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Family gatherings are fascinating, like little microcosms of intense behavioural analysis over short periods of time – all your childhood trauma and patterns on display for a few days. I always learn so much! The theme for this holiday was people pleasing. I have always been a chronic people pleaser. I have gotten much better, able to draw boundaries with clients, students, some friends. But family and loved ones? Much harder. I was pondering the roots of this, why can’t I ju

I used to believe in Law of Attraction, the idea that I could manifest whatever I wanted by bringing my energy into 'better alignment', but with honest investigation, I am finding that idea harder to find evidence for. The reality seems to be quite different. As I am landing into a more and more sensitive barometer of what is aligned, and what isn’t, I am finding it harder and harder to believe that I am navigating, authoring, manifesting, controlling anything at all in my li

I recently completed a course called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), I took it to see what secular mindfulness was all about. The course was nice enough, but I have to say I struggled with the pointlessness of it all, if I was coming at it fresh without any spiritual background, it would have gone straight in the bin. To get some perspective, mindfulness is actually mind training, a bit like relaxation is body training. It comes from the eastern tradition of medita

"What one can be, one must be" - Abraham Maslow I read this quote recently in an article where the author was emphasising it as – we ‘must’ become whatever it is we can be, i.e. we must strive towards it like a duty. If we don’t, we feel the pain of wasting our life. I do resonate with the pain part. I have had many times when I feel driven by an impulse to not ‘waste’ my life. But I also often wonder if this pain is really a need for external striving, or an inability to sim

When I have questions or problems that I’m dealing with and I take time out to meditate and clear my mind, I sometimes get answers during the meditation. How do I tell whether these answers are my intuition or my mind? They feel like a hunch but then after the meditation I end up rationalising that hunch and can’t tell if the original answer was intuitive or my mind. Do you have any advice on how I can tell the difference between an idea generated by my mind and pre-existing

There are essentially three stages to spiritual growth. The one most of us recognise is the external seeking, goals and climbing ladders, being successful. Often that then shifts into internal seeking, self-improvement, personal growth. Then finally we see the error of both ways moving into a deep appreciation of the flow of life. It can be confusing when tools seem to contradict, so it is handy to have a road map that helps you to put tools into perspective – where they belo

“3D” or “5D” is terminology used in many spiritual forums and the general idea is that these past few years has been an acceleration of our evolution towards 5D beings. The age of Aquarius, the splitting of the timelines, the stepping into the light. But what does all this actually mean? What is the 3rd Dimension? When we talk about “3D” we are talking about the level of living that would be considered “normal” ie: 1. Survival of the fittest – the desire for more. More ac

I talk a lot about boundaries, I am fascinated by subtle power plays, probably because most of my life I have fallen unconsciously into these manipulations many many times. I notice how my body is a perfect lie detector - contracting at lies someone tells me, or I tell myself. By lies I don't mean the obvious ones, though those count too, but the untruths within your authentic self. Over the years I have begun to pay more and more attention to this, coinciding with my desire

I've recently begun working for a salary again, the first time receiving a pay check since 1999! It's fascinating returning after 20+ years working for myself. It's weird too. In order to do anything I need to discuss it with others, run it by different departments, ask for help, pass certain actions up the line and down the line. The biggest thing I have noticed is the amount of energy caught up in confused activity - so much wastage! When you work for yourself you basically

Are you feeling like Covid has woken something deep within you? That this process has made you question, release, change and shift so...

One of the most common clients I see are those entangled in unhealthy relationships. It seems that most Reiki people are empathic, and many are also co-dependent. It makes sense that as a people pleaser, you will be attracted to Reiki. Firstly, to recharge yourself after all that giving, and secondly to give more! Sometimes Reiki can actually stunt your growth through this phase as it actually refuels you enough to continue your toxic relationships. Without Reiki you would pr

Let's talk about guilt. Guilt is essentially a manipulation tactic to make you feel like what you are currently doing/thinking is not...

I don't want to get into a political debate here, but I do want to share a recent experience with you that may prod something within you,...

I had a strangest, and most profound dream a few nights ago. I was in a house trying to get out but a 'malevolent force' was trying to...

For many of us drawn to Reiki, we are natural empaths – people who care for others, and sometimes this means we care too much about being...

We all know we are not only our thoughts, we also have a body, and most of us appreciate we also have a spirit or "vital spark" that...

During these extraordinary times we are facing the unknown. We cannot plan, we have no idea what is around the corner, our egos are...

True abundance is not something you grasp outside of yourself, it must begin with the knowledge that you already are what you seek. When...

For those of us who see Reiki as a sacred spiritual journey it is bamboozling, saddening, and slightly frustrating when you have...

I was reading a review on Adyashanti recently where the critic was complaining Adya doesn’t really have a consistent methodology. ...