“hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic…” ~ Van Morrison So, my lovelies, I meditated at the crystal grid until 2am for all of us. A huge effort, and this morning I am thoroughly exhausted. But happy. So now […]
A New Moon Guided Meditation for Our Highest Potential – December 2016
“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour […]
Want to Join Me For A New Moon Meditation Tomorrow?
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” ~ T.S. Eliot Tomorrow night is the new moon. The […]
Last Chance To Add Your Name To Our Grid
“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me’, and when you have found that attitude, follow it.” ~ William James I’m closing off our grid in a few hours. After 12pm Sydney time I […]
The Week Ahead – Monday Oracle for Monday 26 December
“God speaks to us every day only we don’t know how to listen.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi “Open your mind and let the universe speak to you.” ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana Hello, Lovelies! Here’s the oracle card I have chosen this Monday, the last one for 2016, and my take on the energetic outlook for the week ahead. ‘Inner […]
Christmas Gift Oracle For You!
“May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!” ~ Author Unknown Will you join me for a cup of tea so I can give you a little Christmas present? Here’s the tea. Come sit with me and let me tell you how glad I am to have you in […]
I have a Christmas Gift for You!
“They always gives me bath salts,” complained Nobby. “And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath stuff and I can’t think why, ‘cos it’s not as if I hardly ever has a bath. You’d think they’d take the hint, wouldn’t you?” ~ Terry Pratchett* (*Apologies, because I’ve actually used […]
Day off? Yep, I’m doing it!
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” ~ Maya Angelou It’s my busiest time of year, and somehow I seem to have gone from quietly recovering from surgery to rocketing […]
Dear Empaths and Intuitives, Go Gently Right Now!
“Sometimes I think, I need a spare heart to feel all the things I feel.” ~ Sanober Khan Hello, lovely friends. Empaths and intuitives everywhere will be feeling more tired and emotionally open (read fragile, emotionally hypersensitive, exhausted and possibly moody or broken) right now. It’s not your fault. There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re […]
Accidents and Sudden Deaths – My thoughts from a psychic perspective
“Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am that swift uplifting […]
See How Our Grid Has Grown…
“Think about our bodies. We’re a chain of veins and organs and they’re all interconnected. If something isn’t going right in one area, the whole system can get out of whack. That’s the way I see the world. We’re all connected. I don’t see myself as this separate entity. I see things in a much […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 19 December
“Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.” ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer “At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before.” ~ Warsan Shire […]
Join Me In Sending Love and Light to Close Out 2016 and Welcome In 2017
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ~ Barack Obama “They always say time […]
What Are You Ready To Give Up?
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” ~ Mark Twain Tomorrow, the 17th of December, sees the beginning of the energies of the new year arriving. 2017 will show her face early this year. So that means today truly is the last […]
Moonlight Meditation and Old Tree Energy
“It was the kind of moon that I would want to send back to my ancestors and gift to my descendants so they know that I too, have been bruised…by beauty.” ~ Sanober Khan I’m late posting today, because I was up so late last night. Lats night I sat in meditation in a […]
It’s Here! Year of ME Planner 2017 and Other Good Stuff!
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ~ E. B. White “Dear E.B. White, if you had my Year of ME Planner you could do both!” ~ Nicole Cody There is one thing […]
Year of ME 2017 Planner News!
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain It’s almost here! Tomorrow I’ll fling open the doors of my online shop and welcome you in to see my latest offerings. 🙂 Please be patient. I’m trying to. I almost […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 12 December
“Civilization is always threatened from below, by patterns of belief and emotion that may once have been useful to our ancestors, but that are useful no longer.” ~ Roger Scruton “Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a […]
My Friendship Garden
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.” ~ Alfred Tennyson I cut some hydrangea flowers this week, and placed them in a glass by my kitchen sink. They’re Angela’s hydrangeas, or at least that’s how I think of them. They have grown from cuttings […]
Join My Ancestors and Songlines Crystal Healing Grid
“The songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children.” ― Philip Carr-Gomm Here on our farm I’ve made a special healing grid for us, as 2016 staggers to a close. This crystal grid is anchored by an Aboriginal stone club head representing masculine energy, and a selenite fish tail representing feminine […]
A Message for Empaths and Sensitive Souls
“The real warriors in this world are the ones that see the details of another’s soul. They see the transparency behind walls people put up. They stand on the battlefield of life and expose their heart’s transparency, so other’s can finish the day with hope. They are the sensitive souls that understand that before they […]
Suicides and Sudden Deaths – Perspectives From My Experience as a Psychic
“Did you really want to die?” “No one commits suicide because they want to die.” “Then why do they do it?” “Because they want to stop the pain.” ~ Tiffanie DeBartolo The morning I am blogging about suicide comes directly after the night where I have been awake for most of it, messaging and […]
Crazy Wild Weather!
