• My Morning Routine for Mojo and Magic

    My favourite articles in magazines are always peoples’ morning routines. I love reading about the wonderful ways people begin their days. My other favourites include: what’s in my bag, a day in the life (see my Day in the Life in Get Fresh! Magazine here), my favourite outfit, my plate morning, noon and night (see my daily meals and recipes over at Naturally Lauren here) and my favourite things articles. And so when my dear friend Gala Darling wrote about her morning routine, I couldn’t resist sharing mine too. As for the other articles, watch this space: there’ll be a ‘what’s in my bag’ blog coming soon. My bag is…

  • Trailblazer Interview: Heather Plett on Holding Space for Illness and Pain

    How do you handle illness? Is it something that makes you want to run away? Or something you live with everyday? For those of us who live with chronic illness or pain it can be an unforgiving struggle, an uncomfortable companion, and a deeply felt experience. Heather Plett’s work on holding space went viral in 2015, and for good reason. CLICK TO TWEET. Heather Plett is a teacher, writer, coach, and facilitator who helps people make deeper connections with themselves, others, the sacred, and the Earth. She gathers people in circles both online and off to share stories, ask questions, make art, and build community. She is a practitioner of The…

  • New Year’s Resolutions – Or New Year, Your Way

    As we enter 2016 and I see the beginnings of peoples’ new year’s resolutions, I considered what I’d really like to say and, in truth, I keep coming back to something I said this time last year. So rather than try and reinvent the wheel, simply because a calendar has changed, I’d like to bring up last year’s [edited and updated] post as a reminder to anyone who’s struggling making new year’s resolutions, or feeling pressured to change when they’re really not ready to do so.   It’s a new year and everyone is making huge plans. There’s a new start, clean slate and another chance to get it right. What pressure! Social…