Self-harm Awareness | We Do Recover
***TW – SELF-HARM*** It’s not something I talk about much, but self-harm is a big piece of my story. Today I am nearly 14 yrs free. On my legs and arms are scars, that…
Loving our Shadow | The Unpalatable Paradox
“We arrive as adults presenting a diminished ‘brochure’ of ourselves… a shop window of our good bits – sanitised and appropriate.” – Jamie Catto Whether we are willing to accept it or not,…
The Power of Possibility
Just because something always has been, doesn’t mean it always will be. These words were bestowed upon me many moons ago when the darkness of my world felt infinite and inescapable. I’d ‘always’…
Letting go | How to do it
The enticing proposition of ‘letting it go’ sounds so very simple, so very inviting, but it’s rarely as effortless as releasing our fingers from the string of a helium balloon. Our troubles and…
7 Ways to Ground Yourself
The extent to which we feel grounded directly correlates with our felt sense of peace. When we’re grounded we feel at peace. Ungrounded and we’re at the whim of the whirring world around…
Empowerment is the Medicine for Rage
I’m not sure how relatable a post about rage is, but maybe many can identify with experiences of anger – externally explosive or silently repressed. My story was one of irrepressible rage, but…
The NeverEnding Story of our Journeys | There is Never Just One
“Journeys are fractal – there is never just one.” ~ Sharon Blackie Oh the illusory promise of a blissful end to our unravelling is so intoxicating, a solitary exhale to signify the finality…
Commitment – The Container for Alchemical Transformation
Of the realms of enemies limiting our growth and keeping us stuck in what feel like inescapable scenarios, our aversion to commitment is one of the biggest culprits. Commitment is the alchemical container in…
Intuition – to Listen or Not to Listen?
Sometimes well-meaning ‘advice’ instead of soothing and reassuring our troubled souls, can instead lead to more distress and agitation. ‘Listen to your intuition’ they say – it’s medicine, it’s guidance and it answers.…
Three Hard Facts About Healing
Along this rainbow road of recovery I have needed to digest some profoundly unpalatable truths about healing. 1. No one is coming to rescue you. 2. Feelings aren’t facts. 3. Healing is hard. If these are difficult…