“Suddenly all the sky is hid As with the shutting of a lid, One by one great drops are falling Doubtful and slow, Down the pane they are crookedly crawling, And the wind breathes low; Slowly the circles widen on the river, Widen and mingle, one and all; Here and there the slenderer flowers shiver, […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 5 December
“There’s always a moment that separates the past from the future, and that moment is now.” ~ Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel Hello, Lovelies! Here’s the oracle card I have chosen this Monday, and my take on the energetic outlook for the week ahead. ‘Possibilities’ is from the Osho Zen Tarot deck and it signals opportunities for us to gain much-needed […]
The Tawny Family Shows Off Baby!
“She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.” ~ Shel Silverstein We have a family of Tawny Frogmouths that nest in the teak tree outside our kitchen window every year. They […]
The Energies of December – 2016
“Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.” ~ Yvonne Woon Hello, Lovelies December is here, and after the crazy ramped-up energies that were November things are shifting back to a slower gear! December is a month for truly giving thought to who we are, where we’ve been, […]
What Happens When We Die?
“There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw that back on earth her sister missed her too much, was way too sad, so she crossed some paths that would not have crossed, took some moments in her hand shook them up and spilled them like […]
Today, I’m Off The Grid…
“While you’ll feel compelled to charge forward it’s often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you are and what you truly seek.” ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru I’m bone tired. Lots going on and an action-packed weekend so soon after my surgery meant that this was bound to happen – that I’d wake […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 28 November
“May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Hello, Friends! Welcome to the final days of these fabulous November energies. Here’s the oracle card I have chosen, and my take on the energetic outlook for the week ahead. ‘Totality’ is from […]
Doing The Scary Thing Is Good For Us!
“There is no illusion greater than fear.” ~ Lao Tzu I did the scary thing last night. In front of quite a large group of people I sat in trance and brought my Guides through so that they could address the group directly. I wasn’t sure how it would go. I wasn’t sure […]
Pop Up Shop Changed Hours for Friday!
Hi Lovelies! We have just found out that the Anglican Hall has accidentally double-booked us!!! We will still have access to the hall today, but not until 4pm. I’m so sorry for any inconvenience! We’ll set up just as quickly as we can, and if you want to help us out with that your help […]
It’s Today!!! And It’s Big!
“But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window–maybe rearrange all the furniture.” ~ Raymond Carver “Don’t you long for something different to happen, something so exciting and new it carries you along with it like […]
Pop Up Shop Tomorrow and Saturday!
“Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” ~ C.S. Lewis Just one more sleep until my Brisbane Pop Up Shop, Channelling Evening and Weekend Workshops! From Friday 25 to Sunday 27 November I’ll be running a pop-up shop as […]
Supporting Your Loved One at the End Stage of Life
“And then we ease him out of that worn-out body with a kiss, and he’s gone like a whisper, the easiest breath.” ~ Mark Doty Welcome to the second post in my Wednesday series on death and dying. Today I’d like to talk about the end stage of life, and what you might expect […]
Green Goodness Sauce Recipe
“She pulls on her heavy boots and carries the water bucket past the rose bushes, past the herb garden, and back to the barn behind the house. Her steps kick up the scents of herbs: thyme, mint, and lemon balm. The plants send up new stems each year from the roots that survived the winter […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 21 November
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo […]
Dear Sensitive Souls, Are You Feeling These Intense Energies?
