Published in Loving Nature·Mar 1Your Longing is Counter-cultural~ Welcome HomeA month ago, on February 1st, I received a spate of posts and emails celebrating Imbolc, a time when new shoots of life begin to emerge from beneath the surface. But I wasn’t resonating with that time within myself. And neither were the snowdrops in my garden, who seem a…Being Real5 min read
Published in Loving Nature·Jan 26Learning from SnailHow to slow down, stop driving yourself forward and allow your next steps to be revealed What does New Year mean to you? Is it a kind of Groundhog Day? Or maybe a new beginning? Perhaps it’s a time when you set goals, write a plan, or make some resolutions…3 min read
Published in Loving Nature·Jun 28, 2021What Can We Learn From Grief?This post explores healthy ways of coping with grief and loss. It refers to skills we can learn to heal painful feelings like sadness, depression, anger and numbness and offers help, support and guidance with grief and loss I believe that 15+ months of the global pandemic has touched us…Grief And Loss6 min read
Published in Loving Nature·May 6, 2021Authenticity: to be or not to be?I recently received a newsletter from a marketing coach entitled ‘Stop Being Authentic’. Their view was that we shouldn’t show up as we really are, or feel, because we should always strive to put our ‘best self’ forward. …Authenticity4 min read
Published in Loving Nature·Nov 8, 2020Five Ways to Deepen into RestA month ago I wrote and published an article here and on my website entitled Embracing Rest Since that time I’ve been noticing and tracking my experience with resting, which truthfully could better be described as ‘wrestling rest’ than embracing it! ‘Old habits die hard’, as the saying goes and…Nature Connection5 min read
Published in Loving Nature·Oct 9, 2020Embracing RestHow to be ‘productive’ while aligning with the seasonal rhythms of Nature ‘It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. …Productivity6 min read
Published in Loving Nature·Sep 3, 2020Can You Help Me Find This Person?(Maybe it’s you?) I’m looking for a very particular someone. Here’s how you’ll recognise them: ~ They’re troubled by the state of the world — nature and humanity ~ They’re concerned by the unravelling and turbulence they’re witnessing on so many fronts — climate, biodiversity, social, political and economic ~…Gift Economy4 min read