You might only be in your early 40’s and be wondering if you’re ill, or worse – mad! Trust me, I’ve been there. But there is another explanation for the roller coaster ride that can happen at midlife. Maybe you’re (peri-)menopausal. Here are 7 signs that you’re on...

Imbolc is only a week away.  It is one of the ancient fire festivals of our land, marking the transition from Winter into Spring.  As such it is a threshold to be crossed. As with all thresholds there is great power in traversing them consciously, with reverence and...

Deep winter.  Stillness, death, darkness and also deep wisdom.  It is a time when our inner teacher is so much closer to us, only a breath away.  She demands that we surrender to her to receive her wisdom. To acknowledge our need to slow down, nurture ourselves,...

What have you been told you are “too much” of?  Too loud?  Too shy?  Too sensitive?  Just too much to handle?  Too wild? I have been reading “Rise Sister Rise” by Rebecca Campbell.  It is a firecracker of a book, one that has nurtured me, challenged me and set me...

Are you one of life’s givers?  One of the carers others are drawn to for support? When the chips are down and it feels like everything in life is a struggle, who is there to re-assure you and to tell you that “this will pass.  It will all be OK.”?  I’m asking because...

My husband is away.  The kids are at each other’s throats.  I have PMT.  Yesterday I spent a good hour stay listening with the girls (a wonderful Hand In Hand technique that I value deeply but that yesterday entailed my being kicked, punched, screamed at and sobbed on...