Lisa Whitehead - Author - Get a Life

Lisa Whitehead - Author - Get a Life Multi award winning therapist, trainer, speaker and author. Helping you to live soul-fully with pur Lisa Davies
Therapist, Speaker, Trainer, Author. Myself.

The Soul Purpose Coach - Opening hearts & changing lives

Author of Get a Life!-the guide book

Positivity expert

Multi-award winning therapist

Natural intuitive

Inspirational and Motivational Speaker

Coach and Mentor

Lisa is a Soul purpose coach and mentor with many years experience in understanding people and how they grow and develop. For over 20 years Lisa worked within blue chip organisations, such as the Sears group, The Boots company and Barclays, before taking the leap of faith to follow her heart and be true to her own Soul purpose. Lisa is a natural intuitive and a highly qualified therapist which enables her to really connect with her clients, understanding each person as a whole. Lisa truly engages people to “Do what makes their heart sing and spirit soar”! Lisa lives in rural Lincolnshire where her business Get a Life! is based from her home office. Lisa works with clients of all ages, cultures and backgrounds from across the globe. Workshops are run both locally and available across the UK and abroad upon request.

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A note from Lisa :

Get a Life! came to manifestation as a result of an intent I put out sometime ago. In order to bring it to fruition I have been on a long journey to Get a Life! You see, in order to bring Get a Life! to life... I had to wake up! That’s right, wake up! Maybe you’ve done it yourself, you’re drifting along through life, day after day, and showing up to life just as you did yesterday. Then it happens.... sometimes it’s a gentle nudge, a fleeting thought... “There must be more to life than this” or “Is this it? Is this all there is?” or for others it hits like a sledgehammer or demolition ball... shaking you to your very core. For me it was I guess a few nudges to begin with, but I simply didn’t listen, I kept on doing what I did in the same way I’d always done, thinking that’s just what you do. But when the universe calls to your spirit and you don’t listen, then it calls again and if you still don’t listen; as was the case in my journey, then its shouts at the top of it’s voice for you to wake up, my shout came in the form of severe post natal depression after the birth of my beautiful daughter Sarah, over 28 years ago, followed by M.E. (myalgic encephalomyelitis) Crazy but true...... It took a debilitating illness to make me wake up to my spirit’s call! Many years down the line, I have been on a long and life transforming journey of which I’m truly grateful, I might add. My journey has taken me through the wonders of complementary therapy, letting go of my old corporate career, developing my spirituality, a divorce, ups and downs and rounds and rounds, until I was ready to Get a Life! and in turn help others. Today, I’m wide awake, in perfect health, blissfully happy with myself, my life, the love of my life my husband Jon, my wonderful daughter Sarah( who has taught me so much and continues to do so), my loving family (now much extended to include Jon’s lovely girls Olivia and Rachel) and my wonderful friends.....I have become a very different human being to the old Lisa. I have evolved. Before I was all about “doing” now I’m about “Being” The gift I was given, my wake-up call, allowed me to follow my true calling. In order that I can now live on purpose. I Got a Life! I hope that this page may bring you great pleasure and allow you to wake-up gently, bringing your true spirit to light. Namaste Lisa x

A little permission slip for the polymaths, pattern-seers and “I’ve-never-fit-in-one-box” people (yes, I mean me too):Fo...
28/01/2026

A little permission slip for the polymaths, pattern-seers and “I’ve-never-fit-in-one-box” people (yes, I mean me too):

For years I thought my wide-ranging mind was something to manage.
Too many interests. Too many lenses. Too much “Lisa’s hippy sh*t” sitting alongside leadership theory, psychology, holistic therapy, astrology, numerology, tarot, Chinese Astrology, ritual, strategy… honestly ...pick a lane 🙄

Turns out… I was in my lane.It just happens to be a multi-lane system.

My astrology has always told this story.
An Aquarius Sun wired for systems, patterns and future thinking.

A Libra Moon that instinctively holds multiple perspectives and looks for meaning, balance and humanity.

Leo rising, which means all of that knowledge is meant to be embodied, lived and shared, not hidden in notebooks.

