How to Stop Holding onto 'Stuff' – Part 1

How to Stop Holding onto 'Stuff' – Part 1

I’ve been thinking a lot about attachment these last weeks. It’s been a recurring theme with some clients (I’ve blogged before about holding onto fantasies of how things, or people ‘should’ be), but I’ve been confronted by some of my own...
Power of Community to Change Your Perspective

Power of Community to Change Your Perspective

As I was in that delicious transition state between sleep and wakefulness this morning, where consciousness and subconscious have a little ‘chat’, my musing mind was full of gratitude for some of the wonderfully supportive and inspiring people, that have come into my...
Stay True to You

Stay True to You

As I’ve been wrestling with moments of overwhelm interspersed with more peaceful reflection, I felt moved to express myself a little differently this week away from my usual prose. It feels risky, because I don’t claim to be a poet, or know anything of poetry – but...
For Mum: What I Learned From My Mother

For Mum: What I Learned From My Mother

You’re quite a woman and I’m so proud to be your daughter. Here’s a little of what I’ve learned from you: As a little girl you showed me how to spin a safe, warm cocoon of sleepy love – the magic of stories, the lull of your voice, the...
Self-Confidence: Permission to Be Me

Self-Confidence: Permission to Be Me

I’ve been away the last few days on The One Retreat run by the fabulous Shaa Wasmund down in Kent. I can truly, without gushing or exaggerating, say that it was life changing for me (for the better I hope!). I wasn’t sure that I’d be able to go, with Mum so...