It’s not your lizard brain – it’s the culture
I’m sick of hearing about the lizard brain. You know the drill: the seat of our fear. Blah blah. It’s like the ‘sabre tooth tiger’ meme – if I hear yet another personal-development coach talking about…
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The infinite dance of dynamic equilibrium
Balance. Now there’s a thing to contemplate. We keep talking about a need for more balance in our lives as we feel flung this way and that by demands, obligations, the unexpected and the unplanned. Underneath…
Read this next time you’re longing to feel beautiful
Are you beautiful? Do you find that a provocative question? Perhaps it hits a nerve that has you listing the ways that you’re not, yet, beautiful. Or perhaps you shy back due to modesty… We don’t…
Stop hoping for that “One Defining Moment”
“If it would only take one word, perhaps one wise phrase to make us change, heaven would be easy to reach, here on earth.”** How often have we heard the story that every transformational book, every…
What astrology has taught me
I first discovered astrology at a time in my life when I was stuck. For one, my obsessive desire to be a successful artist seemed to have run aground and I wondered was the Universe working…
But you ARE your body. Here’s why.
I’ve heard a few people comment lately, following a period of challenging illness, that in the end they discover they are not their bodies. They are something more transcendental, more unfettered and free. I always feel…
The Solstice Gateway
[this post relates to the astrological phenomena of Uranus square Pluto that was active from 2013 to 2015. What happened then is still relevant now]. There’s a revolution underway. Can you feel it – the pressure…
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7 steps to creating an intentional jewel
The power of your intentions. One of my favourite books The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart, is an in-depth study of just how much of a difference intention can make. It’s a fascinating read if you…
Does the body get in the way of mindfulness?
Back in 2009 when I was a phd student, and exploring the science of consciousness, I put myself forth as a guinea pig for several experiments conducted by other students at the Institution I attended. Electrodes…
Why you don’t want to be right
Saturn is currently marching through Scorpio [that’s if you’re reading this before October 2015!]– and all you Scorps with birthdays in mid-November are you feeling the pressure? Scorpio is always about lessons in power. Both clean…
What’s all this fuss about wellness?
Ok I confess, I’m a word nerd. There was a time in my now dimmed past when my fav way to spend a Sunday morning involved a toke, a dance around the lounge to a most…