Motivating and Inspiring
Why gratitude helps you find inner peace
Feeling gratitude for the life we have, despite all its darkness, can be difficult to achieve. But if you do, you will feel the healing energy gratitude can have. [READ MORE]
spirituality
Working it out
How to achieve inner balance
Inner balance is an enigma: so elusive, frustrating and elating. We all need it. And we all want it. Inner balance is fragile, yet it gives us strength; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual; not permanent and changes with us. We have [READ MORE]
Motivating and Inspiring
Decluttering clothes and memories
When I saw my old clothes in the second-hand charity shop my heart cried. Old memories and feelings started flooding back, and I even felt disloyal. Had the decluttering gone too far? Are you good at decluttering or do [READ MORE]
Motivating and Inspiring
LightChain: a simple and beautiful practice to connect with hope
Do you ever feel frightened, in doubt and alone? Why not join in with this simple and beautiful practice – the LightChain – to connect with hope and humanity. We all can do our bit, quietly, no fuss or sign [READ MORE]
Coping with cancer
One minute you are ok, the next helpless and frail: Coping with sudden life-changing illness or injury
Every day I walk past a bridge, and every day it reminds me to take nothing for granted, especially my health. Because there was a time, when in a matter of weeks I had physically and mentally aged, unable [READ MORE]
Working it out
Feeling safe at home during times of uncertainty and change – how?
Feeling safe at home is important, especially during times of uncertainty and seasonal change. Strengthening our soul connection to our home may not be easy, but can be done. How? [READ MORE]
Motivating and Inspiring
Living in Peace – 7 Key Steps
Living in peace is an attitude and way of life, which can help us live well and with purpose, even during difficult times. It means we are at peace with who we are and have developed positive coping mechanisms for times of personal crisis. What is the “living in peace” attitude? And how does it work? [READ MORE]
Motivating and Inspiring
Litter picking someone else’s rubbish?
Litter picking someone else’s rubbish – is it silly, responsible or tidying a way a problem? I am not top of the tidy homes list, but I find litter unsettling. It causes disharmony. For me litter picking is an [READ MORE]
Motivating and Inspiring
Find strength in our shared humanity: the example of David Bowie, you and I
You and I, we are part of a shared humanity. And there is so much we can give to each other, from near or afar, like a hope, purpose, a sense of self – even in the face of [READ MORE]
Coping with loss
Why I cannot yet listen to David Bowie’s Black Star album
There is music that defines us and tells the story of our life. There is music that talks of our past and present. And there is music that talks of what we fear may be happening right now and [READ MORE]