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A calling, an abbess and a boy with an impish smile
Over the passage of the past few months, I have held the hand of a man as he approached death; massaged aromatic oils, made redolent …
Cleavers – helping us lay down our burdens
There are burdens we carry with us through life. A regret, a bad memory from the past. A behaviour we repeat over and over again. …
Buddha and Einstein in the garden – Big Bang Theory
Buddha and Einstein were in the garden with me yesterday. We tended the earthly things, all influenced by celestial flows shapeshifting above, below and …
Sorting out the Marigolds
Tagetes, calendula, marigold, pot marigold…… I got asked what the difference is by a customer the other day when she saw a Facebook post …
Menopause and other Transitions
Life is quite the classroom, and menopause is quite a teacher. We’re not really told about menopause and what it brings us. We hear snippets …
Finding Conditions for Growth
New beginnings. New cycles. We are here, the same yet not the same. Growth. Renewal. Like this bud on a fig tree, we need the …
A guide for dying as a manual for Life
Why is it that we fear talking about death? Why is it that we live our lives as if death is something that doesn’t happen …
From darkness to the light
How is the turmoil of the world around you reflecting In your interior world? Things are changing. Shifting. There is anger and fear. There …
Learn how to work with Nature at the End of Life
I wanted to let you know about a very special series of workshops I’ll be teaching in October live and online thanks to my friends …
Big Changes Coming
Developing more coaching and guidance offerings Since establishing Archeus in 2013, I’ve been on such a journey. What started off as a business making natural …
Being Here Now – what death shows us about life
Recently, I had my first ever bout of shingles and I read it as a sign to look hard at what I do and where …
Sowing Seeds of Memory
When I was a young woman, living in Melbourne I started to garden. I decided to create something beautiful from pain. For every memory of …
Call this a crisis? Weeping for all things lost
Here in New Zealand, we see the COVID headlines. We see the numbers, the statistics. We see images of mass graves as we head …
Dandelion – the lion that stokes the furnace
Dandelion – stocking your inner furnace This week’s plant essence is dandelion. Its botanic name is Taraxacum officinale. The name dandelion comes from the French …
Teaching with the Alchemist’s Kitchen in New York
New York! I’m thrilled to have been invited to be part of the line up of inspirational teachers at the Alchemist’s Kitchen in New York. …
Taking Time in Nature
Einstein said, “Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better”. Numerous studies have shown that getting outside into some green space is good …
Soul Garden with Karen Johnson
Are you dealing with a sense of grief or loss right now? Maybe these coronavirus times are making you mourn for the freedoms we had …
Morning Mist Meditation
Hello, I hope this finds you well. This morning as I walked in the forest in the mist, this meditation came through or me. It …
Getting your business online
do you need to get your business online? COVID-19 is changing the way we live, and the way we do business. If you are a …
Tapping into Wellsprings of Strength
As we find ourselves in isolation and lockdown in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, we can take heart and find strength by …
When the Doctor Calls
When death is near – the dilemma of making choices without a plan.
Be the Change you want for this world
2020 has got off to a profound and troubling start. Our world is burning. With fire there is loss, sorrow, fear. After fire there is …
Being Present
There is a place in the reserve where I walk each morning with my dogs, where there is an archway of bush over the path. …
Guided Visualisation
In the busyness of our daily lives we can lose sight of the threads that stitch us into our favourite landscapes or connect us to our favourite animals or birds.
Totems in the landscape
Are there things in nature that you consider your own personal totems? A natural object or animal that becomes an emblem of your own hopes and dreams and spiritual truths.
Seeing with the eyes of the heart
Hawthorn is medicine for the heart and a cicada skin can speak to us of birth and of death. Nature’s medicine writ large in a forest of forgiveness.
A sort of death, a shaman’s journey
Sometimes a place can catch you off guard can’t it. A landscape becomes a visceral experience, a tug at forgotten memories, a sense of …
Plant of transitions
I was out walking my dogs recently. It was a wet and chilly morning – the first for a few weeks, and as I …
We birth into life, and into death
My darling father passed away on Thursday night. He had a stroke on Tuesday morning and from that moment I was with him through the …