June - is all about the moments

We are a busy lot these days
and the onset of summer is no different.
The nice weather brings so many options of things to do.
The children are coming to the end of their schedules
(which for some reason means there is more to do not less).
And those days are getting longer you know,
look how much you can cram in now!
Arghhhhhh.
Not this year, my friend!
This year we are going to take regular breaks
from this early summer rush, rush
and remember those lazy, hazy days
of the summers we used to have.

Grab an apple and a bag of chips (crisps)
and head on outside if you get a lunch break,
a moment of happily entertained children
or any glorious space of time in your day really.
Actively watch for these tiny snippets of time.
They really do occur.
Grab them with a passion to do
…well to do absolutely nothing if you like.
Be beholden to no one, for just a few minutes.
Lie on a blanket and look at the blue of the sky.
Eat an easy picnic.
Open a few pages of that book you have been waiting to read,
but never got the chance.
Leave the washing up,
that e-mail,
ignore that quick call
to check on that something that can wait.
There is always going to be something to do
the something’s never end.
It is your job to find the moments.
To find them and enjoy them,
without hesitation
or guilt.
Monitor them,
PROTECT them,
savour them.
because...
They are yours and only yours
this month of June!

May - is all about the flying

Ahh…my flying lady.
She pops up quite often, my lady in the sky.
Flying can symbolize so much.
Escape, freedom, thrills and dreams.
We all need a place to fly in our minds.
Sometimes we need to get away from where we are.
Sometimes we need to go somewhere special.
New heights give new perspectives to our ground lives.
Look how small that issue is from way up here.
Soaring across the sky can loosen ties and worries.
It can help us find new growth, new ways of seeing, and new solutions.
Where is she going?
I don’t think she knows and that is ok with her!
This month let your mind fly.
What do you see?
What are you thinking?
What new perspectives come through?
Feel the wind blow around you.
Feel the sunbeams on your skin.
See your world a little smaller.
A little respite from your day-to-day.
A little more time to fly with your dreams.
Where does it take you?
Where is it you like to go?

April - is all about the breathing

April 2nd - Some quiet time will help you make the best decision.

April 21st - When I listen to my own voice everything gets easy.


Who knew that breathing needed to be a thing?
A natural, instinctive, act of survival and yet I need to remind myself on a daily basis to just breathe. The art of breathing has become a mainstay for our home. With an easily, overly excitable noisy boy in the house the power of breath has become our family’s go to. “Do your breathing, take 6 breath’s, Mum I don’t think you’re doing your breathing” (cheeky bugger!). Yes to breathe can become everything for us in that very moment and it can be your own go to when things get too much. To sit and take the time and space to breathe, to catch your breath, to quiet all the noise, the spinning, the stress on your brain can bring you some peace, some quiet and some homegrown inner wisdom. When we are running around we hear so much, we see so much. We know a lot about what outside feels, believes, needs, knows, but we can easily lose track of own minds, our own thoughts, our own needs and stances. We can find ourselves chasing other people’s aspirations and expectations without realizing that they are in fact just that – other peoples! So if you can find the time to quieten the world around you and to sit and listen to your insides, your own voice – now is a great time to start.