The numbers back it up too:

A Life Path 1 — here to initiate rather than replicate.

A 21/3 signature that needs expression, synthesis and storytelling to stay alive.

These aren’t specialist numbers, they’re sense-maker numbers.

Chinese Astrology adds another important layer:

Born in the year of the Goat, sensitive, ethical, creative and values-led.

The Goat doesn’t force change.It notices what’s out of alignment and reshapes it gently, intelligently, with care.

And tarot has always been the soul language underneath it all.

My core card is The Sun: illumination, clarity, helping others see themselves more clearly.

My personality card is the Wheel of Fortune: cycles, timing, pattern recognition, knowing when change is ready.

And my soul card is the Magician: the synthesiser, the translator, the one who brings ideas down to earth so they can actually be lived.

Put together, that’s not chaos.That’s design.

Holistic therapy taught me early on that none of this lives in the head alone.People don’t change through insight.They change when understanding lands in the body, the breath, the nervous system, the lived experience.

So no....I’m not collecting modalities.
I’m reading patterns.

Polymaths aren’t unfocused.We’re built to ask: “How does all of this belong together?”

In older cultures, this wasn’t called “having too many interests”.
It was called being a priestess, a healer, an adviser, a keeper of wisdom.

Someone who could read the cycles, feel the room, work with body and psyche, helping others cross thresholds.

And right now; with old systems wobbling and meaning being renegotiated, this kind of synthesis isn’t indulgent.

It’s leadership.

So if your mind ranges wide…

If you’ve never been able to settle into just one identity…

If you’ve spent years trying to tidy yourself up so you make more sense…

Maybe you’re not scattered.

Maybe you’re assembled differently.
Built to bring light, read the wheel and work a little magic along the way.

And very much right on time.

26/01/2026

Blimey .....Five Planets in Aquarius !!

I'm not saying this lightly, but the cosmos is giving us a serious tap on the shoulder right now.

With Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto all in Aquarius, history isn’t just nudging... it’s giving us a right old shove.Especially for me personally, with an Aquarius Sun.

This energy is all about stepping into your truth, your voice and your sovereignty. Not in a loud, “look at me” sort of way, more like a quiet power that shifts everything around you.

- Mercury and Venus are helping ideas and values find their people.
- Mars is giving courage to break free from the boxes we’ve been stuck in.
- Pluto… well, Pluto is rewriting the rules.

As a Leo Rising, I usually show up with a
" here I am" sparkly, shiny presence lol ;) ..... Now it feels more like presence + gravity + clarity. People won't need me to perform, they'll simply feel my energy.... oooer missus!

Hopefully they'll see the work I’ve been doing in silence for decades.

There’s a beautiful release in this too. Saturn and Neptune in Pisces are closing chapters of old patterns of carrying what’s not mine to carry.

This is what living as your truest self feels like.

If you’re feeling it too, that restless energy, that something is shifting inside.... Welcome to the shift!
We’re in the middle of a threshold. Step into it. Speak. Create. Lead. Shine… quietly, powerfully and unapologetically.

Are you feeling this cosmic push?

Neptune in Aries: When History Rewrites Itself(and why this cycle matters more than most)Neptune moves slowly. Very slow...
24/01/2026

Neptune in Aries: When History Rewrites Itself
(and why this cycle matters more than most)

Neptune moves slowly. Very slowly.
It takes around 165 years to complete one journey around the zodiac, meaning when Neptune changes signs, it marks epochal shifts, not trends.

When Neptune enters Aries, history doesn’t whisper....it ignites.

Aries is identity, initiation, courage, war, independence, selfhood.
Neptune dissolves illusions, myths, gods, beliefs and collective dreams.

Together, they don’t create comfort.
They create awakening through action.

Let’s go back. Way back.

Neptune in Aries Through History
(as far back as we can reliably trace)

1366–1380
The Peasants’ Revolt (England, 1381)
The divine right of kings began to fracture. Ordinary people rose up against feudal systems, taxation, and spiritual control.

Identity shifted from “subject” to “individual”

Authority was questioned publicly

Spiritual obedience began to crack

This was the beginning of the end for medieval unquestioned hierarchy.

