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…
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…
A little story of synchronicity
I always think it’s wondrous to weave back through time, to piece together our chance encounters and perceive the previously unseeable through eyes afresh. My story wouldn’t be my story without the unanticipated 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…
The Healing Power of Singing | Co-regulation in choirs
I sometimes wonder what it is exactly that I love so much about singing in a choir. To come together in song, our voices entwined, our hearts interwoven, our bodies breathing in unison.…
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…
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.…
Dancing with Disappointment
I don’t know about you, but for me, disappointment has always been one of the most difficult, uninvited visitors of my emotional rainbow. That palpable drop in my stomach, that sensation of lead in…
