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Someone I love dearly reminded me of this beautiful creation focused on the power of gratitude recently. It’s message is hugely...

I don’t know how it is for you, but for me the opportunity to stay at home and be with my children day after day has given me a vital...

The beautiful weather the last few days reminded me of one of my favourite meditations. I thought I’d share it in the hope of more...

It’s been a week of letting go of expectations and hopes here in Durham. It was easy to begin this period of hometime with grand visions...

As the dust begins to settle on confinement to our homes, it seems we are each beginning to encounter ourselves in different ways. Each...

Grandma once gave me a tip: During difficult times, you move forward in small steps. Do what you have to do, but little by bit. Don't...

There are three questions which are really lovely to ask yourself at the end of each day. They are great to use on your own, but even...

Space matters. We each have our own individual ways of internally organising our perception and experience, and space is a component of...

This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let The wire brush of...

‘No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea,...

Are you grabbing at life?  Do you find it hard to wait and let things come to you?  Do you repeatedly reach out for others to fill you...

These are interesting times for family relationships. All of a sudden our personal space has been reduced, and contact with those we live...

For the senses May the touch of your skin Register the beauty Of the otherness That surrounds you. May your listening be attuned To the...

Everything passes on and everything remains, But our lot is to pass on. To go on making paths, Paths across the sea… ...Traveller, your...

“Your mind is not just your brain. Your mind is both your whole body and your relational world.” Dan Siegel I was listening to a seminar...

Carl Rogers described the therapeutic process as one in which we move from fixed to fluid, from closed to open, from rigid to flowing and...

“Post-traumatic stress is an embodied response where the sense of self is fragmented. Relationship with one’s whole self and others is...

Many people are finding the current health situation extremely challenging. Uncertainty about what is going to happen, fear about loved...

All that we are made of was created in dying stars, millenia ago. You truly are woven from the light of heaven. This week take a few...

“When we stop being so focused on having to shine, we can see the shimmering lights of others and engage in a real give and take.” ...