1532–1546
The Protestant Reformation intensifies
Martin Luther’s ideas didn’t just challenge the Church, they redefined spiritual authority.

Individuals claimed direct access to God

Spiritual intermediaries were rejected

Religion became personal, not imposed

Neptune in Aries doesn’t ask what do you believe?
It asks who are you without the old gods?

1697–1712
Age of Enlightenment sparks & early revolutions

Rise of rationalism

Science begins replacing myth

Monarchies start losing moral authority

This was the awakening of the sovereign mind; the idea that identity, reason and truth live inside the individual.

1861–1875 (the most cited cycle)
This one is unmistakable.

American Civil War; identity, freedom, abolition

Unification of Italy & Germany

End of serfdom in Russia

Rise of spiritualism & occult movements

Women’s rights movements accelerate

Industrial revolution reshapes human purpose

Old myths collapsed.
New identities were forged, often through fire.

This wasn’t gentle evolution.
It was necessary rupture.

The Pattern Is Clear
Every time Neptune enters Aries:

Old belief systems lose credibility

People fight for identity and autonomy

Spirituality becomes personal, embodied, lived

Passive faith collapses

Action replaces waiting

This is not about blind rebellion.
It’s about truth demanding expression.

January 26th Onwards: Neptune Enters Aries Again
(2026–2039)

This is not “everything changes overnight”.

This is the beginning of a 13-year initiation.

What’s dissolving:
Victim consciousness

Spiritual bypassing

Waiting for permission

Leaders without integrity

Beliefs that require your silence

What’s emerging:
Embodied spirituality

Courageous truth-telling

Identity rooted in lived experience

Action aligned with soul, not fear

Leaders who walk their values

Neptune in Aries says:

Stop dreaming about who you could be.
Become them.

This Is the End of Passive Awakening
No more:

“One day…”

“When I’m ready…”

“When things settle…”

This cycle doesn’t reward spectators.

It initiates warriors of consciousness; not violent, but courageous, self-led and awake.

If you’ve felt:

A pressure to begin again

A restlessness that won’t settle

A refusal to play small

A calling to embody your truth

You’re not late.

You’re right on time.

Final Truth...
Neptune in Aries doesn’t save us.

It hands us the match
and asks:

What are you willing to burn, so you can finally live?

This is the long game.
And it’s sacred.

Lisa x

Polymath (noun): A person whose knowledge and expertise span a wide range of subjects, particularly in the arts and scie...
22/01/2026

Polymath (noun): A person whose knowledge and expertise span a wide range of subjects, particularly in the arts and sciences, with an ability to synthesise and integrate ideas across disciplines.

Polymathic brain: A cognitive style that thinks in patterns, symbols, and connections rather than linear silos.

I’ve been reading about polymaths recently and it started to dawn on me with a deep, undeniable knowing.... this is me!

A polymath isn’t someone who dabbles. And a polymathic brain doesn’t collect interests.
It integrates them.

It sees patterns where others see fragments.
It understands leadership through astrology, psychology through myth, trauma through symbolism, healing through movement and wisdom through story.

For 26 years I’ve worked as a therapist. Alongside that, I’ve been a leadership expert, an author, a tarot lover, an amatuer astrologer, a student of numerology and a devotee of symbolism and archetype.

I write. I teach. I guide. I dance; belly dance and sword dance... embodying story, power, precision and devotion.

For a long time, this didn’t feel like a title.
It felt like a contradiction.

“Too much.”
“Hard to explain.”
“Pick one lane.”

But here’s what finally dropped into place for me:

A polymathic brain is not scattered.
It is multi-dimensional.

It's wired to cross-pollinate disciplines, to translate wisdom between worlds, to hold science and mysticism in the same hand without apology. It learns laterally, intuitively, symbolically.... often faster than linear systems can keep up with.

Polymaths are the bridge-walkers.

The ones who can sit in a boardroom and read the unspoken dynamics, then go home and pull tarot to articulate what leadership language cannot yet name.

The ones who feel truth in the body before it ever becomes theory.

