Imagination hack attack
Those 5 simple words "my imagination has been hacked" have opened my mind to the knowing that in so many ways we have the education system around the wrong way, perhaps it is the children who are the teachers
Read MoreRevenge of the gut
Getting back in shape ASAP.
Read MoreGet well soon
Whilst sick, received a friendly advice to "lean in to the healing, take your time to heal deeply."
So for the past few days I have chosen differently. It is a challenge when there are still kids to care for, a business to run and life to live but I have been conscious in my choices, actively leaning in and asking myself what I need to heal. I have been journalling, resting, sitting in the sun quietly and trying to be mindful of what my body, mind and soul are calling for in each moment and I know that because of this extra time and attention this week I will be "well" more often into the future. When someone is unwell now I will encourage them to lean into the healing, to get well deeper and to stay well longer.
Read MoreFalse economies and generosity
The lesson here is to look for ways not to buy the DVDs in the first place but to borrow them from the library or the DVD shop or online, or create a group and share the DVD amongst yourselves or be really selective about the number of movies you watch and choose a game of cards or conversation around the fire instead.
For now, giving the DVDs away puts them back in the system, allows others to benefit from something that otherwise would just sit on my shelf, taking up space and requiring an extra packing box every time we move house and that feels good.
Read MoreEmails are like autumn leaves
Like the oak tree there is tremendous value in allowing all my emails to shed and to pause in the moment before allowing the new ones to come through.
Read MoreLetting go of the pony skin slippers
The essence of the lesson I have taken from day 1 of my challenge is the freedom that arises when we shift our sense of self, our history and our place in the world, from the external, to the internal. There is tremendous freedom in detaching my memory of my Grandmother from the ponyskin slippers and into the core of my being. It is a process, and the objects form stepping stones which when made conscious can be let go.
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The heart knows
It is becoming clearer to me that growth is more about what you don't do, than what you do. I am realising that there is a clear path that is easy to navigate if we listen closely to our heart but for most of us we listen to our head, clinging anxiously to the knowledge our head acquires along the way.
Read MoreAdjusting the flow
Like a perfect shower it is the mix of the hot and cold, the in and the out, that brings the aaaahhhh!
Read MoreHolding back
In these 6 hours when I am an off duty Mum it is not enough time to release and be free, not enough time to break the seal and release the energy contained within, so best to just shut down, keeping things contained.
The gift was the girl
Being a gift.
Read MoreThe only way to grow, as told by The Snail
Where are you being a snail in your life, dragging around the old and familiar? Anxious not to pop out in case you get hurt, in case someone sees you, in case you actually do find something better on the other side and then don't know how to let go......too risky?
Really????
Lifes Threads
I am beginning to see that life is a cloth and that Motherhood brings to the table a magnificent array of threads to weave into that fabric. Lessons and gifts that form the very cloth, the being, of who I am and what I bring to the world.....
I feel blessed to have access to so many different threads with which to craft the beautiful cloth of life.
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