This is a space for honest reflection, personal insight and a deeper exploration of the journey back to yourself.
If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt, people-pleasing or feeling like you’re not enough, you’ll find pieces here that speak to those experiences.
Take your time. Read what resonates.
If these reflections speak to you, you may find deeper support in my book, Reclaim Your Worth
The Art of Staying | Learning to Sit with Uncomfortable Emotions
Discomfort is an inevitable thread in the fabric of human life. No matter how much we attempt to out think, manage or avoid it, there will always be seasons that demand we sit in the quiet ache of uncertainty. These are the moments where the map ends and we don’t know what comes next. Things…
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The Invisible Ways We Lose Ourselves
How can you know who you are when your entire life has been an act of adaptation? I spent years shaping myself around the expectations of others until there was no space left for ‘me’ to exist. I leaned into being ‘the easy-going one’ or ‘the one who keeps the peace,’ but underneath the surface,…
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My struggle with recurring depression
In honour of the upcoming Mental Health Awareness Week (13–19 May 2024), I decided to remove the mask that has kept my struggle with depression hidden for so many years and share my experience in the hope that if you or someone you know is battling with the same issue, that you may find some…
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Rebellion
The tapestry of wildflowers masks the once solid wall leading into the city. What has become of our world?Our sacred mother earthLaden with poison near and farSuffocating and dying a slow, painful death? Nature’s rebellionIn all its guisesIs not enough for us mere mortals to heed the call. The call to wake upTo look upTo…
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The Three Guests
Thoughts rushing around my head. Emotions gushing around my body like a powerful and violent hurricane engulfing me in the process. Hello Anxiety. Hello Discomfort. Hello Fear. Just sit with these feelings I hear. No judgement, no fixing, no narration. Just sit with them.So I do. The four of us sit on a backless stone…
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The Self-Defeating Cycle of Procrastination
Everyone procrastinates every now and then, right? We all occasionally put things off that we don’t enjoy doing – that’s not an issue. But when you regularly avoid doing things that are in your best interest to complete, if procrastination is a way of managing stressful situations, it becomes a problem. Why? Because your tasks…
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Is Dormant Low Self-Worth Keeping you Playing Small?
For most of my 20s and 30s, my eyes and heart were tightly closed to the truth – the truth that I had spent most of my life distancing myself from myself, not really knowing who I was and not really knowing what I wanted. As I went through life accompanied by a lingering feeling…
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Unpacking Perfectionism
As a recovering perfectionist myself, I remember equating perfectionism with being perfect, but the truth is, perfectionism isn’t really about being perfect, it’s about feeling perfect. In hindsight, I realise that I spent many years confusing high achieving behaviour with perfectionism. You see, if you’re a high achiever, you’re a dedicated and determined individual with…
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The Inconvenient Truth About Low Self-Worth
For as long as I can remember, the people in my life (both at work and personally) always commented on how confident I appeared. And maybe on the surface I did come across as self-confident, but deep down, I believed I just wasn’t as good as other people. You see, on the surface, I seemed…
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Boundaries ~ Where I End and You Begin
How strong is your sense of self? I spent years not knowing who I was, what I liked, what I didn’t like, what I needed, what I didn’t need, what I wanted, what I was feeling… I could go on and on, but I think you get the drift. This lack of a sense of…
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The Need to Please
‘’I don’t mind, I’m really flexible.’’ These words have been my mantra for most of my life. This might not sound like a bad thing on paper, right? I was taught from a very young age that it’s important to be polite (nothing wrong with that in itself) and I agree that we should be…
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Release – Reflect – Reset: Creating Intention for 2021
There’s so much to process as we wrap up 2020 and get ready for the new year. There have been challenges, sorrows, changes and lots of uncertainty. But there’s also been growth, transformation and insight as we collectively braved the first pandemic in our lifetime. Are you ready for 2021? Before we step into the…
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Stop. Breathe. Think. Meditation and Mindfulness for Children
As a meditation teacher and spiritual empowerment coach, one of the questions I often get asked is, ‘how can I help my children meditate?’ The goal of meditation at any age is to calm and stabilise the mind, so as with any behaviour, parents need to demonstrate a commitment to deeper self-awareness first. If you…
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Love at First Sight: A Letter to my Grandson
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we do not see.”-Neil Postman It’s been nearly a year since you made your entrance to the world and graced us with your beautiful, unconditional love, energy and smiles. Our connection began the moment you appeared to me in my dreams, whispering to my soul…
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Meditation: The Antidote to the Virus of Fear
