Category: Inspiration

  • Guest post: Stuck in a Rut? A Simple Solution

    My friend Sam shared this on her blog last week and I loved it so much I asked if I could share it with you guys – enjoy! “I am an avid watcher of TED talks. I love the people they draw, the ideas they have, the inspiration they bring to my life. Today I…

  • OnTheBeach – Celebrate Good Times

    OnTheBeach – Celebrate Good Times

    [caption id="attachment_2496" align="alignleft" width="150" caption=" "][/caption]How much do you celebrate your life? Do you wait for birthdays, weddings and christenings to come around or do you celebrate more often? Do you celebrate when you reach a milestone, like paying off a debt? Do you celebrate the little things in life, the everyday joys and achievements?…

  • The Diamond in the Rough

    This morning I read this lovely article, and it got me thinking – how many of us are hiding the diamond within us? How many of us aren’t fully owning our magnificence? How many of us are standing on the sidelines, just watching life go by around us, thinking we can’t make a difference? The…

  • Pieces of a Puzzle

    “There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” Deepak Chopra You are an important piece of the grand puzzle – do you own that? Do you live that? Do you see how…

  • Accessing Your Intuition

    So, a couple of weeks ago I asked you to share with me the ways you access your inner wisdom, and promised to share the final list. Some of these are direct ways to access your inner voice, some are indirect, helping you to get quiet enough to hear that voice. 1. Visualisation – Future…

  • Apache Blessing

    May the sun bring you new energy by day May the moon softly restore you by night May the rain wash away your worries May the breeze blow new strength into your being May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life May you be blessed this…

  • Your Mission: Fall in Love with You

    This week, your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to treat yourself as if you loved yourself beyond words. Treat yourself as you would a precious child that you want to spoil rotten! Treat yourself as if you thought you could do anything. Treat yourself as if you could do no wrong in…

  • Your Creative Joy

    As you will know if you follow this blog closely (and if you do, I thank you!), on a Wednesday I answer a journal prompt from Jamie Ridler of Jamie Ridler Studios. I also listen to Jamie’s weekly podcast on creative living. Jamie is my favourite resource for awakening creativity, and since I came across…

  • The Daily Constitutional

    In The Independent a few years ago, John Walsh wrote about the pleasures we have lost because we’re usually in so much of a hurry. Here’s part of what he wrote: “How long is it since you entertained the concept of Going For A Walk? I don’t mean the urgent dash to the shops on…

  • Nothing Holding You Back

    What is holding you back from having a joyous life? What is holding you back from falling in love with life? What is holding you back from doing what you want to do? You may have answered ‘money’, ‘time’, ‘not knowing how or what to do’, maybe it is a person or people, the government,…