“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate. It is not the empath who is broken, it is society that has become dysfunctional and emotionally disabled. There is no shame in expressing […]
Grounded Goodness
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” ~ Rachel Carson Yesterday was one of those days when my […]
Easy Mango Mousse #dairyfree #glutenfree #vegan #yum #paleo
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” ~ Susan Polis Schutz Mangoes are finally in season here in Australia. This is a super-easy and yummy mango mousse that tastes of summer and is something you can make all year round, even if you can’t access fresh mango. I’ve made […]
Some Early Reflections on Death
“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.” ~ Helen Keller Hello, friends. Welcome to my Wednesday series on Death and Dying. This week, I’ll kick off the series by discussing some […]
Create A Foundation Of Spiritual Habits – Workshop
“You can’t make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.” ~ Julien Smith, The Flinch “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 14 November
“Chronic self-doubt is a symptom of the core belief, ‘I’m not good enough.’ We adopt these types of limiting beliefs in response to our family and childhood experiences, and they become rooted in the subconscious… we have the ability to take action to override it…” ~ Lauren Mackler “All it takes is one person in any […]
Why I love Friday at the Farm!
“Its always difficult to keep Fridays confined within themselves..they tend to spill over..” ~ Parag Tipnis Fridays at our farm are my perfect kind of day. There was an early-morning walk to say hello to the cows and check the vegetable garden. After that I spent a little time finalising my Year of ME […]
Green Goji Bliss Balls
“Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don’t forget food. You can go a week without laughing.” ~ Joss Whedon I often whip up a batch of these healthy, yummy snacks. Green Goji Bliss Balls are packed full of nutrition, and the lemon gives them a lovely fresh tang. They are incredibly easy to […]
Medicine For The Soul
“Put ‘im in your bag. Dis lil stone, dis leaf, dis feather. Dem all medicines for you. Your special tings dat make your heart glad. Make your soul remember. Dat good for you. Proper medicine.” ~ Aunty This morning, very early, I woke with a heavy heart. I felt the weight upon it of world […]
A Short Blog Series on Death and Dying
“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 7 November
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou “I go to my studio every day, because one day I may go and the Angel will be there. What if I don’t go and the Angel came?” ~ Philip Guston Hello, Lovelies! Welcome to the second week of […]
And the Winner is…
“Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.” ~ Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win a hand-crafted Talisman. We’re excited to announce that the lucky winner is: Joanne Sandhu Joanne, congratulations! I’m really looking […]
Need Help to Grow Your Heart-Centered Business or Business Idea?
“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.” ~ Thomas Watson, Sr The world is changing. There is a quiet revolution going on in corporations, in the business world, and in smaller businesses. That revolution is the emergence of soul-centered entrepreneurs who understand that […]
The Strangeness that is Our Lives!
“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.” ~ Werner Heisenberg, Across the Frontiers Things often go missing in our household. We might not see them for days, months or even years. Then all of a sudden they reappear. The picture above of is of a […]
Win a Magical Talisman Just For You!
“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow. Isn’t that the way it works?” ~ Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard Last week I shared the story of how I brought my friend Carly’s magical […]
The Energies of November – 2016
“If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it.” ~ John Mayer “Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me.” ~ Paulo Coelho Hello, Lovelies Let’s give a big […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 31 October
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hello, Lovelies! Welcome to a brand new week. 🙂 Here’s the oracle card I have chosen, and my take on the energetic outlook for the days ahead. ‘The Creator’ is from the Osho Zen Tarot deck – […]
Choosing Your Perspective
“If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” ~ Henry Miller I have never been much good at arranging flowers. I’ve never had the eye for it. That is, until I found […]
It’s here! Presenting #GeShiDoMo
“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” ~ Brian Tracy, The Gift of Self-Confidence November is nearly here! It’s going to be one of the best months I have seen in years for getting things done, for major breakthroughs, for going after what you […]
Introducing #GeShiDoMo – November’s answer to ending 2016 strong!
“You can’t plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.” ~ Gordon B. Hinckley “Achievement. Just another skill of a ninja.” ~ Jarius Raphel 2016 is almost at a close, and 2017 is looming large on our horizon. The energy of 2017 will be all about growing – and if we […]
Nicole Cody’s November Events – Brisbane and Online!
