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Planning Flexibly For A Life Without Limits

As I continue to formulate some long-term and very exciting plans for the future, I have been very aware of how much I can automatically limit myself and the potential outcome of any situation. I'll show you what I mean. Just think about fulfilling your w... Read >

Handling the Hard Times - A Lesson From Malta's Storms

I have recently returned from a wonderfully relaxing holiday on the lovely island of Malta. This was my third visit and one of my most vivid memories of my last trip eight years ago was of spectacular thunder and lightning storms. I was lucky enough to be... Read >

Playing With The Law of Opposites

I am currently playing Olivia in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and was commenting to another member of the cast after the last performance what stark contrasts there are within the plot: we are shown the very heights of human capability in love, generosity... Read >

The Universal Pulse - Understanding the Wisdom of Childhood Nightmares

Many years ago as a small child, I would lie awake at night with the covers pulled tight over my head. Behind my eyes brightly coloured geometric shapes twisted and danced, morphing into one another, while in my ears beat a steady rhythmic pulse which was... Read >

Working With The Wisdom Of The Mayan Calendar

Recently I attended an excellent workshop by my friend and mine of information Nick Marchmont on the Mayan culture and their calendar. It was actually the second time I'd attended as I'd been a guinea pig for the first workshop, but it was more than wo... Read >

Community Arts - The Importance of Creating Together

I was at the fantastic Mid Wales Shakespeare Centre over the weekend for the Family Shakespeare Festival, in my other guise as theatre administrator and actress (as well as leading an ancestral healing workshop). It was a fantastic and much-needed celebra... Read >

Thriving in the Aquarian Age - Advice for Living in Changing Times

As we move into the Age of Aquarius, I thought I'd take a look at what that might mean for each of us individually. It's become a common phrase now, and sometimes it's easy to bandy it about without really thinking about it. Many of my close relations... Read >

Best Wishes for 2010 - Spiritual Guidance for the New Year

I have a tradition of pulling a Tarot card as an overall guiding message for the world in general at the beginning of each new year. I use my beloved Thoth deck, which has some differences to the traditional Tarot but in my experience is deeply powerful a... Read >

Working Together - Strength in Numbers

Recently, three other holistic therapist friends and I ran a Holistic Health and Beauty Experience Day in our local town. Having met individually, we all realised that we complemented each other's services perfectly and could better make local people awa... Read >

Love Never Dies

I recently lost a very dear friend - she was the first person I really connected with when I moved to this area and she was a big part of the reason why I felt so welcome and at home here. Apart from my Nan, a good many years ago now, this was the first t... Read >

All the World's A Stage

I am currently rehearsing the role of Rosalind in As You Like It with the Living Willow Community Company and what a gift of a part she is too; mercurial in her wit, passionate in her love, wise in her understanding and active in her desire to help others... Read >

Family Matters

In my healings over recent months the issue of isolation is coming up again and again - people feeling alone, different, as if they don't fit in with their family or the people around them. I can completely empathise with this as it's something I struggle... Read >

2009 - The Perfect Year?

I have a tradition of pulling a Tarot card as an overall guiding message for the world in general at the beginning of each new year. I use my beloved Thoth deck, which has some differences to the traditional Tarot but in my experience is deeply powerful a... Read >

Woman's Wisdom - Working With the Divine Feminine

There has been a lot of emphasis placed on the return of the feminine "mother" energy to our planet as we approach 2012, and I attended an excellent workshop on the meaning of the divine feminine a couple of weeks ago. What I already knew, but it was brou... Read >

Once Upon a Time - The Power of Story

I recently heard a piece on the radio talking about the decline in the number of parents reading stories to their children, and I thought what a great shame that is. I have really fond memories of bedtime sessions with my two sons, bringing the Harry Pott... Read >