Eckhart Tolle’s ‘Pain Body’ Explained
What is the pain body? In Eckhart Tolle’s bestselling book ‘A New Earth’ he introduced the concept of the pain-body to describe the “energy field of old but still very-much-alive emotion that lives in almost every human being.” This pain-body is also what challenges...
Learning TRE – What You Need To Know
What are the 7 TRE Exercises? Dr David Berceli developed a sequence of seven exercises that we now called Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises®. These are all designed to help gently fatigue and stretch muscles in the lower body to help invite the natural...
Is There Such Thing As A Stress Free Life?
I’d like to be able to tell you how to have a stress free life, but there is no such thing. Stress is a natural part of life - it is neither good nor bad, it’s all relative. I’d like to be able to tell you that enlightened people never get angry, but even the wisest...
Shaking Is A Solution To Stress
🙋🏻 Have you ever had a job interview or first date, or stood on stage in front of people and found your hands shaking with nerves? 🙋🏼♀️ Have you ever witnessed your child or pet trembling with fear when there is a storm outside, or in response to overwhelming...
What Are Barefoot Shoes And Why Are They Good For You?
To become wholeheartedly human and to truly take a step towards holistic living, we need to take a look at the way we use our bodies, starting from the ground up. A holistic point of view The first thing to remember is that our bodies are designed to work best in...
How TRE Healed My Back Pain and Sciatica
I suffered from lower back pain and sciatica for 20 years before discovering TRE. Learning Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises® — and practising it regularly — got rid of my back pain completely and almost immediately. I was so amazed that this simple technique...
What Is Internal Family Systems?
Do you ever wonder if there is more than one side to you? I often feel like I have different parts of me that are actively in conflict with one another. One part of me might cheer me on and another part of me is that voice in my head that is my biggest critic. I used...
Information Overload – Ways To Avoid Overwhelm
Imagine your body as a cup. Are you mindful of how much you put in it? We cannot consume more information and news than we can actually digest in any given day. Our brains and our bodies were not designed to host the amount of information we have access to in this...
Fatigue & Overwhelm – The Road To Burnout
I started to become aware of the effects of stress and my level of energy – or better said – fatigue, back in 2013. My energy levels were like a rollercoaster. By the time I was fully awake in the morning it was 10 or 11am and many cups of coffee later....
Work Less, Live Better
You don’t need to earn millions. Chances are, if you already have a pretty good job, you may not even need a pay rise. The real valuable commodity for a better life is time. Time for yourself, to spend as you choose. I remember back in the nineties when I was still a...
Life Lessons Learnt on my Himalayan Trek
Important Life Lessons Learnt On My Himalayan Adventure In 2010 I fulfilled a lifelong dream to trek the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas. It was one of the most challenging experiences of my life, not just physically, but emotionally. I was pretty fit back...
My Secrets To Minimalist Travel Packing
I’m no Marie Kondo and I confess I have never read her books, but I have frequently been asked how I manage to travel so lightly. I sometimes manage to travel for up to three weeks with just a carry on backpack and those trips are so liberating. Having less definitely...
The Wonderfully Weird Things That Can Happen When A Loved One Dies
I wish we would talk about death more. Not because it’s a happy subject, but so that we’d have a better relationship with it and that it wouldn’t terrify us as much as it does. There is grief, which deserves to be treated for what it is and is not what I am addressing...
A Year In Paradise – Five Lessons In Contentment
Most people have dreamt at some point in their lives of going to live on a tropical island somewhere. A paradise far away, where they can escape from all their everyday worries and cares. Perhaps you have had that fantasy. I happen to live on such a little tropical...
The Art of Framing Your Days
Do you have effective daily routines to help you feel good and get the most out of your day? The way we start and finish our days provides the framework for the entire day and essentially sets the tone for everything contained within it. In photography, how you frame...
Global Identities: Who Are We Now?
Eckhart Tolle calls it our inherited dysfunction. Ancient religions have referred to it as our collective madness. I’m sure that regardless of political opinion, many of us could agree that certain world events, such as Brexit, are perfect examples of how the world is...
Midlife Crisis or Awakening?
There are so many misconceptions and stigmas around midlife & quarter-life crises, we all experience them and yet many people still have an overwhelming sense that something must be wrong with them. There is nothing wrong with you! At its heart, a crisis is a...
The Loneliness of Awakening
One of the most difficult challenges of becoming more spirituality awakened, in my experience, is the feeling of isolation that arises when you realise how many people in your immediate life you can no longer relate to. All human beings crave connection with others,...
Eco-Friendly Urban Garden Design
We live in Islington and have a small back garden that needed a serious overhaul after turning into a bit of a jungle over the years. The grass was struggling to grow and most of the ground was just mud. We specifically wanted a garden that would be low maintenance...
The Pressure of Passion
In a world where we are constantly told that you should follow your passion, where we equate it with success and/or happiness, it can feel exhausting to be constantly told that you can achieve anything if you just set your mind to it and work really hard. I believe...
Solo Travel for Independent Women
Travelling on your own need not be daunting or dull. In fact, it can be liberating, exhilarating and is the perfect way to gain confidence and discover more about yourself. In a time when career breaks and independent single women are becoming an...