Here we are about to step into a New Year. How are you feeling? D’you feel… optimistic – your heart full of anticipation; clear about who you are and where

Soon it will be Christmas and many cards are carry a messages of peace and joy. On the surface, you have to admit there’s lots of turmoil in our world

To celebrate our daughter’s birthday this week, I’d like to share with you a poem she wrote in 2007 for my first website. Asked to express the journey to finding our

A symbol of the richness of self – who we are, our value, our purpose – the diamond comprises many different facets that can be polished to allow light to

What d’you need to mine your diamond? We need to dig deep to remove all the hard layers of rock that have accumulated over time.  So…a head-lamp… to illuminate the

For some time now, we’ve been seeing our world go through a period of massive change. Weather patterns are extreme; politically and in the corporate world the status quo is

The process of mining the diamond requires us to dig deep, and, when we first discover the diamond, the external appearance can be rough. The naked eye is unable to

How well are you managing the tremendous change that we’re all experiencing right now? I’d like to suggest that only when we dig deep within our core, do we find

Everyone is a dancer. The question perhaps is ‘do you allow yourself to dance?’. You can’t be Spirit and not dance. When we allow our self to dance, it’s an

When we align to all our elements, we connect to the element of aether, Spirit, the gift of creation and the Essence of All That Is. Aether is the joy

Are you curious about who you are? Are you open to change? Are your thoughts inclusive and kind? If so, the energy you’re tapping into is the element of air.

When we’re going through any period of change whether it’s within your self, with your family or in your relationships, it’s all too easy to feel overwhelmed mentally and emotionally,

Conscious of the world shifting and changing, observing wild weather patterns and power struggles in constitutions across the globe, these past few weeks we’ve been looking at the topic of

Our world is going through a challenging time and, like the weather, a hurricane of mental confusion and emotional energy is being stirred up by events on every continent. Fires

For all that we may resist conflict or challenging experiences, sometimes rubbing up against each other is what is needed for us to change. Fire is the energy that begins

We’ve talked about managing difference in our relationships and whether our pattern is to judge or blame, to dominate, or perhaps keep silent. Many clients I find are uncomfortable dealing

Accepting that we are unique, the question perhaps is …how do we manage difference in our relationships? Since we all have our own perspectives and beliefs, differences are inevitable. What

Passing through Heathrow last weekend, an HSBC advertisement caught my eye. ‘Difference – the only thing we have in common’, it declared, underpinned by the tagline ‘Together we thrive’. It

Have you ever experienced a moment of sheer joy when your heart felt like you could hardly speak? A moment of awe when you felt the harmony and beauty of

Here in New Zealand, there’s a Maori proverb which ponders what is the most important thing in the world. Their answer is ‘he tangata, he tangata, he tangata’ – it

This morning in meditation the words of the song “I love you just the way you are…’ came, which got me pondering… How willing are you to let people be

D’you ever stop to reflect on how you live, your way of being? Are you someone who is busy, busy, constantly multi-tasking, your mind jumping around a constantly expanding to-do

These past few weeks we’ve been looking at connecting to our heart and being joyful – and – what can get on the way of being joyful. Focusing on what

Some people, it seems, find it hard to be happy – they are happy being miserable! Never satisfied with the status quo, never one hundred per cent at home anywhere,

In our last blog, we touched on the topic of choosing to be joyful rather than be angry and reactive, or, live in grief and pain. What is joy? Thinking

Learning to respond rather than react  – how do you do that, you might ask?  It’s all about managing our emotions, then taking responsiblity and focusing on how we want

What’s your way – d’you tend to react, or, respond to life? Recently we’ve been looking at how expectations can result in frustration and disappointment, at how the beliefs that

How aware are you of the messages you give to your children? How do you show delight in your child? We all know that our children feel valued and loved

These past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the topic of parenting. Our role as parents, I see, is to prepare our children for life, teaching them to be responsible

When you look at a new born baby, what do you see? I see innocence, pure light, love, joy… and infinite possibilities. I see a diamond! Like the precious stone,

These past few weeks we’ve been looking at one of the challenges of parenting – taking action, asking for support, when your intuition tells you that something needs attention and

Our daughter went to boarding school in England when she was 10 going on 11. There, she was bullied for a number of years. Not interested in clothes, make-up or

We’ve all heard the expression a ‘mother’s intuition’ and typically we understand this to mean that a mother ‘knows’ when something is amiss. What I’ve learned is that it’s one

Most parents say that parenting is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world – and it can be one of the toughest. It doesn’t come with an instruction

The key to any relationship, personal or professional, is to be our self and be able manage any differences. ‘Be all things unto all men’ encourages us to be seen

What is your pattern when it comes to managing differences with others?  Do you … tend to stand your ground and blame the other do everything to avoid conflict look

Children leave home for different reasons – to go to boarding school or university, to live with a partner, to live independently, perhaps even to escape mum and dad. Most

When a relationship comes to an end and it’s not what we want, we may try to fight it. However, if our partner is clear that it’s not what they

You feel exhausted, you don’t know what to do next, you just want to find a way out of the chaos. Your partner has just announced they no longer want

Many things can put stress on our relationships – illness, infidelity, financial problems, infertility to name a few. The struggle to have a baby can come as a shock. You