At this moment in time, the world is filled with so much doubt, fear and worry. Covid-19 has hijacked the mind of so many people and so many have lost their own power, looking desperately to an external authority for the next step in their own life. When we live in fear, we are constantly…
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The Great Pause and the Need for Spiritual Wellbeing
2020 has certainly been a year of crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has not only thrown the entire planet into a health crisis, we are also amidst an economic crisis, and most importantly, a global stress crisis, with many people unsure and insecure about what the future holds. Innumerable scientific research studies have been carried out…
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Covid-19: A Global Wake-Up Call
So here we are, a world in lockdown, a world that doesn’t seem to make sense any more, a world shrouded in uncertainty, fear and panic. This is a wake-up call on a global scale and as we awaken to the truth of the profound failure of our existing institutions, we also awaken to the…
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Gateways to Enlightenment: Prayer and Meditation
‘’When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. In the still mind, in the depths of meditation, the Self reveals itself’’ Bhagavad Gita Modern life compels so many of us to rush, to live in a constant state of frenetic energy in an attempt to…
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She Needed a Hero So That’s What She Became
‘’The world owes you nothing. It was here first.’’ Mark Twain What does it mean to be the hero of your own life story? Many of us fall victims to our own circumstances, wishing, hoping and dreaming that one day, a magnificent knight in shining armour will come along and make everything better for us. I…
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Making Friends With the Voice of Fear
‘’I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.’’Nelson Mandela Fear is such a complex topic and comes cloaked and disguised in many different forms. Fear can either move us forward or paralyse…
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The Art of Feeling
‘’When we numb the darkness, we numb the light.’’ – Brene Brown I spent a very large part of my life avoiding painful emotions; all I wanted was to be happy, to feel safe and have inner peace. In my search for these feelings, I continuously pushed away other emotions I didn’t want to feel,…
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The Greatest Love of All
As people from across the globe get ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day this week, the topic of love seemed to be an obvious choice for this week’s blog post. The true power of love starts with the self. Truly loving and caring for ourselves leads us to love life and empowers us to share this…
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It’s Not What You Think
Last week, I came across the parable of The Blind Men and an Elephant, a tale whose origin can be traced back to ancient India. It tells the story of a group of blind men, who, having never experienced an elephant, try to understand what an elephant is like by touching it. Presented with an…
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The Only Way Out is In
If your experience of life transcends the limitations of simply being physical, spiritual awareness has taken place on some level. Personally, the spiritual process was initiated during my quest for answers; I became a seeker of truth when I realised there was so much I didn’t know and this longing for answers has been a…
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Winter Solstice – The Powerful Energy of Rebirth
I have always had a fascination with solstices and equinoxes and never really quite understood why or even asked myself the question. Growing up, I instinctively felt a powerful energetic shift taking place on these days so as we approach the Winter Solstice on the 21st December, I meditated on its spiritual meaning. Winter Solstice…
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The Awakening: A New Journey Begins
‘’Allow yourself to fulfil the destiny you signed up for, inherent in all our lives.’’ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer I recently re-watched the movie ‘Avatar’ and on this particular viewing, I started to think about our human evolution; I truly believe that now, more than ever, humanity is undergoing the spiritual awakening process on a…
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The True Purpose of Life
Many of us, at some point or other, have pondered over the big question: what is life all about? What is its true purpose and meaning? We usually question life’s purpose whilst complaining about one thing or another and as we find ourselves struggling with a particular area or being challenged by a specific issue/event.…
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Are You Surviving or Flourishing?
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.” Maya Angelou Are you flourishing or simply surviving? What is the difference? By definition, surviving means you continue to live your everyday life but you are simply existing; flourishing on the…
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Are Your Core Beliefs Keeping You Stuck?
One of my all-time favourite quotes is from my spiritual mentor and teacher, the man who taught me and continues to teach me so much, Dr. Wayne Dyer: ‘’If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.’’ In his book, The Power of Intention, Dr Dyer teaches us that…
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Finding Beauty in Times of Darkness: A Self Reflection on This Past Year
As I celebrate my birthday today I look back over this past year and acknowledge how far I have come; it’s been a year in which I have experienced a major transition in my self-love journey. A year in which I have been focusing on not letting personal insecurities stand in the way of shining…
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