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31/08/2025

AUGUST. what a month of remembering, retreating and reconnecting ♥️

24/08/2025

THREE YEARS ON. I've had to let go of so much more than I bargained for this last year, and begun to be filled in the most unlikely of ways. I also really get the grief croissant analogy by more than ever ❤️⁣
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things I've been learning in the wilderness of this grief:⁣
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* being at this point in time when thawed isn't necessarily easier than at the one year mark when frozen⁣
* all that we don't feel in a time of overwhelm - exhaustion, fear, sadness - will come up to be felt at some later point in time ⁣
* people we have loved continue to be alive through our living⁣
* everything changes, even what feels foundational - people, places, priorities - and somehow there'll still be a way⁣
* more than ever, nature holds, beauty soothes, kindness rekindles hope⁣
* love is a verb, keep close the ones who show you that your connection matters to them (you know who you are and I'm so grateful for you x)⁣
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01/08/2025

THE BODY REMEMBERS. I wish I had a more poetic and graceful caregiver story to offer, but I don't. I was physically there caregiving, but on the inside, a part of me up until the last few weeks was looking away, hoping someone would wake me and tell me it was all a really, really bad dream. ⁣
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our earliest relational patterns re-emerge at times of overwhelm, in spite of ourselves, as did mine. I avoided, not because I didn't care, but because I did - a lot - more than my heart could handle at the time. ⁣
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and here we are, right around the time three years ago that a dear friend firmly, kindly and honestly said: "I hope that you're able to find it in yourself to stay with what is here, while they are still here" (or something like that, my life is a blur from that time). ⁣
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somehow, something in me has decided that maybe now I can meet this tidalwave that threatened to drown me then. it is still big and scary, and I feel a little more ready now. ⁣
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I share this to say that the body remembers, and it releases when it knows it can be met. by the version of ourselves here today, with the network of support we have. and that maybe it's okay we don't ever really know when we are "healed" around something even many years later. because what if we are not puzzles to be solved but vast oceans whose infinite depths long to be illuminated by the light of our own clear seeing? ♥️

28/07/2025

CHANGING FACES OF HOME. july's been a funny sort of month! but by now I almost hold my breath each time july rolls around and wonder what will happen, because the body can be a strict timekeeper, especially for whatever we are still digesting.
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amidst all the hard bits, reconnection with friends, music and nature that has made up this month, I've been reflecting on 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, the familiar and the unfamiliar, and if maybe, just maybe I can allow change to be here ❤️

21/07/2025

LESSONS FROM NATURE. ⁣
"𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺,⁣
𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 ⁣
𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,⁣
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 - 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴⁣
𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 ⁣
𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦" - james pearson⁣

30/06/2025

LET NATURE HOLD YOU. when people ask me for practices to engage in between sessions, I often suggest some time in nature. not of the counting steps variety, but time which allows a coming into relationship with the diversity of colour or texture; nature's everpresent movement and also welcome. ⁣⁣
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so much of what is circulating on the internet these days sets up nervous system health as a individual quest of achievement, when it is the most natural thing to find soothing in another. ⁣⁣
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sometimes though it is too early or late in the day to reach out to a friend, sometimes you have no words left to describe how you feel, or sometimes you aren't sure how you'll be received. and know that nature is here to meet you nonetheless as a steady companion and friend in your most un-held together moments 🌿
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📷: .lives

29/06/2025

THE POSSIBILITY OF REINVENTION. this month of june has been about leaning into edges of all sorts in the spirit of being curious about how mutable identity actually is. it has been part hilarious, part scary and also overall so very expansive ✨️⁣
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𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘢𝘮, 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦? ⁣
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𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺?

20/06/2025

SUN STANDS STILL. summer solstice peaks tomorrow, a pivot point in the earth's cycle, where light gives way to growing days of dark. what a time to be noticing the polarities of light and dark, hope and despair. and even though it sounds so trite, I honestly believe our hearts, with the help of each other, can hold this seemingly impossible tension. ⁣
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let yourself be filled by what lights you up, so you can stay buoyed into holding possibility and taking action- donate, share, educate, love who/what is right in front of you, it all matters ♥️ ⁣
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for me, at this time I'm leaning into big trees, soulful connections and lots of music making to keep myself filled. what is lifting your heart right now, even just a little bit? ⁣
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📷: .rhythm

17/06/2025

ENDINGS OF ENDINGS. a client asked me the other day: "how are you able to trust the process of our sessions so fully?" and in large part it is because of my lived experience receiving sessions that don't always make sense right away and how I know in my bones that there's always grace in the process, regardless of how stuck, frustrating and pointless it can feel sometimes. ⁣
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today marks the end of the grief counselling support I've been regularly receiving from for almost the past 3 years. it has been an unexpected, generous and unspeakably kind gesture extended towards me at a time when I was feeling devastated, disillusioned and very alone. 3 years of support offered my way for my partner's final 3.5 days and brief stay in hospice. 3 years of patiently supporting me through my seemingly endless tears, numbness, frustration and being an often grouchy and particular client. it is kindness I will never forget. it brings a hopefulness that I hold about how large institutions and systems can, with intentionality and with people as the focus, be attuned in their care.⁣
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this grief journey continues, as it does, but those early days would have been unthinkable without the support I received. so thank you for the thoughtfulness in your approach, patients and caregivers here are so fortunate to have you around ♥️

14/06/2025

BIRD FRIENDS. my life is basically a nature documentary on a bird theme 🤷🏻‍♀️⁣
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the skies still dark, I often wake to the call of birds. their song is often excited, almost always exuberant. their song has accompanied me through moments of wonder and despair, and has always felt like a balm. part of what greets my morning eyes as light grows: the mynah family on their favourite frangipani perch, and the comings and goings of bulbuls, sparrows, sunbirds, spotted doves, magpies, crows, koels and the very occasional woodpecker. ⁣
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but what has been the sweetest part of it all has been the nesting bulbuls. three years in a row they have woven their nests (pure artistry!), warmed their young and taught them to fly. they've grown to trust this hovering human that coos at them and I've felt so blessed for their reminder of how much life desires continuation, that hope persists ✨️

29/05/2025

CLARIFYING COMFORT. may has been a month of musing about how familiarity can often be mistaken for comfort. we are constellations of patterns, patterns built from our past that offer shortcuts to interpreting this busy, messy world we live in. and what feels similiar to what we have known will feel safe (and hence good!), even though it might not be best for who we are today. ⁣
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what tricky territory to discern though! this is something I'm still learning for myself, and it shows up so often in client sessions too.⁣
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so, I've been taking time to get curious about what true comfort feels like in my body when I'm around certain people and places: the way I feel a spaciousness in my chest, a desire to let out a big downward exhale, a sense of being wrapped in a warm, steady hug even from afar. a knowing on the inside, "yes, I am met here". these embodied landmarks make up an ever-refined compass for navigating with, each step of the way.⁣
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what is the felt sense of comfort in your body? I'd love to hear in the comments below x

30/04/2025

BEING HELD. this month, I've found myself thinking a lot about how fundamental a need it is to be held. we begin this life as beings held in fluid and the body of another- to be held is known to us in our bones, to desire to be held is in our sacred design.⁣
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I've been soaking in the many ways we can be held: by slow listening hands, in the bask of sun and sea, in music and birdsong, in the trusting pause, in voice messages from afar, in being deeply listened to.⁣
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who or what has held you this month?

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