The Battle and the Grief Warrior
Transformation requires LOVE: HONESTY, SURRENDER and FEARLESSNESS! After my final IVF treatment, the loss of my job/career and mental strength, I took to my bed. I curled up, turned on Netflix and laid there for days. I wanted and needed some relief and to forget. I...
Triggers and the Art of Communication
Recognising our hurt and wounded selves can be pretty mind-blowing, let alone body blowing! For years I did not know how to deal with triggers and my overwhelming feelings. At first, I thought that I just needed to get on, work harder and do more. Life is just like...
Mother’s Day Tools for Support!
Hi All, I would like to share my list support tools for Mothering Sunday. I will be going through in more detail in future blogs about my creativity and how we can all tap into our intuitive creativity, but for now here are my top 9 tools. 1. Compassion - This is a...
Friends don’t get it or understand the pain.
At age 7, my best friend turned against me. Her views changed toward me. From being so similar, I felt so different. It felt excruciating to me. I remember standing in the middle of the playground wondering, what the hell happened? It was a...
I thought I was an independent woman!
I walked away feeling deflated, fearful, rejected and frustrated. I had no idea how to handle the situation at school the way he said I should.
So I handled it the best way I knew how, by stuffing down my feelings and rejecting the need for comfort and support.
∞ I squished myself away.
∞ I listened to him
∞ I stopped listening to that small wise part of me
I felt lonely.
I was surviving beautifully. But I saw others laughing, playing, joyful and free. I could never quite feel that sense of joyfulness within.
I felt envious.
As the years went by that independent strong part of me started to show cracks.
The Power of Creativity and how it can support us to heal the Childlessness wound!
OMG - I can't believe I actually wrote the above and wondering whether you are still here reading? I make up that I am being shot, or at the stake, or stoned by some of you, hahahaha. So let me explain - Is childlessness a wound? Being childless or childfree is...
The passing of Meme – Thoughts of how to deal with the passing of our dearest fur babies
I have some sad news for those of you who have not yet seen my Facebook page. My darling cat MeMe, who was with me during the virtual retreat and all my workshops, sadly became very ill over the last couple of weeks. Firstly, with a spinal stroke and recently with...
Why it was harder to stand back up and live life again after IVF and the Loss of my dreams!
Today I read this – I wanted to share it with you! I have a very similar story to this. Do you? For me I didn't lose a child. I lost hope and a dream that I so incredibly wanted and desired. For years I wondered why it was harder to stand back up...
Being True to Ourselves
Do you find being true to yourself challenging? OMG, I have and at times still do. Yep … I think that it is a human trait and one that has kept us safe in the past. I found it really hard to really let someone know how difficult it was for me when I...
A Tool: Life on Life Terms
Before going through my loss and grief of being a mother, my focus was on becoming a mother. During my loss and grief of being a mother, my focus was on taking care of myself and processing the emotions of my loss. Sometimes my focus was damage control of my...