The ones who know that healing, power, creativity and meaning are not separate conversations.

And sword dance?
That makes perfect sense to a polymath brain.

The balance of danger and devotion.
The precision.
The embodied sovereignty.
The myth made real.

A polymath doesn’t dilute their power by doing many things.
They amplify it by letting all of who they are speak.

So yes.... a penny dropped.

Not because I’ve suddenly become something new,
but because I finally have language for what I have always been.

And perhaps you do too.

If you’ve ever felt “too much,” too layered, too curious, too symbolic, too intuitive and too quick minded....this might not be a flaw.

It might be a polymath mind remembering itself.

The Year of the Fire Horse (丙午 – Bing Wu)A 2,000-year pattern of rupture, rebellion, fire and irreversible changeThe Fir...
19/01/2026

The Year of the Fire Horse (丙午 – Bing Wu)
A 2,000-year pattern of rupture, rebellion, fire and irreversible change

The Fire Horse does not arrive often.
Only once every 60 years does this volatile combination of Yang Fire + Horse return — and when it does, history records collapse, revolt, catastrophe, and radical reordering.

This is not superstition.
It is pattern recognition.

Across dynasties, empires, religions, and continents, Fire Horse years coincide with moments when suppressed forces explode into motion.

What Fire Horse Represents
Horse: movement, freedom, messengers, revolution, travel, unrest

Fire: destruction, purification, visibility, ignition, passion, violence, truth exposed

Together they create:

Uncontainable momentum.

Once Fire Horse energy is unleashed, nothing returns to how it was before.

Fire Horse Years Through History
🔥 2026 — The Coming Fire Horse
(We stand on the threshold now)

Systems already destabilised

Accelerated collapse of outdated political, economic, and cultural structures

Rising populism, unrest, truth-telling, whistleblowers, uprisings

Technology and ideology outpacing governance
This is a year of irreversible decisions.

🔥 1966 — Revolution & Cultural Upheaval
China’s Cultural Revolution erupted fully, tearing through social order, tradition, and authority

Globally:

Civil rights movements intensified

Anti-Vietnam War protests exploded

Youth rebellion against patriarchy, capitalism, and war

The counterculture reached a breaking point

Authority was no longer obeyed simply because it existed

This Fire Horse year asked:

Who decides truth? And who has the right to power?

🔥 1906 — Earthquake, Fire, and the Fall of Illusions
San Francisco earthquake and fires

One of the most devastating urban disasters in modern history

Entire infrastructures collapsed overnight

Insurance systems failed

Cities had to be rebuilt from ashes

Fire Horse here manifested as:

The illusion of human control meeting raw elemental force.

🔥 1846 — Revolutions Begin to Stir
The Mexican-American War begins

Irish famine escalates toward catastrophe

Europe enters a pressure cooker that would erupt into the Revolutions of 1848

Old empires weaken; nationalism ignites

This Fire Horse year planted the seeds for:

Mass migration

Border collapse

The redrawing of nations

🔥 1786 — Pre-Revolutionary Tension
Economic collapse and famine in France

The monarchy’s legitimacy begins visibly eroding

The conditions that would lead to the French Revolution (1789) fully ripen

Enlightenment ideas spread faster than authorities can contain them

Fire Horse energy works before explosions as well as during them.

🔥 1726 — Dynastic Strain & Colonial Expansion
Qing Dynasty faces internal strain and rebellion

European colonial powers accelerate global domination

Indigenous populations displaced at scale

Trade routes expand — and with them, exploitation

Fire Horse manifests as:

Movement without consent.

🔥 1666 — Fire Made Literal
The Great Fire of London

Much of the medieval city destroyed

End of old plague-ridden urban design

London is rebuilt with new architecture, new laws, new identity

Few years illustrate Fire Horse more perfectly:

Fire. Destruction. Renewal.
And nothing medieval survives intact.

🔥 1606 — Power, Plots, and Regicide Energy
Aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot (1605)

Monarchical paranoia, repression, and fear

Harsh punishment, surveillance, religious tension

Authority tightens its grip — but legitimacy fractures

Fire Horse exposes where power rules through fear.

