As the wonderful mysteries of life and twists of fate would have it, I have lost my voice on the very morning that I had set aside to write this blog. Yes, you’re correct. I don’t need a speaking voice to write, but the subject I had already chosen was how to give voice to
Everyone and everything in a dream represents something about the dreamer, and when you think about your more worrying dreams, that may feel scary. You might be happy to acknowledge the things that flatter you: the wise old woman you met in a dream as your wisdom, the exciting new rooms you discover in a
Sometimes it’s just too hard to see your own blocks. You might feel their presence, an invisible, unnameable something that stands between you and where you want to be. In less enlightened times you might have decided you were cursed, darkly and subtly manipulated by the power of another. Today you might be curious about
Let’s get practical. There are two alchemy exercises for you to do in this episode. One will untangle one or more complexities you’re experiencing, leaving you feeling lighter and clearer about what to do. The other will tune you in to be more aware of some of the unseen forces that guide you, the
Is there one area in your life where you feel stuck, or one problem that you can’t fix no matter how many different solutions you try? In this episode, we go back to basics to see how your dreams can help you to move the apparently immoveable, to solve the apparently unsolvable. Enjoy this mix
This little cupboard has moved from house to house within our family for years, and we have always forgiven it for its one fault, doors that open whenever you walk past. The bolt that is designed to keep the doors closed is too short for the task, losing its grip and slipping out at the
When I was about six or seven, an aunt gave me an autograph book for my birthday. I can still picture it (Post script, June 2015: while moving house I found it, that’s it in the header image!), a padded matt white vinyl cover with an illustration of a modish 1960s lady, pen poised in
“I’ll show you the back garden,” said Marion, leading me through her laundry, past her noisy rumbling tumbling washing machine, to the side door. This was several years ago, and I was going to keep a neighbourly eye on her roses while she was away for a week. I followed Marion down the side path
Is there a problem you’re trying to solve in your life right now? Or maybe you prefer a more positive spin: Is there a challenge you’re encountering, ripe with opportunity and blessings that you’ve yet to see? Looking back, what was the last problem you solved, and how did you do it? What was the
“I bet you get this all the time,” said the sales assistant helping me choose a new skirt yesterday, “but what do those dreams mean where you are trying to walk but your feet are heavy and it’s all so slow? I keep having that dream.” “You probably have the dream when you feel you’re
