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The Nourished Folk

Qualified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher, Qualified Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens Teacher and Certified Holistic Health Coach.

It is my mission to walk alongside you and your own meditation journey, offering guidance along the way.

04/08/2025

Greed, fear, doubt, anger — they visit. But they are not who we are.⠀
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These visiting forces arise when conditions come together. Sometimes they stay a while. Sometimes they bang on the door, climb in through the window, or settle in like they own the place. But they’re still just visitors.⠀
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The practice isn't about pretending they’re not there. It’s about learning how to meet them.⠀
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Meditation is a way of remembering who actually lives here — beneath all the noise, the habits, the reactions. There's a radiant awareness underneath it all.⠀
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The real skill?⠀
Knowing how to open the door.⠀
Seeing the visitor clearly.⠀
Not confusing them with yourself.⠀
Meeting them with compassion.⠀
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Even if they come often — they can’t stay forever.⠀
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31/07/2025

Just as you can profoundly affect your health by eating well, you can positively impact your subtle body through things like deep breathing, yoga, calming your senses, building powers of concentration, and good old-fashioned love.

- Katie Silcox

29/07/2025

First, you give birth to a child. Then, you give birth to a cloud of guilt that follows you around for the rest of your life.⠀
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Since becoming a mum, I’ve felt guilty almost every time I take time for myself — to go for a run, do yoga, study. Especially after I stopped working and my husband became the main income earner. It felt like if I wasn’t doing something for someone else, I was letting everyone down.⠀
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When your top value is being a good mum, it can feel like everything else you care about is in conflict with that. But we do have other values — health, growth, creativity, joy — and they matter too.⠀
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There comes a time when you have to stop putting yourself below everyone else on the list. Because if you don’t, you risk missing out on some pretty incredible experiences. Like the feeling of crossing a finish line with your kids cheering you on. Like seeing your children copy your stretches on the yoga mat or asking if they can run with you.⠀
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But here’s the truth I’m trying to hold onto:⠀
My kids thrive when I thrive.⠀
When I take care of myself, I’m a better mum.⠀
I’m calmer, more patient. They see me work toward goals, do things I love, and keep showing up for them every day.⠀
They’ve seen that being a mum doesn’t mean losing yourself.⠀
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I still feel guilty sometimes. I still hear the quiet messages about what a “good mum” should do.⠀
But I’m learning not to carry that guilt so heavily.⠀
Because I’m not just doing it for me — I’m doing it for us.⠀
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25/07/2025

People have been seeking compassion and understanding for as long as we’ve been here. Sometimes we find it in community. Sometimes we find it in ourselves. But we can find it.⠀
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There are people all over the world practicing something called loving-kindness—sending out care and compassion to all beings. That includes you, you are a being.⠀
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That means someone, somewhere, is on your side. Someone is hoping you get through whatever you’re facing—not just scraping by, but with enough strength, compassion, and something left over to offer others.⠀
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You’re not as alone as you might sometimes feel. You’re held in this quiet, invisible network of care.⠀
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21/07/2025

I’m studying posthumanism at the moment, and one concept I really like is the idea that we are all — and must be — monsters.⠀
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Not in a horror movie way, but in the sense that none of us are “template” humans. There’s no original model we’re supposed to fit.⠀
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We’re hybrids of nature and tech, body and mind, instinct and algorithm. We’re messy, evolving, tangled beings — and that’s exactly what makes us human... or maybe posthuman.⠀
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There’s no single way to be a person. No original mold. No “normal” to return to. Just constant becoming.⠀
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Embrace the monster in you — the parts that don’t fit, that glitch, that resist the script. That’s where the magic lives.⠀
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17/07/2025

Sometimes when we’re going through something hard—big or small—it can feel like we’re the only one. Like we messed up, like we’re broken, or like we’re somehow doing life wrong.⠀
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But the truth is… challenges are part of being human. You're not weird. You're not bad. You didn’t do anything to deserve this.⠀
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Remember: You’re not alone. Others have been here too. And even if it doesn’t feel like it right now, this moment will pass.⠀
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15/07/2025

In meditation—and in life—there are certain patterns that tend to show up. Not because we’re doing anything wrong, but because we’re human.⠀
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These energies aren’t bad in themselves. But they do have a way of pulling us in, distorting our perception, and taking us out of the present moment. The problem isn’t that they arise—it’s that we often don’t know how to relate to them.⠀
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In Buddhist practice, these are known as the Five Hindrances. They show up a lot. But when we learn to work with them, they can actually become a path for dealing with difficult energies of any kind.⠀
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✨️ Grasping/Attachment – that craving or clinging to what we want⠀
✨️ Aversion – anger turned outward, fear turned inward⠀
✨️ Sluggishness/Dullness – the fog of mind and body⠀
✨️ Restlessness/Worry – the spinning mind that won’t sit still⠀
✨️ Doubt – that looping, speculating uncertainty⠀
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The practice isn’t to fight them, but to notice them. Be curious. Be kind. Let them teach you something.⠀
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