🔥 1546 — Religious Schism & War
Height of the Protestant Reformation

Religious wars tear through Europe

Authority of the Catholic Church irreversibly weakened

Faith becomes politicised, weaponised, fragmented

This Fire Horse year fractures:

The idea of one unquestioned spiritual authority.

🔥 1486 — Witch Hunts & Patriarchal Panic
Publication of Malleus Maleficarum

Witch persecutions escalate across Europe

Feminine power, herbal knowledge, midwifery, and autonomy are targeted

Fear of uncontrolled female agency reaches a peak

Fire Horse energy turned inward:

Society burning its own wisdom bearers.

🔥 1426 — Empire Under Pressure
Ming Dynasty faces rebellion and instability

Mongol threats re-emerge

Defensive expansion (including Great Wall reinforcement)

Power obsessed with control as movement threatens borders

🔥 1366 — Dynasties Fall
Yuan Dynasty collapses

Ming Dynasty rises

Massive social upheaval

Rewriting of political order in China

Fire Horse marks:

The end of eras.

🔥 1306 — War, Exile, Suppression
Jews expelled from France

Templars arrested shortly after

Religious and financial power forcibly dismantled

Authority seizes assets and rewrites moral narratives

🔥 Going Back Further…
Records continue to show Fire Horse years associated with:

Peasant uprisings

Religious schisms

Fires destroying cities

Borders shifting

Dynasties collapsing

New orders emerging through chaos

The pattern remains consistent for over two millennia.

The Deeper Truth of Fire Horse Years
Fire Horse years are not random disasters.

They arrive when:

Systems are over-rigid

Truth has been suppressed

Movement has been blocked

Power has disconnected from the people

The Fire Horse does not create collapse.
It reveals that collapse has already begun.

What This Means Now
This is not a year for:

Playing small

Waiting for permission

Clinging to decaying identities

Outsourcing authority

This is a year for:

Soul-led leadership

Radical honesty

Embodied courage

Choosing freedom even when it costs comfort

The Fire Horse always asks the same question:

What are you still riding that has already died beneath you?

New Moon in Capricorn, Sunday 18th January. 3-Card Tarot Spread : “The Architecture of What Comes Next”This spread is ab...
17/01/2026

New Moon in Capricorn, Sunday 18th January.

3-Card Tarot Spread : “The Architecture of What Comes Next”

This spread is about what ends, what must be built differently and what is now empowered to grow.

Card 1 — The Old Structure Completing

Theme: New Moon + Capricorn anaretic wisdom
Question: What role, pattern, or responsibility has reached its natural conclusion?

Energetic lens:
Capricorn doesn’t end things lightly, this card reveals something you have outgrown through mastery. It may once have required endurance, resilience, or self-discipline, but it now feels heavy or misaligned.

Journal prompt:

What have I already proven I can carry and no longer need to?

Card 2 — The Soul Contract Being Rewritten

Theme: Pluto’s deep transformation + Saturn’s karmic authority
Question: What must be fundamentally restructured at the root?

Energetic lens:
This is the non-negotiable truth card. Pluto asks for honesty at the bone level; Saturn demands integrity. This card shows where you are being asked to claim authority from within, not from obligation, approval, or survival.

Journal prompt:

Where am I ready to lead from essence rather than endurance?

Card 3 — The Seed with Longevity

Theme: Jupiter opening future pathways + New Moon intention
Question: What intention will grow steadily if I commit to it now?

Energetic lens:
This card reveals the long game. Not quick manifestation — but something that compounds over time. Jupiter here shows where curiosity, learning, communication, or teaching becomes a growth portal when anchored with Capricorn commitment.

Journal prompt:

What small, consistent devotion would change everything in a year?

✨ How to Work the Spread (Ritual Tip)

Lay the cards left to right (past structure → soul rewrite → future seed)

Light a dark candle (black, deep green, or indigo) for Saturn/Capricorn

Place a stone or crystal on Card 3 to anchor the intention (onyx, smoky quartz, obsidian, or clear quartz)

Close by saying:

“I release what has completed.
I honour the wisdom it gave me.
I commit to building what is true.”

