Sometimes things feel overwhelming. We have so much on our plates and so many things we need to consider, get done, organised or dealt with. Some things we’d really rather not have to do or face. And we all have them, right? Jobs and tasks that don’t particularly fill us with joy but that just need to get done. So how we can bring some pleasure to them? And how can we treat ourselves royally in the process? Anytime you’re feeling overwhelmed take a step back. Write down anything and everything that’s in your head and all of your to-dos. …Continue reading»
Following Joy
No matter how evolved you become you will still have challenges. But you can learn to look for the joy amidst them. Joy. Laughter. Play. Lightness. They’re magnetic. They’ll help draw the right things and people to you. We need to balance anything difficult we’re going through with stopping to enjoy life. We’re so privileged and we forget that life is a gift. That it’s meant to be enjoyed and celebrated. When you follow joy and have fun, you’ll be a joy to be around. This energy will touch everyone you come into contact with. So following joy isn’t selfish …Continue reading»
Caring for ourselves as we stretch
Nothing worthwhile is easy. Success always lies outside of our comfort zones. Nothing great happens without hard work, without time and energy being invested. So we need to make sure we’re climbing the right ladders and that we’re investing in what matters most. The way we spend our time and energy is the way we spend our lives. Time is our currency and is a great equaliser. We all get exactly the same number of hours in any given day. How do you want to be spending yours? We need to stretch and expand outside of our comfort zones to …Continue reading»
What are you most proud of?
What makes you proud – of yourself, of your relationships, of other achievements? How can you be proud of the investments you make? Having a sense of pride allows us to find purpose and helps us be who we want to be, even during difficult times. Pride is something people seem to look back with at the end of their lives, alongside regret and the things they weren’t so proud of. What they’re most proud of often signals what was most important to them; what they valued the most. So it seems to me that we need to live in …Continue reading»
What if life was rigged in your favour?
This Rumi quote is one of my favourites: ‘Live life as if everything is rigged in your favour’. How would things change if you really believed this was true? I notice how much I suffer when I believe that something shouldn’t be happening. When I resist what is and fight against it. How I feel like a victim, and how this in turn makes me feel small, weak and powerless. When I can believe instead that it’s all happening for me and not to me, even if I don’t understand why, everything feels better. I have a new lightness of …Continue reading»
With every ending comes a new beginning
Change is part of life. Loss is part of life. Both of these can be hard to bear. But we can resist them and suffer, or we can realise that they’re part of living a full and rich life. A transition of any kind will bring up grief. Even if you want to be moving onto something new, you can still feel sadness around what you’re leaving behind. Sadness will help you to let go and to honour all that you’ve had. We need to honour any endings or anything we’re losing, fully. In whichever ways we choose. They’re ours …Continue reading»
Unconditional love
Too often we place conditions on the love we have for others. We try to get love, believing we don’t have enough already. We look for other people or things to make us feel a certain way, when we haven’t been able to do that for ourselves. It sometimes doesn’t even occur to us that we could do it for ourselves. Real love is about giving and not getting. It’s about what we can give and what we can share, with no conditions attached. Real love frees – both you and the other person. We need to learn how to …Continue reading»
It’s ok not to be ok
It’s ok not to be ok. It’s ok to fall apart. It’s ok to let others in, to lean on them, to ask for support and to be vulnerable. Give yourself time to recover. Give yourself time to grieve. Give yourself all the time you need, for anything and everything that matters most. The fastest way to feel better is to accept it when you’re feeling bad and not resist it. It’s ok not to be ok. It’s only natural to resist feeling bad. It’s uncomfortable. We want to move on and fix whatever is causing us pain or discomfort. …Continue reading»
When the story changes
Every experience you have is part of your story. Every experience helps shape you into who you are. You learn, you grow and you carry that with you. Nobody can take that away. Sometimes things feel heartbreakingly sad. Weave it into the fabric of who you are. Look for the strength you know is inside you. Lean on those you know will support you. Sometimes it’s not the end of a story; it’s just time for one of the characters to leave. And that can feel so painful for the characters left behind. But the one that leaves never fully …Continue reading»
Let your light shine
Don’t confuse what you do with who you are. Your worth isn’t based on what you do. Your worth is based on who you are, at your core. And who you are at your core is love and light. It’s unchanging and ever-present. We are all the same. We are all love and light. We are just individual expressions of that. So be you. Focus on the light at the centre of your own being. How brightly are you allowing it to shine? How well are you warming the paths of those around you? How well are you removing the …Continue reading»
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