Within our heart…our heart is the core, the centre of our inner life, the centre of everything. It has everything we might want and need. It’s where we find peace,

With so much noise and distraction in the world, with emotions swirling around, when you just don’t know what to do, it can be tricky to hear your heart speak.

When your world is turned upside down and you don’t know what to do, everything is uncertain, yet decisions need to be made….going into your heart and listening to your

We’ve talked about how some experiences that occur through change can have us feel pain and a sense of loss, we can put up walls and then, if we judge

With Valentine’s Day coming up, many of us will be sharing messages of love. With “All you need is love” and “Love one another” ringing in my ears, I’m imagining

Going through any sort of change in our life, it’s good to have something to go to when you feel overwhelmed, unable to think or plan. When you feel as

One of the things I love most is that time in the morning when the world is still and the sun rises beyond the trees in the garden, its light

Two years ago I wrote about how to find peace when it feels like your world has been turned upside down. Then the focus was on personal change and the

This Christmas is going to be different! Often defined by tradition, with the prospect of not having that this year, it’s important to accept how things are, to be realistic

As a child, I was small and skinny. I wore National Health Service glasses – pink plastic ones. I was teased horribly and felt ugly. I felt different, alone. I

With everything that’s happening in the world at the moment – the conflict, the pandemic, climate change, political upheaval, terrorism – it’s clear that we’re being given a good shake

We’ve talked in recent weeks about the world being turned upside down and the opportunity to create a better world, imagining what we’d like to see. Of course, we need

If there is one gift that you could give to the world at this time, what might it be? What quality do you feel would make a difference? Perhaps…peace of

Last week my mum passed. Having been in residential care for almost four years, she finally let go. Covid restrictions meant that yesterday our family came together to celebrate who

To believe is to know that every day is a new beginning. It is to trust that miracles happen, and dreams really do come true. To believe is to see

With everything that’s happening around us, what supports you through the uncertainty? Nothing gives us a greater feeling of security than when you connect with your heart, to that place

Feeling a twinge of disappointment recently……. I was reminded of the words of a song that my dad used to sing to me, words from the musical “South Pacific” which

We may not like to hear it at the time, however… every crisis offers an opportunity to awaken to something new in ourselves, to become more of who we are.

‭ We’ve all heard the saying ‘To Thine Own Self Be True’ and most of us understand it to mean be authentic. What we can perhaps then ask is… how

We’ve talked in recent weeks about our lives being turned upside down and the opportunity to create a better world, imagining what we’d like to see. We’ve discussed how we

Sometimes we can feel that life is comfortable enough, we have everything we need, yet have a feeling that something is missing, we want more…. we’re just don’t know how

The oak tree’s roots go as deep as its branches reach up to the sky – as above so below. How strong is your foundation, how far do you reach?  

Looking through my mum’s family tree, I found it interesting to see that her family motto is “Hold fast”. It had me pondering…. When we experience any change or struggle

All things change and, as we clear away the old, as we emerge from the chrysalis, we slowly become aware of a release from worry and uncertainty. We feel calm

Sometimes we need to break to let go and heal. When we have pressure upon pressure piled on us, often its the case that we are simply being asked to

When things are tough and we’re not sure what we can do, we wonder how we can make a difference, one of the simplest gifts we can offer is a