31/12/2025

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year ###

Storytelling for 2026 - A change is gonna come.And from the universal comms team a song of the same title “A Change Is G...
30/12/2025

Storytelling for 2026 - A change is gonna come.
And from the universal comms team a song of the same title

“A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke

https://youtu.be/wEBlaMOmKV4?si=8eAAewm-cnvuqKlL

Let's take a look at the lyrics to see what message they may hold :

"I was born by the river

In a little tent.

Oh, and just like the river, I've been running

Ever since.

It's been a long

A long time coming, but I know

A change gon' come

Oh yes, it will.

It's been too hard living

But I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there

Beyond the sky.

It's been a long

A long time coming, but I know

A change gon' come

Oh yes, it will.

I go to the movie

And I go downtown

And somebody keep telling me

"Don't hang around".

It's been a long

A long time coming, but I know

A change gon' come

Oh yes, it will.

Then, I go to my brother

And I say, "Brother, help me, please"

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my knees, oh

There been times that I thought

I couldn't last for long

But now, I think I'm able

To carry on.

It's been a long

A long time coming, but I know

A change gon' come

Oh yes, it will.

Themes of hardship , themes of hope and a certainty that change is on the horizon.

So lets is take a look at our cards for the collective for 2026, pulled month by month, left to right, top to bottom and read through the lens of global energy.

JANUARY — Six of Pentacles:

We begin the year asking hard questions about balance, fairness and resources.

Who holds power?

Who gives? Who takes?

On the world stage this speaks to aid, wealth redistribution and the rebalancing of systems that have been skewed for a long time. We are really questioning the system, how can there be such inequality? Who trully makes all the decisions and is it in the interest of the many, not just the few.

Astrology-wise, Pluto fully embedded in Aquarius sets the tone: power back to the people, but not without some uncomfortable recalibration.

FEBRUARY — Ace of Wands:

A spark. An ignition. A collective “we can’t unsee this now.” After disclosure we then unleash ideas, movements, uprisings (internal and external) catch fire. This is raw creative life-force returning.

With Uranus stirring innovation and rebellion, February feels like the match strike. What begins here has the potential to grow very quickly.

MARCH — Queen of Wands:

Confidence returns... not the ego kind, the embodied kind.

This is leadership that comes from courage, passion and authenticity.

Expect bold voices, especially women and marginalised leaders, to take centre stage.

This mirrors Pluto in Aquarius beautifully: charismatic leaders who don’t fit the old mould.

APRIL — Knight of Swords:

Things move fast. Maybe too fast.

April brings strong opinions, quick decisions, headlines, debates and a sense of urgency. Truth is being wielded like a sword... sometimes cleanly, sometimes recklessly.

With Uranian nervous energy active, discernment is everything. Speed is not the same as wisdom.

MAY — Ace of Pentacles:

A new cycle begins around the Earth, money, food, work and survival.

This feels like green shoots after disruption ...new economic models, sustainability initiatives and practical solutions gaining traction.

This card lands beautifully with Saturn in Aries: build something new, but build it properly.

JUNE — Seven of Wands:

Defence mode. Standing your ground.

By June, what’s been seeded meets resistance. Truth needs protecting. Boundaries matter. This is the month we realise that not everyone is cheering for the future we’re creating.

Collectively, this is about holding the line without burning out.

JULY — Eight of Swords:

The mental trap.

July shows where fear, propaganda, old stories and “we’ve always done it this way” thinking still has us stuck.

Astrologically, this echoes Neptune’s influence...confusion, distortion, illusion. The key? The prison is mental. The door has been open all along.

AUGUST — Nine of Pentacles:

Independence. Self-sufficiency. Self-worth.

August brings a reminder: true abundance begins within. This can show nations reclaiming sovereignty, communities strengthening locally and individuals stepping into quiet power.

Less noise. More embodiment.

SEPTEMBER — Wheel of Fortune:

A turning point.

September feels like a global shift...events that change the direction of the story. Fate-meets-choice energy. What’s been wobbling tips.

With outer planets active, this feels karmic. Not random. Earned.

