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Guest Post: Beautiful Things To Do Because… To Send a Card Matters
Pretty By Post was founded to honour those we love with what matters most: fierce loyalty, support and unconditional love. Friendship is a gift to not only be grateful for, but to cherish. In fact, all human interaction should be treated as sacred. How we collectively treat other people, not just those we love, is hugely important. In the digital age, we revert to texts, FB shares and posts to stay in touch with our besties and loved ones. And while we love what technology can do to keep our world small, we can stand for old school correspondence, with elegance. How do we express our love and loyalty…
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Spiritual Roots: Excavating Our Stories
Like you, perhaps, I occupy an odd place in society. I am at once venerated and in-between the judgements. This society rewards youth and beauty but is incredibly afraid of age, what’s known as infirmity, frailty, darkness and death. I am 28, with a face unlined enough to still be called young, I have lean limbs, big eyes and a white smile – I’m welcomed. Society is designed for me, marketers are aiming at me, I look like the women in the adverts on TV, except not. Because I am also feared. I have for many years been a living embodiment of the power of ying, the strength in weakness.…
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Trailblazer Interview: Aviva Gold – Creativity, Healing & Art Medicine
Aviva Gold has been an art therapist, a clinical social worker, psychotherapist and an artist. Today, and for the past 35 years, she has grown into an art medicine woman. She’s taught her transformative Painting from the Source method worldwide, in the past 35 years she has taught at major workshop centres in the world such as Omega, Findhorn, Mana retreat, Kripalu and Esalen. She has taken Painting from the Source teachings to England, France, Canada, New Zealand, Ecuador, and Italy and is currently creating a source retreat in Oracle, Arizona. Click to tweet – Aviva is a true, global wellness trail blazer and I’m honoured she’s joining us for…
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The Girl Who Walked into Walls: A Story of Finding the Way Home
When I was a girl, I used to walk into walls. Walls, doors, tables… I’d clip my hips or shoulders walking past anything. I didn’t know where my edges were. There were no clear boundaries. This made learning to drive a nightmare because I didn’t know where the edges of the car were either, and just as I’d bang into furniture, door frames, people, I’d also hit things with the car too. Why was this? I didn’t know where my body began or ended because I wasn’t in it. Disassociation is a common response to trauma. Disassociation itself is quite usual, and you’ve probably experienced it. If you’ve ever drifted…
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