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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
Rumi
Beyond Menopause a different power awaits
It’s World Menopause Day. Once upon a time this transition was a time of welcoming in wisdom and the elderhood of woman. We had rituals and ceremonies that showed us the beauty of age and the lustre of life’s lived experience. But in the space between then and now, there came different gods to worship.
Song for a Friend
I explore things left unexplored and the beauty and sadness of the things we discover only after we lose someone we love.
Ten Ways to Care
A few days ago, someone asked me what advice I would give to someone who was about to lose someone. Here are ten suggestions I have based on my own experiences of being with people at the end of life.
We are a mosaic in the garden of life
A day comes, much like any other, except you sit around a table with strangers talking. And then in the middle of the night you lie in bed and toss and turn in damp sheets with the sensation of being those strangers listening to all the broken china bits of you.
Standing at the verge of change
As I craft these vegetal forms of artistic expression I pray that there is someone five hundred years from now living in the lush, greening world I hope for and that I place in the shamanic threads of future time.
What a Near Death Experience taught me about Consciousness
This is a gentle exploration into consciousness and letting go.
What is the legacy you wish to leave behind?
This blog is an updated version of a speech I gave to the REBUS club in Havelock north just a couple of months after my father died in 2019. The REBUS group is for retired professionals and I explored with them ideas around what legacy we wish to leave behind.
Ashes to ashes - navigating the death of a pet
How Dying Wishes can be a Guide to Life
How writing a book of guidance for wishes as the end of life draws near, can actually be an inspirational manual for living.
Sacred moments and messengers
A beautiful thing happened on the weekend and I’d love to share it with you because it was just so magical. Sometimes the beauty of mystery appears when we least expect it.
What’s Malcolm McLaren got to do with a healing garden anyway?
A meditation on friendship
Making Peace with Menopause
I’m noticing that even in the positive shift to talking about menopause publicly, the messages are still largely negative. But what about the instances where, in its own way, menopause can have a very positive effect on life and can also help resolve issues and provide healing?
What my dog is teaching me about dying
What animals teach us about being there as the end draws near
Dr Samantha Newman talks hormone and HRT
Dr. Sam Newman ala the Female GP talks hormones and HRT
The Garden Composes
Dreaming of Sleep - the music of the cosmos
In Ancient Greece, temples to the god Asclepius were created and people went there to sleep, to incubate via dreams, the cure and comfort they needed in daily life. Maybe Max Richter’s performances can be seen as turning venues into modern-day Asclepian temples of healing. I like that idea.
What do you do when the Doctor calls and you don't have a plan?
Meditation for the animals we love
Being a woman in her 50s should be about being accepted, not brave.
It’s time to embrace the natural process of ageing.