OCTOBER — Four of Swords:

Collective pause. Integration. Recovery.

After big shifts, we need rest. October asks us to stop reacting and start integrating what’s changed.

This is spiritual aftercare for the nervous system. Yes, even geopolitics needs a nap.

NOVEMBER — Knight of Wands:

Momentum returns, but differently now.

This is bold, inspired action, fuelled by purpose rather than panic. Movements re-emerge with more heart, more creativity, and less rage.

Think visionary activism, not burnout rebellion.

DECEMBER — Two of Cups:

We end the year with connection.

Agreements. Alliances. Peace talks (inner and outer). This doesn’t mean everything is “fixed”, it means relationship is restored as the guiding principle.

A beautiful echo of Aquarian age themes: collaboration over domination.

THE THREAD OF 2026

2026 is not a soft year, but it is a conscious one.

It asks:

Can we share power more fairly?

Can we lead without replicating the old?

Can we tell the truth without weaponising it?

Can we build something new without burning ourselves to the ground?

And perhaps most importantly…

Can we remember that the future is a co-creation, not a conquest?

As always... take what resonates, leave the rest!

A Yule to New Year Ritual of Wishes, Fire & Trust.You might have seen a ritual doing the rounds at this time of year... ...
21/12/2025

A Yule to New Year Ritual of Wishes, Fire & Trust.

You might have seen a ritual doing the rounds at this time of year... writing down 12 (or 13) wishes, burning one each day from the Winter Solstice to New Year and keeping one back for yourself.

I wanted to share why this ritual exists… because it’s not just a pretty trend, it’s rooted in something very old and very wise.

Across Northern Europe there is a long-held tradition known as the Rauhnächte, the 12 sacred nights between the years. These nights were believed to sit outside of ordinary time, a liminal gateway between the old cycle and the new. The veil was thin, intuition strong and the future still soft enough to shape.

Each night was linked with a month of the year ahead. People would reflect, dream, cleanse, pray and listen. Nothing was rushed. This was soul-time.

The ritual of writing wishes and burning them is a modern expression of that ancient understanding:
- Some things must be released
- Some things must be trusted
- And one thing… must be lived into by us

Fire was... and still is... the great transformer. When we burn something, we’re not destroying it… we’re returning it to spirit.

So here’s how to work with this ritual...gently, warmly and with a little bit of magic.

What You’ll Need:

• 13 small strips of paper
• A pen that feels good in your hand
• A candle
• A fire-safe bowl or dish
• A few quiet minutes each evening

On the Night of the Winter Solstice (tonight)

The longest night.
The turning point.
The moment when light begins its slow return.

Settle yourself. Breathe. Let the year behind you soften and loosen its grip.

Now write 13 intentions... one on each slip of paper, as if they are already true.
Not from striving… but from remembering.

For example...
“I feel supported.”
“I trust my timing.”
“I am deeply at home in myself.”

Fold each one gently. Place them all together. Don’t read them again.

This is important... once written, these wishes are no longer held tightly by the mind. They are held by something bigger.

Each Night From Solstice to New Year’s Eve...

For the next 12 nights, return to this simple practice.

Light your candle.
Without looking, draw one folded wish.
Hold it for a moment… and then offer it to the flame.

As it burns, quietly say:
“I release this now. I trust its unfolding.”

And that’s it.

No forcing.
No fixing.
No micromanaging the universe 😉

Each night is an act of surrender ... a reminder that not everything is meant to be carried alone.

On New Year’s Day...

One folded wish remains.

This is the important part.

This final intention is the one you don’t give away...It’s the one you walk with.

In the old traditions, this was understood as the month, or theme, that required your participation. The one that asks for your courage, your devotion, your choice.

Open it.
Read it.
And ask yourself gently:
“How might I live this into being?”

Place it somewhere visible. Let it become a companion for the year ahead.

A Final Whisper...

This ritual reminds us of something deeply human and deeply holy:

Some dreams need faith.

Some need patience.

And some need us to show up, again and again, in small, ordinary, beautiful ways.

As the light returns to the world, may it return to you too.

May what you release find its way.

