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  • Why is it so hard to embrace joy and self-care?

    I’m part of 2 challenges this month – in my own group “Fall in Love With Life” our daily practice for April is Self-care, and in Amina Makhdoom Lynch’s Joy Challenge, the theme is of course joy. And so many people in both challenges are bumping up against their comfort zone in terms of taking…

  • When Life Gets in the Way of Self-Care

    So in my new group (Fall in Love With Life) we’re talking about self-care for the month of April, and I did a little poll to ask what got in the way of people’s self-care. By far the most popular answer was “life gets in the way”. It does. I get that. We forget. We…

  • What to do for self-care

    So a couple of weeks ago I talked about self-care – how to check on how cared for you feel and why it’s important…but what do you do for your self-care? Because it’s more than just massages (which are awesome) and eating the right food (which is good for you). It’s everything that makes you…

  • Where is Self-care on your priority list?

    How is your self-care? Do you take excellent care of yourself? Is self-care high up on your priority list? For most of us, we do the bare minimum we need to keep ourselves functioning – able to work and do whatever else we want to do. Just. It’s the equivalent of putting fuel in your…

  • Does your head rule your heart?

    Does your head rule your heart? Do you find yourself talking yourself out of doing things you want to do? Do you weigh up the pros and cons of every decision? Do you think about it, deciding in a sensible way whether to do what your heart wants or not? I was talking about this…

  • Don’t Let What You Want Overshadow What You Have

    I’m a Big Dreamer – I love to daydream and imagine and create in my imagination…which sometimes leads to creation in real life too. All invention is born in the mind and all that. But there’s something we do when we imagineer our future – set goals, create wonderful visions, decide on Big Dreams…we use…

  • Self-Love and The Longest Winter

    It’s been a bloody long winter here in the UK. We don’t normally get bad winters here – we usually get a cold snap, but also some mild months. This year it’s been fecking cold all the way through…and another cold ‘snap’ is settling in now, bringing snow and brass monkey temperatures. You may have…

  • Love yourself even though…

    Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s the perfect day to talk about love… But you know me, I’m far more interested in SELF-LOVE. Because self-love doesn’t depend on the moods, whims and actions of someone else. While it is wonderful to be loved by your partner, your friends, your family, the more you love yourself, the more…

  • What are you taking for granted?

    As I write this, I am sat in bed on New Years Day, watching Despicable Me 2 and utterly full of cold. It is amazing how much you appreciate breathing through your nose when you cannot. It’s actually a very good reminder for the new year – to appreciate what we all take for granted.…

  • Have you done your yearly planning yet?

    Have you done your planning for the year ahead yet? Have you set your goals and intentions for this year? No? Ah well, too late now init? Of course not. Your life planning can happen any time. New moon is a fabuolous time to set intentions. Chinese New Year comes 3-6 weeks after 1st Jan…