I love this quote by Ernest Hemingway; “We are all broken. That’s how the light gets in.” Reminds me of a blog I wrote on kintsukuroi, a Japanese technique where they take broken items and piece them back together with gold, the idea being that we are more beautiful for having been broken. ❤️🩹 The most amazing people I’ve ever met are those who truly know what it is to feel broken, and to learn, heal and grow in…
It’s subtle at first, the way they change you. 💔 The way they pick on the things you wear. How you look. Who you hang out with. Criticising how you cook, how you clean, how you take the bins out. Telling you their friends think you’re “too much.” You’ve buried yourself in work, another thing they criticise you for. 😢 Work has become your respite, the place where you can be yourself. …
I recently had an awesome podcast interview with my friend Tracey Cook around triggers. We discuss; ❔ what are triggers + where they originate 🌀 a quick + easy way to neutralise your triggers in the moment 🙌🏻 how to do a deeper dive into healing the source of your triggers I guided Tracey through a trigger she’d experienced that day + did a live demo with her where we explored the emotions + used…
I N T I M A C Y ~ into me, I see ❤️ After what felt like a lifetime of failed relationships, I met my amazing fiancé Cam when I was 38. In our last few years together I’ve realised how much all my relationships have been a reflection of how I feel about myself and what I need to heal. My past relationships were a reflection of; 🥹 how I put others…
Last week I was chatting with a friend who is on a break from her boyfriend. She was having a hard time dealing with it and was wanting to heal her pain, so I explained a process to her that I’ve found really helpful in the past. It’s called ho’oponopono and it’s a Hawaiian mantra for reparation, healing and forgiveness. The process is really simple ~ you bring to mind a certain situation or memory…
I spent a good chunk of my life between my mid twenties to my late thirties in unhealthy codependent relationships. A codependent relationship is a love addiction where we seek to prove our worth by helping people with broken wings💔 We’re drawn to addicts and under-functioners who’ll depend on us emotionally, financially or in some other way. We also have a tendency to attract very narcissistic and abusive people who have a lot of shit…