If you've read my previous post It's Official, I'm a Basket Case, you'll be aware that I find romantic relationships (or even...

OK, you want to meditate but you can’t. Your mind goes off in a spin and you spend the whole time you’re supposed to be meditating...

Who knew love and loss could be such a beautiful thing… It’s 6 months almost to the day since my dad died and I’m only now feeling the...

It's Friday afternoon and you hear a soft knock at the door. You open it, and there is Love, standing resplendent in a dazzling gown of...

Witnessing my dad's impending death is one of the most beautifully healing experiences I've ever had …

How many times a day, week or year do you override your own needs in favour of group harmony? And, are you even aware you do this? Most...

Two weekends ago I ran a retreat called the Wild Woman Experience. It was certainly wild, but not in the loose or crazy way. It was wild...

As life rolls on and the candles on the birthday cake multiply, I believe two things can happen. We happily skim the surface of the...

Jumping over red flags and not setting boundaries can actually lead to greater self awareness…

On New Year's Eve 2009 I boarded a flight to Delhi. I had a plan. I'd just left a 9-year relationship and had decided that if I didn't...

Back in 1971 John Lennon wrote the song Imagine. The lyrics are just as pertinent today as they were those 50 years ago. Which begs the...

I wrote an Instagram post today about pain vs suffering. The attached meme said "Stop complaining about things you're not willing to...

Kintsugi is the Japanese word for 'golden joinery'. It's a term that defines the art of mending broken pots with gold. Just like the...

Letting go is a concept that I hear people talk about all the time. They desperately want to let go (read: get rid of something) and yet,...

In my experience of coaching and teaching meditation, what most people want when they feel pain is for it to GO AWAY. Makes sense....

Keeping an open heart sounds easy but the truth is it is one of the most challenging aspects of being human that we will ever experience....

Have you ever had the thought that meditation is a waste of time? Or that it doesn't really work? All that sitting still could be for...

If you've never had a mental breakdown you might consider yourself lucky. But I would argue that if you've never fallen apart and had to...

Retreating and shedding are natural cycles. The cooler months are a time to hibernate, recharge and reconsider things. They're an...

One of the most common things I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is this: "My mind is too busy to meditate." That's like saying...