Today my neck is hurting, it’s the nuisance of arthritis in the side of my body effected by cerebral palsy... and yet the pain is helpful. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want, nor welcome additional physical pain, but factually, and like everyone, especially as we get older, we can hurt ourselves - often without [...]

Similarly to a Sat Nav, we often need to recalculate our direction in life; especially when it’s outside influences which change our life route. But, if we’re not mindful, then we can unwittingly self-sabotage our blueprint. We can throw it all away, perhaps in frustration; crumpling the guide, that we’ve made, that’s helping us to [...]

I love travel documentaries, an armchair opportunity to learn about the different countries and cultures- that I may not visit in person. Last week, I enjoyed Michael Portillo’s fascinating trip to India; he visited a Buddhist monastery in Calcutta, and he readily participated in meditation. But, knowing that it seems hard to accomplish, he asked [...]

As we give conscious attention to the behavioral patterns from our childhood- that hinder our mental wellbeing in adult hood: we become lighter in step and mind! We learn to notice, see, and action each ivy rope of them, - cutting them back, the ugly weeds of them all, one gentle tug at a time. [...]

I am very much a wild horse when it comes to the anger that still charges in my guts. But it causes a lot of useful energy too.  I must work daily to tame it, and to extract and repurpose that handy soul-fuel. I am vigilant about it, because I continue to do much work [...]

Admiring self in mirror: Doesn’t sit well with most of us… I would not be telling you the truth if I said I liked it… at first. But now I do because I can see the whole of me: natural and real. Three years on, since the annoying disability became more challenging; and choosing between [...]

If, as a child you had no mummy to share your concerns and worries with, then you are likely to have glitches in your coping techniques. But, on the flip-side, because as a kid- you had to solve your own problems; then albeit hidden under brain dust: you still have this own grown ability to [...]

It’s only dawned on me recently, that if we’ve never known maternal nurturing, then we have no idea that it’s even missing in our lives! Yet it’s very constructive, and handy stuff to grow. It’s giving of self: bouncy inside tummy smiles. It’s the joyous sensation of feeling lighter- in-step, as we go about our [...]

There’s nothing better than evoking a smile on a a baby’s face; and when they’re older, to make them laugh. Those first giggles- that cause popping candy-like tingles in your tummy. The fizzy feeling on your cheeks: knowing that you’ve made them feel content, that they’re responding happily, is utterly blissful. When my daughter was [...]

Often the invisible restraints of an unhealthy childhood: portcullis us, in our adulthood. We don’t know why, but something seems to prevent acting on a dream, or goal that we want to achieve. They are the echoes of limited belief: bestowed on us by our abusers. The likelihood is that you don’t even notice such [...]