And may what you keep grow strong through your living.

Blessed Yule.
Blessed turning.
And welcome, softly, to what’s becoming.

The Tale of the Oak King and the Holly King. As we reach the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, I love to r...
21/12/2025

The Tale of the Oak King and the Holly King.

As we reach the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, I love to remember this ancient Celtic story, the eternal dance of the Oak King and the Holly King.

For half the year, the Holly King reigns. He rules the darkening months, the quiet, inward time when the earth rests and we reflect. He reminds us that darkness is not something to fear, it is sacred, necessary and full of wisdom.

And then, on the Solstice, everything shifts. The Oak King rises. He defeats the Holly King, not with cruelty, but with gentle inevitability. His victory is the return of light, the lengthening of days, the promise that even in the darkest night, the sun will come back to us.

This story is more than myth. It is a rhythm written into the very world around us. Darkness and light, rest and growth, endings and beginnings, they are not enemies. They are two sides of the same circle.

Tonight, as we mark the Solstice, we celebrate the Oak King’s victory, the spark of new beginnings, and the quiet power of the turning wheel. May we honour both the dark that teaches us and the light that calls us forward.

3I/ATLAS, the New Moon & a Holy RememberingThe New Moon arrives wrapped in mystery.As the Moon darkens the sky, inviting...
19/12/2025

3I/ATLAS, the New Moon & a Holy Remembering

The New Moon arrives wrapped in mystery.

As the Moon darkens the sky, inviting us inward, a rare celestial traveller — 3I/ATLAS — makes its closest pass by Earth.

Only the third interstellar visitor ever recorded. Not born of our Sun. Not shaped by our familiar rhythms. A wanderer from somewhere far beyond what we know.

And I can’t help but feel
It feels… magical.

New Moons are always thresholds; moments of reset, seed planting and deep internal listening.

They ask us to pause, to soften, to feel what wants to be born through us rather than forced by us.

And here we are, days before Christmas, the season of light returning, of holy birth, of remembrance.

Over 2,000 years ago, a light in the sky was said to guide the wise...not through logic, but through inner knowing. A calling felt in the body and soul. A sign that something profound was entering the world.

What if the universe moves in spirals, not straight lines?

What if remembering is as important as discovering?

What if this interstellar visitor is less about where it comes from… and more about what it awakens within us?

The name 3I/ATLAS whispers to me of the third eye — inner sight, spiritual vision, the capacity to see beyond fear and separation. And Atlas himself, the mythic bearer of worlds, reminding us that consciousness shapes reality and that we each carry something sacred.

Perhaps the “Second Coming” was never meant to arrive as one figure in the sky.
Perhaps it arrives quietly, gently, through millions of hearts opening at once.

This New Moon feels like an invitation:

To remember love over fear.

To return to unity over division.

To choose compassion, presence and truth... again and again.

Maybe it’s not just a visitor passing through our skies.

Maybe it’s a mirror.
A reminder.
A remembering.

As this New Moon settles into the dark, ask yourself gently:

What light is ready to be reborn within me?

What truth have I always known, but forgotten?

What love am I ready to live from now?

Because perhaps the greatest awakening was never meant to arrive from above....
but to rise from within.

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With more than 20 years of experience in the mind, body, spirit industry, Lisa is a multi award-winning coach, author and therapist - who continues to be a highly prolific and influential figure in the spiritual community.

Combining her passion for helping others with her incredibly warm, relatable and down-to-earth personality, she has won some of the most highly acclaimed accolades in the industry - and was named Therapist/Practitioner of the Year in the 2014 APCTC Awards.

Lisa has also been nominated for an array of other prestigious awards - and was shortlisted for the highly prestigious Women Inspiring Women Award for two years in a row (2012 and 2013), awarded most influential businesses woman in Lincolnshire in 2016 and was also nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.

Contributing to a range of the country’s best-known publications – including, Kindred Spirit magazine, Om Yoga and Soul & Spirit magazine - Lisa published her first book, Get a Life, in 2012, and is also the Director of Get the Edge (a community of inspirational coaches, trainers and staff development specialists.)