Dr Jane Kelly

15/08/2023

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27/03/2023

14/03/2023

This is so beautiful.

By Donna Ashworth

02/03/2023

I know so many children struggling with school...I find this really helpful...❤️

15/02/2023

It's healing to grieve for yourself.

So much of our suffering is unmetabolized pain that our mind is trying to do something with, without letting the heart in on it.

This stuck grief often has us reaching outside of ourselves for a form of love on repeat that has us wondering what is wrong with us.

We have not learned how to properly grieve for ourselves, yet grief is the way we get back to our souls and what matters most in life.

It's what makes it more spacious for our souls to inhabit our bodies again.

Grief is a part of our human existence, not just in death, but in the constant change and letting go that is this life.

Grief is love.
We do not do grieve for things we do not care about.

Grief is healing.
It is the movement of loving energy that keeps the heart open to life.

IT IS WHAT HEALS US.

When we learn how to feel safe to be with ourselves, our hearts and our wounding, we free ourselves from the ties that bind us.

We learn to trust again.

So much of our suffering is a result of all this stuck, unmetabolized emotional pain that turns into depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, codependency and addiction (deep pattern repetition), etc.

Grief is for what was lost.
That is very real.

We also need to grieve what we never had.
And, for all that has happened to us, all we have survived.
Including ourselves.

Modern culture and rootless new age spiritual movements are infused to the brim with the patriarchal agenda that denies, shames and suppresses grief.

It promotes quick fixes, bandaids and services never meant to actually help us metabolize this grief but feeds a system that perpetuates an addiction to consuming its illusions.

It's really no wonder there is such an epidemic of low self-worth.

We grow up thinking it’s wrong to be human when our very existence has a divine purpose that has nothing to do with this ridiculous pain we do not allow ourselves to truly be free from.

This is the core wound of the patriarchy - denying our humanity, disconnection from the earthly feminine principle - trying to survive without roots.

Our bodies and emotions are tuning forks guiding us to well-being.

Our humanity IS the earth.

You cannot really forgive anyone or the past or yourself without grieving and honoring the past and what was.

It liberates us from the consciousness we were living in and delivers us to a new, more loving one.

Grief is an energy that has the potential to set us free and keep our hearts open to all the ups and downs of life.

It is our aliveness pulsing us deeper into the mysteries of love.

More love.
Not less.

Art by Tijana Lukovic
Dr. Mia Hetényi

12/02/2023

So often we feel guilt and shame around rest. We believe we should be constantly doing something, and that if we feel tired, it means we aren't fully capable.

But, needing rest is nothing to be ashamed of. It's our bodies' way of communicating we need to slow down. It doesn't mean we are weak. It doesn't mean we aren't capable. It doesn't mean we aren't worthy.

Why is resting hard for you?

06/01/2023

Lovely and much needed post, I often post from others and always want to give credit to the author, this is a much needed reminder of how to take it slowly and gently with ourselves through January...enjoy...

For many, January is a hard, cold month…

When everyone is setting new goals, laying down righteous ground rules and striving to become a better version of themselves, some of us are fighting to find ourselves each day...

You see, December is a month of giving, and some of us, come January, are completely and utterly spent.

A month of remembering everyone, and remembering absolutely everything.

A month of including everyone and of reaching out to each and every person we have ever known.

A month of reaching breaking point every day trying to have fun, to be the ultimate hostess, to be the perfect guest.

A month of stretching ourselves financially, emotionally and of letting our boundaries be breached by many... in the spirit of the season.

And then January hits and bam... before we can even begin the arduous task of clearing away the festivities, we are expected to jump on the ‘new year, new you’ bandwagon and transform ourselves entirely.

For some of us this is just too much.

January is the darkest and most depressing month of the year and for many sensitive souls, the barrage of ‘advice’ on how we ‘should’ be living, is just too much.

So perhaps this is a safe place to say that maybe it’s okay to take a week or two to recover and to just be kind to ourselves before demanding better.

And for those of us who really do fall low in the darkest month of the year. For those of us who have given too much and to whom the future looks bleak - perhaps this is the right place to say - you are absolutely fine the way you are. Just stay.

Take some time to breathe.

Take some time to not think about anything much at all except breathing in and breathing out.

Take some time to build back up, not tear your yourself down.

For many, this month is a mountain that looks unclimbable.

Be kind, my friends. Always.

Donna Ashworth

- https://amzn.eu/d/9Y6E6kz

Art by Jennifer Elson - Art

26/12/2022

If you have ticked 3 of these traits, fantastic, or simply start embracing just one x

02/12/2022

Love this article Alex Meaden ...anyone else still struggling? and feel that you should be back to normal? Just remember...no one started this year or ends this year on a full tank...take care with your emotional world...take care of you ❤️

A gentle reminder about why you are utterly exhausted…

No one I know began this year on a full tank. Given the vicious onslaught of the previous two years (let’s just call it what it was) most of us dragged ourselves across the finish line of 2021… frazzled, spent, running on aged adrenaline fumes…

We crawled into 2022 still carrying shock, trauma, grief, heaviness, disbelief… The memories of a surreal existence…

And then it began… The fastest hurricane year we could ever have imagined. Whether we have consciously processed it or not, this has been a year of more pressure, more stress, and a race to “catch up” in all departments… Every. Single. One. Work, school, sports, relationships, life…

Though not intentionally aware, perhaps hopeful that the busier we are, the more readily we will forget… the more easily we will undo the emotional tangle… the more permanently we will wipe away the scarring wounds…

We can’t.

And attempts to re-create some semblance of “normal” on steroids while disregarding that for almost two years our sympathetic nervous systems were on full alert, has left our collective mental health in tatters. Our children and teens are not exempt. The natural byproduct of fighting a hurricane is complete and utter exhaustion…

So before you begin questioning the absolutely depleted and wrung-dry state you are in- Pause. Breathe. Remind yourself of who you are and what you have endured. And then remind yourself of what you have overcome.

Despite it all, you’re still going. (Even on the days you stumble and find yourself face down in a pile of dirt).

Understanding brings compassion…

Most of the world’s citizens are in need of a little extra TLC at the moment. Most are donning invisible “Handle with care” posters around their necks and “Fragile” tattoos on their bodies…

Instead of racing to the finish line of this year, tread gently. Go slowly.

Amidst the chaos, find small pockets of silence. Find compassion. Allow the healing. And most of all… Be kind. There’s no human being on earth who couldn’t use just a little bit more of the healing salve of kindness.

With love
Naomi ♥️

19/11/2022

Never feel different for wanting to tuck away throughout winter, it is after all only natural, a part of our cycle through the seasons and one of rest and recuperation that we have forgotten...xx

The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all that we have been through, all that has passed in this full year which is coming to a close... like nature and the animal kingdom around us, this time of hibernation is so necessary for our tired limbs, our burdened minds.

Our modern culture teaches avoidance at a max at this time; alcohol, lights, shopping, overworking, over spending, comfort food and consumerism.
And yet the natural tug to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing is strong and the weather so bitter that people are left feeling that winter is hard, because for those of us without burning fires and big festive families, it can be lonely and isolating. Whereas in actual fact winter is kind, she points us in her quiet soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting and loving embracing goodbye the past year.

"Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into a womb like love, bringing fire & light to our hearth".
. and then, just around the corner the new year will begin again, and like a seed planted deep in the earth, we will all rise with renewed energy once again to dance in the sunlight

Life is a gift ❤ a Happy winter to you all...
Written by Bridget Anna McNeil
Artwork by Jessica Boehman
Reposted from Juno's Place