Self-Care

  • My Favourite 5 Songs to Help You Smile

    Sometimes, you just need a good song playing, you know the feeling? Maybe you are gearing up for a long-procrastinated task. Or perhaps you are feeling low on spoons, but need to attend an appointment and are looking for some beats to lean on as you get dressed. You could be looking for something uplifting to sing instead of listening to your thoughts take the same old tracks, inner-criticing around your mind.

  • Finding Focus: Insights for Exploring our Divinity

    “…I didn’t have time to pray, I had to make use of every spare moment for the seemingly endless array of things on my ‘to-do’ list… When I had no choice, when those little structures that we erect to keep ourselves going started cracking, I did stop. And in the stillness, I realised anew that comfort, renewal, and deep peace can always be found in the present moment if we allow ourselves even a few minutes to rest with our Source. No matter what the circumstances of our lives are, we can place ourselves in the presence of the Divine, the moment we decide to be still, to breathe, to…

  • Meet Our New Sponsor: Christy Tending Healing Arts

    Christy Tending Healing Arts, who makes self-care and sacred ritual for world changers, is our latest sponsor. The opinions and words used here are, as always, my own. P.S Christy has a lovely gift for you, read on for details. You know that feeling when you meet someone and a part of you deep down inside whispers, “I am so deeply grateful that you are on the planet, and even better, that I get to be on it with you”? That’s the prayer my heart made when I came across Christy’s work. That’s the feeling I get when I read her writing, and learn from her offerings. And that’s why…

  • Appreciation Celebration: The Radical Approach to Healing

    Sometimes healing and changing our lives can feel so overwhelming. We read or see all the things we need to do. Sometimes I feel like I could drown under a big sea of healing things, or get crushed by a book avalanche of all the as-yet-unread healing books! A few years ago I was struggling with this but my (wise, kind) husband said something which really helped to put it into perspective for me – We need to acknowledge and celebrate all the healing things we are doing right now! It sounds simple but it is so easy for amazing powerful healing acts to become routine and background and cease to…