Who Do I Want to Be Next?
It’s time. Like the sap rising in the trees, the swelling bird song and the lengthening days, I’m feeling it stirring within me; the momentum for change. The question “Who do I want to be next?” has kept resurfacing. I have it as...
JIGSAW SAVES BUSINESS LAUNCH!
Well, perhaps a little premature to say that, but yesterday I was sooo stuck. I'm about to relaunch my entire business (hmm, I never seem to do things by half). Why? well because everything I've been learning, dreaming of, planning and experimenting with over the last...
The word that’s soothed my soul
I have a recurring experience that I used to find unsettling and puzzling. These days I’ve learned to just go with it, with some bemusement and curiosity. Every now and then, a word forces its way into my life. Usually it’s a word that’s just always been in my...
When I grow up…
I woke early this morning, mind whirring and body feeling alert and alive. That’s really. not. like. me. Generally I’m a night owl who loves long lazy lie-ins. I sleep well and deep and long. But every now and then my subconscious finishes its processing work way...
Ripples of Change and Grief
Oh, don’t we like to hold onto our illusion of control? And to help us feel in control we tidy up, organise, put stuff into neat little boxes. We simplify and generalise so we can ‘get our heads round it’, whatever ‘it’ may be, and to try to stop feeling overwhelmed...
Enough!
It’s my word for 2020. I decided that back in January even before our world got turned on it’s head. I realised it was time to stop seeking. It’s time for me to accept that I have ENOUGH. I have enough books, and course materials. I have enough knowledge and...
Train to Nowhere
Life has felt full and fast these last two weeks, and I’ve missed the spaces in between. Without the spaces, I lose the sense of who I am and what I want; I become reactive, not centred and intentional. It’s not been bad or difficult stuff I’ve been dealing with -...
The Ground Beneath my Feet
When all seems madness, and the pace is too fast; the noise in my head too loud and too shrill; the tight flutter in my chest caught from anxiety in the air - it's time to breathe, deep and slow... Feel the air in my nose, the life in my veins. Feel the strength in my...
Meet my Friend Procrastination
We've a difficult relationship, Procrastination and I. Mostly that's because the general consensus seems to be that Procrastination is no good and a bad influence. A kind of lazy ne'er do well who hangs around the bike sheds smoking. The kind of influence my mother...
Too many Apps running in my head
I got caught out by my phone running out of charge. "Pah" I thought grumpily, "Bloody phone, battery life is getting really short!" But later, when I managed to get it connected to some juice, I realised just how many different apps I had open and running. That runs...
Can the Fantasy be Reality?
I have this fantasy. The fantasy is of the 'ideal' me. I see her in my mind so clearly: This is the Rachel who wakes early each morning with a smile and a stretch, drinks lemon water, then effortlessly performs 20 minute of Yoga. This Rachel meditates; she takes brisk...
The Joy of Full Immersion
Something happened in the night; my subconscious has made a decision and declared "enough's enough"! I've woken today with a craving that's quietly intense. It's taken hold deep within and is sitting with quiet insistence. And I surrender, hoping and trusting the...