Balance and Harmony
When our body and mind feels off kilter that’s when we know we have to go within, to find stillness and balance. … More Balance and Harmony
When our body and mind feels off kilter that’s when we know we have to go within, to find stillness and balance. … More Balance and Harmony
It’s the last week of May 2020 and the final days of Autumn here in Australia, a perfect time to reflect on the season before winter barges in. The last three months have seen big shifts and a huge pause in the world. Here in Australia, a tiny speck amid a big wide world battling … More Lost and Found in Autumn
It’s become clear these past seven weeks weeks, during the Kindness Challenge hosted so wonderfully by Niki, that kindness is not just one thing. It’s a combination of our thoughts, intents and actions. And when they’re good and you mix them all together you have the basis for a much better world. It makes me … More Mixed in Kindness – a round up
This time last year I took part in Mindful in May, a month long global online mindfulness and meditation campaign. It raised more than $287,000 for much needed clean water to communities throughout third world countries. This year the founder is taking a “mindful sabbatical” due to motherhood so it’s been put on hold until … More Mindful in May
The healing power of touch can’t be disputed. Calming, relaxing, nurturing, we all need it. And when it comes to animals there’s little doubt how much comfort they provide. Since my mum has been in the care facility she’s lost many of her senses. I go in whenever I can, I hold her hand, stroke … More Animal Aid
Today, on a stinking hot 39C summer day in Melbourne, our air conditioner and ceiling fan broke down. Both of them. Is the universe trying to tell me something? Like maybe we’re so busy keeping everything afloat in our world that we’ve forgotten the fundamentals. I had a bit of a melt down tonight. I … More Tuesday Troubles and Tweets
I am on a single span chairlift. Probably about 50 metres up from the ground. It reminds me of the time in Tasmania a few years ago when we took a chairlift ride across Cataract Gorge in Launceston. Heights have never been my thing, especially as I’ve got older. Normally the first thing I do is put the bar across … More Ups and Downs
On my final day of this quote challenge I’m sharing some sayings and values that I feel are important in our world, today more than ever. Our world needs kindness now. Kindness to others and to ourselves means making an effort to reach out, to judge less and connect more. If we all performed a random act of kindness every … More 3 Quotes, 3 day Challenge – Day Three
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.” This is one of my favourite sayings at the moment. For all it’s simplicity it has a truth that, though I try hard not to, I often forget. Life is rarely perfect and if it feels like it is, inevitably … More Thought for Thursday