“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi I am 54 when the team wheels me towards surgery. The nurse looks at me curiously, “Athlete?” I guess in her experience most people my age, lying in my position were either athletes, chronic over-exercisers, had an acute injury, or were born with hip issues. […]
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Sleep is my best health tonic. Warm creamy drinks before bedtime set me up for a good night’s sleep. As winter sets in with a week of wet, cold and cosy weather, this sleep and stress tonic from Ascension Kitchen is the perfect nourishing tonic. The main herbal ingredient is the Ayurvedic herb Ashwagandha, a
Bones are like a trust fund that matures when you reach your peak bone density around 35 years of age. If you can keep adding to your investment around menopause, you can maintain your bone bank well into your 50s, 60s and beyond. With a recent diagnosis of osteopenia – the first stage of bone
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As this period of hibernation and social isolation rolls on with some restrictions easing over the next 3 months, my purpose to serve feels as though it’s been put on hold. I crave the full 3D fleshy, rich contextual presence of another, and the odd chance of illicit ‘random hugging”. Now, mostly at home, how
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All these supplements in my cupboard when breathing walking sleeping, loving are free! In the obsession to fix parts of my overused body, I often forget that it heals itself given a spacious and unattached mind. With the simple labour of walking, I breathe in the biome of the bush near my home. It’s fungi, bacteria
It’s time to go home, hang up your bag and hat… just for now. Blessings be to the housebound.. To those who are self-isolating, it’s an act of love. To those who have lost their livelihoods and other things, dare to grieve 2020. In this changing routine, identity drops away, roles disintegrate – before I
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We are being asked to stop, slow down, stay at home, and distance ourselves from others. As human beings wired for connection and yearning for belonging, this is a unique and challenging moment in our history. When operating from survival and scarcity, witness the people who build “walls”, isolate, hoard, protect and defend. It’s seductive
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In a world that’s rapidly changing, I’ve been thinking lately about what anchors my day and gives meaning, pleasure, connection, certainty and comfort. It’s the power of ritual. In the chaos of the world, where we can often feel frustrated, angry and powerless, ritual imbues a sense of connection and empowerment. There are all types
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Thank you for those of you who attended “Practical Wisdom in Challenging Times” with Catherine Ingram, author of “Facing Extinction”. There was a sense of marinating in Catherine’s expansive, compassionate presence as a blessing in these times. Whatever I had been wrestling with over the last few months was laid to rest in her words
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Are you an Apocaloptimist? Someone who knows it’s all going to sh*t, but still thinks it will turn out OK? A very apt word to describe being in the middle of menopause AND the unfolding climate crisis. At the end of the end of the day, NOW is the “time to give yourself over to
