Long story short I managed to lose a whole batch of blog posts this morning. The one for today and others I’d written when I was inspired. Gone and no way to retrieve them despite my best efforts. My own fault. Gutted. Lesson learned! When you’ve got nothing left, say it. Sometimes things go wrong. And sometimes you just have to say f*** it! I was going to try and rewrite today’s post but knew I’d lost the essence of it, the feeling. Hopefully it’ll circle back around in another form when the time is right, but for today it …Continue reading»
Learning to love your shadow
We can all get triggered and feel ashamed at times. We can all wish we didn’t react in certain ways. But these situations hold so much wisdom for us, if only we’ll look more closely. We all have a shadow side. We all have darkness within us. And the more we try to push it down, the more it tries to fight its way to the surface. If we can look squarely at it instead, embracing it as a valuable part of who we are and as nothing to be ashamed of, we’ll have a much smoother ride. It’s natural …Continue reading»
Winter and loving the seasons
I’ve always enjoyed spring and the feeling of new beginnings. I love the change of the seasons, summer nights, warmth and the vibrant colours of autumn. But in the past I’ve found winter harder to embrace. It can feel pretty gloomy at times, with the nights drawing in and the damp, wild weather. We complain of it being depressing, of having little energy or motivation to do things. But I’ve realised that’s the idea! Winter is a time when we can turn our energies inwards. Rather than spreading them outwards as we might do in spring or summer. It’s a …Continue reading»
Be here now
It can be so tempting to try and anticipate the future. We can spend so much time in our heads worrying, imagining things that may or may not come and trying to figure out the best way to go. But we can’t live for tomorrow. We have to live for today. We can’t possibly know the future. So we’re wasting our time trying to work out what we might want and feel then. It’s impossible! We can only follow what feels right in the moment. You can’t have regrets if you know that you always followed what felt right at …Continue reading»
Which type are you?
Discovering that I was an introvert (INFJ) and an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) was game changing for me. It seemed to explain so much and now I can understand the way I am without beating myself up for it. I can try and express myself and my needs in a clearer way and start to see some of the things I used to perceive as weaknesses as strengths. If you’d like to find out about your own personality type and traits you can take these tests: http://www.16personalities.com/ http://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/ I could talk about this all day long and would love to …Continue reading»
Dance it out
Move your body in ways that feel good, always. Let loose. Dance around the living room. Go for a run. Walk. Stretch. Shake your body. Our bodies are designed to move. Move yours. Generate some energy. Live a little. Shake it out. Skip. Jump around. Get the blood flowing. Dance. Move. Go to a private space right now, even if it has to be the toilet at work and shake it out! Get the energy flowing. Put your favourite music on at home. Sing at the top of your voice. Dance it out. Free up any stale or stagnant energy …Continue reading»
Trust
Why do we feel the need to control everything? Ourselves, our plans, other people, the way things turn out. We try to control things to prevent anxiety and to make ourselves feel safe. But control of the outside world is an illusion. It’s exhausting. And it’s never ending. The degree to which we try to control is the degree to which we don’t trust. But it’s actually often safer to let go, than it is to cling on – attempting to control. Notice the tension in your body when you’re trying to control things. And notice the relaxation when you …Continue reading»
Taking the pressure off
What feels good? Light, and free? Go there. Stop doing things in ways that don’t. Release the pressure. Who are you doing these things for? We can be so hard on ourselves and have such high expectations. But life is too short to be piling the pressure on. To be stressing ourselves out unnecessarily. Where might you doing that? Try to stop and notice so you can make another choice. When you’re piling the pressure on you’re doing things unconsciously. You’re squeezing the joy out of life and living only in your head. What might your body be asking for …Continue reading»
Staying in your own lane
It’s so easy to get caught up in what we think we should be doing. In what’s ‘normal’ or expected. It’s so easy to think we’re lagging behind, left out or not as successful or fulfilled as others. When we compare we lose confidence and can start to panic. We start thinking maybe something is wrong with us or that we’re not where we’re meant to be. We can become really confused and paralysed by comparison. It’s great to see what other people are doing and to take inspiration from them. But too often this turns into us feeling lacking …Continue reading»
Courage
Sometimes life asks us to be brave. Sometimes our greatest strength lies in no longer defending ourselves. From the things we’re scared of. From taking risks. It’s so easy to be scared of everything. Of making the wrong decisions. Of failing. Or making mistakes. But in trying to protect ourselves, by trying to get everything right and being so afraid of getting things wrong, we’re not really living. We become paralysed. The truth is we’ll never get rid of fear. And we’ll always make mistakes. We’re human. But we can choose to live in spite of that and to cultivate …Continue reading»
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