Should I have another baby? – About our Move

Should I have another baby? – About our Move

Life is ever changing and I have learnt that to resist change when it knocks at the door creates struggle and pain. Let’s move forward together with grace to our wonderful new haven.

Lessons from Christmas – Clinging On

Lessons from Christmas – Clinging On

Can you too feel your nails scraping as you try for dear life to hold on to ‘that holiday feeling’? The days slip past and the feeling fades with your tan.

Identity and Authenticity 

Identity and Authenticity 

Imagine unzipping this skin, and stepping out of it. Underneath is a fresher ‘you’. A more authentic being, closer to the real you. Relax into this. If it feels good to stay here, appreciating a new freedom, stay.

Claiming and Reclaiming

Claiming and Reclaiming

Recently I had the chance to spend a whole day at the computer… how many hours of movement it takes to counteract a work day spent sitting?

What are you loving about Spring?

What an instant mood lift for us all to awake to sunny blue days after the wettest August in 16 years.

I am loving the Dr Suess influence while collecting blue – yes, see right, blue! – eggs while caring for our neighbour’s chickens.
I love that I have spring cleaned a few rooms and spirited away

A Fairyland of Perceptions and Misperceptions

Last weekend we were greeted at the entrance by a friendly man in fairy wings and a magnificent kingly crown. Huge butterfly fairies on stilts floated past. A passing magician stopped to entertain the kids with sleight of hand tricks. We enjoyed the sausage sizzle and afterwards were offered popcorn and fairy floss. Was it a kids party? Nope. A school fete? Negative. An early Spring fair? Wrong again. Instead, we were at the hardware store researching paint colours.

I’ve been thinking a lot about self-perception. And it’s partner misperception. And this was the icing on the cake. When a billion dollar hardware chain masquerades as a fairy party, what can we rely on for certain? It feels even harder for us to get a true understanding of who we are.

For the last few months