves are falling at quite a pace now, and darkness closes in as winter approaches. I make the house … More

Love Bombs

I’ve been dropping these love bombs on my beleaguered conditioned psyche recently. Think there’s quite a lot of inner adjustments … More

You are held, you are cared for, you are loved

Out into the Sunday morning sunshine, a slow amble along the swollen river to the now rather muddy edge of … More

I love, I respect and I like Myself

Breakfast in the park and walk with a friend in the morning, then a deeply restful afternoon yesterday. After that … More

Thank you Body, thank you Shower…

I look down at my body standing there and I thank it for working so well. Then I thank the … 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

I love you, I admire you, I thank you….

Whenever I surfaced from sleep in the early hours, I would say, “I love you Susan”, and then onto several … More

Monday Morning Healing

Yesterday a new pine woodland to explore beyond the city. The vibration of driving calmed the nervous system, new sights, … More

Relaxing and Contracting

I just sent the price over to the (potential) next client. The job that is due to start in a … 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

Surfacing Core Wounds

I had a long site visit yesterday and extensive chats with the client, the men and tree surgeons about having … More

Day to Day Life

It’s a rainy windy one out there today. Been a very rainy month but the greenery is so lush as … More

Connecting with Difficult Feelings

The body is the secret. What is being felt right now in this very moment? How do I know how … More

An Anxiety Visit

This happens fairly regularly these days as I go deeper into trust. And it seems to be cyclic following a … 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

Savouring

Really savouring the good times when they arise, communicates the message that it is allowed, it is welcome and it … 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

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

A Perfect Day

Sunshine and warmth and my morning non meditation meditations of listening to the Buddhist nun Samaneri Jayasara reading the deepest … 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

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

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

I’m still thinking about how we overall as a society keep each other (and ourselves) retarded and held back in … 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

Hello Again Stress

How are you doing, it has been a while. As I woke up I noticed some kind of mild suffering … More