Katie Lancashire - Clairvoyant

20/11/2025

I was talking with my therapist a few months ago and said “Sometimes I wish life could just be a straight line, without ups and downs. It can get exhausting to deal with the fluctuation and pressure of change.“ She took out a piece of paper and drew a straight line like the one above. She showed it to me. “What does this look like?,” she said.
“A flatline,” I said.
Then she drew the second image of lines going up and down. “What does this look like?,” she said.
“A heartbeat,” I responded.
“To be alive is to feel the ups and downs of emotions,” she said. “Our job is to understand them, not to control them.”
This was a profound insight, as I sometimes resist feeling the dips after feeling so good and so many highs. There is lingering grief, there is boredom, there is, as the Brazilians say, “saudade,” the missing of people and places. I can forget that I have shifted so many things in my life in a short period of time, and sometimes feel myself reeling when I look back at what I no longer have. At the same time, I look forward with great enthusiasm to all the things I am going to see, learn and experience. In Body of Work, I stated that I want to have a “full color, full contact life.“ I guess I got what I wished for! I’m grateful for it all, even in the hard moments. ❤️🔥

19/11/2025

17/11/2025

People will show you their true colours when you ask them to see and acknowledge your pain, and when they’re faced with taking responsibility for how they’ve made you feel.

That’s when people reveal who they are!

It’s easy to be “kind” when everything is going along smoothly.

It’s easy to be loving when nothing is ever being questioned.

But the truth shows when they’re asked to acknowledge the hurt they’ve caused, to own their behaviours, and to repair what they broke; or at the very least, to try.

That’s when you learn who they really are.

Some people will step up; they’ll listen, reflect, apologise, and change because they value you and they care about doing better and becoming better.

Others won’t; they’ll become defensive, minimise your pain, redirect blame, or twist the narrative until you become the problem.

Not because you are, but because accountability threatens the version of themselves that they’re desperate to protect.

And that right there is your clarity.

Because you’re not asking for perfection; what you’re asking for is responsibility, effort, and someone who doesn’t run from the impact of their behaviours and actions.

And the truth is; if they can’t step up and meet you there, then they’re showing you everything you need to know.

Your job isn’t to fix them or to keep trying to convince them to change; your job is to recognise the truth that’s in front of you, and respect yourself enough to respond accordingly and in a way that is respectful to you…

~ Mark Smith
© The Super Powered Mind

17/11/2025

What do you think of Ricky Gervais’ Dutch Barn Vodka ads?

17/11/2025

The wrong person will find you in a season of peace, and they’ll pull you into chaos you never asked for.

They’ll drain the parts of you that took years to build.

They’ll leave you doubting yourself, questioning your worth, and picking up pieces that weren't broken before they arrived.

And they’ll somehow manage to turn your entire world upside down without even trying.

But the right person; they’re different…

The right person sometimes finds you in a season of pieces.

When you’re broken, hurting, tired, and still trying to remember your worth.

When you’re still carrying the weight of what the wrong person left behind.

But instead of making you feel ashamed of your cracks, they help you breathe through them.

They bring calm where others brought chaos, they bring patience where others brought pressure, they bring understanding where others brought judgement, and they bring consistency where others brought confusion.

They don’t fix you, but they support you while you fix yourself.

They don’t complete you, but they remind you that you were whole all along.

They don’t ask for a polished version of you, rather they love the real you.

Their love, patience, and belief in you is the umbrella from the storm.

The wrong person will shake your foundations to the core until they completely crumble.

The right person will help you to rebuild.

And when that type of someone leads you back to peace gently, without conditions, and because they actually care to show up for you, you’ll never want to let them go, because a love like that is so incredibly beautiful.

It’s a love unlike any other, because not only does your heart and soul feel so safe in their hands, it holds you with their belief so that you can finally bloom…

~ Mark Smith
© The Super Powered Mind

14/11/2025

Not Everyone Is Meant to Stay In Your Life Forever. . . And That’s Okay

It’s so weird how someone can be in your life, every single day, and then one day not be there anymore.

Whether it’s a friend, significant other, or family member.

Maybe the relationship ended on good terms. Maybe it was an “I think our time together is done, I wish you the best” type of thing.

Or maybe it was completely devastating.

Regardless, it’s so strange that relationships can change so immensely and quickly.

You may not be at a place of peace with it yet, and that’s okay.

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14/11/2025

Some of the most painful break-ups are with friends.

At the root of friendship is choice. Friends choose each other—they aren’t tied together through family or marriage or sharing children. Friends choose you because they see something in you that’s special, that they connect with, that makes them want to spend time with you separate from any obligation or commitment.

So when they change their minds? When they stop choosing you?

It’s a heartbreak that hits different.

You keep replaying every word of the last exchange you had. Was there something you could have done differently? Something you should have said?

Your equilibrium is gone, you don’t know where you stand. It’s hard being around mutual friends, and a chance encounter can ruin your day. Sides are chosen, whispers shared behind your back.

You see old memories pop up randomly on social media, and every time it feels like a scab being ripped off. Sometimes their name comes up in conversation, or you happen to glance at a picture they’re tagged in as you’re scrolling. Maybe you’re technically still “friends” as far as the rest of the world is concerned, but deep down you know it will never be the same.

You go through the process of mourning, just for someone who is still very much alive. It’s a special kind of lonely to move on, but apart—you’re both walking your respective paths, they just never cross anymore.

But you keep going.

You try and turn your mistakes into learning opportunities. You give yourself grace. You figure out who actually deserves your time and energy.

Sometimes, with the gift of space and time, you see things a little more clearly. Sometimes, you don’t, but you realize you will never be able to control what others think or how they respond, and that brings you one step closer to peace.

Breaking up with a friend is one of the deepest heartaches.

It will turn your world upside down when they don’t choose you anymore.

But sometimes, it can lead you closer to choosing yourself.