“I’m not a teacher: only a fellow traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead – ahead of myself as well as you.” ~ George Bernard Shaw “I cannot begin to tell you how precious you are to me, and how much it means to walk this path with you. Come take my […]
When Husbands Are Right…
“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him — or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.” ~ Dorothy L. Sayers Big day for me yesterday! Two […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 24 October 2016
“Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Hello Lovelies, Here’s this week’s oracle card and my take on the energetic outlook for the days ahead. I’ve chosen the Harmony card from the Osho Zen Tarot deck. Take a big breath in. Breathe out. Relax into it. Relax […]
Love Looks Like This
“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people […]
Find Your Grit
“I learned a lesson I’d never forget. The lesson was that, when you have setbacks and failures, you can’t overreact to them.” ~ Angela Duckworth I’m off to the doctor today. And tomorrow. And Monday. And more after that. Many different specialists, all with their own opinions. I know I’m not going to like some of […]
Feathers for a Friend
“Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.” ~ Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore This week I am enjoying […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 17 October 2016
“When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to fly.” ~ Patrick Overton, The leaning […]
Sitting with the Big Questions
“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” ~ Hermann Hesse I still can’t see. I still can’t see except for a brief window each morning before exhaustion and overwhelm kick […]
Grace In Plain Sight
“Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.” ~ Aberjhani You may have noticed that I’ve been uncommonly quiet here on my blog this past few weeks. Those of you who’ve known me for a while will also know that if I’m ever quiet it is always for good reason. […]
Nic’s Latest Update: Life as a #Lymewarrior
“O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!” ~ Kobayashi Issa “Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” ~ George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones Ah, Lovelies, I’d hoped to be bringing you […]
Two-Hour Economical Chicken Soup Recipe
“There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.” ~ Calvin Coolidge I lived on this soup when I was a university student, back in my sharehouse days, and then again when I bought my first house and every spare cent went on the mortgage repayments. […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 19 September 2016
“Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.” ~ Robert Brault Hello Lovelies, Here’s this week’s oracle card and my take on the energetic outlook for the days ahead. ‘Never-ending Story’, from Colette Baron-Reid’s Wisdom of the Oracle deck is the card I have chosen for this week. Do you remember […]
A Little Nicole Update
“People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.” ~ Anthony de Mello So, here I am, still in hospital. There have been a few little bumps in the road, including a massive resurgence of lyme symptoms and […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday September 12 2016
“I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, “Hi.” They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 5 September 2016
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection […]
The Very Valid ‘Not Coping’ Style of Coping
“It’s funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools – friendships, prayer, conscience, […]
The Energies of September – 2016
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince Hello, Lovelies Welcome to September. It’s such a lovely heart-centered month. A month for simplifying. For focusing […]
Loving-Kindness Meditation
“…eventually tides will be the only calendar you believe in… And someone’s face, whom you love, will be as a star Both intimate and ultimate, And you will be heart-shaken and respectful. And you will hear the air itself, like a beloved, whisper Oh let me, for a while longer, enter the two Beautiful bodies […]
The Week Ahead – Oracle Reading for Monday 29 August 2016
“According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don’t bother you anymore. You become light-hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more […]
Strawberry Coconut Chia Pudding #dairyfree #glutenfree
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck I could call this delicious pudding ‘dessert’. But I have also been known to call it ‘breakfast’… This creamy strawberry pudding is a versatile and healthy option as a snack, a meal or as a […]
Boobs!
“The truth of the story lies in the details.” ~ Paul Auster Sorry. I couldn’t resist. When else would I get to shout ‘Boobs!’ as a title for a blog post? Because today, dear readers, it’s all about boobs. My boobs. Today is mammogram and ultrasound day as my very thorough specialist ticks every […]
Nana’s Rustic Bacon and Vegetable Soup Recipe
“You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.” ~ Julia Child This was one of the first things I ever learned to cook. My Nana taught me in her little kitchen. I was still so young that Pa had to bring an old wooden crate upstairs […]
Accidental Angels
“A magpie can be happy or sad: sometimes so happy that he sits on a high, high gum tree and rolls the sunrise around in his throat like beads of pink sunlight; and sometimes so sad that you would expect the tears to drip off his beak. This magpie was like that.” ~ Colin Thiele […]
Monday Morning Oracle Card – 22 August 2016
“Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.” ~ Kristan Higgins “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” ~ J.K. Rowling Every Sunday I conduct my own little mini-planning session for my week ahead. My Sunday Session allows me […]
Ghosts In My Kitchen
“If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.” ~ Linda Henley I made soup yesterday. It was a simple soup. A humble soup. It needed to be. I was so sore. So tired. Fevered. But dinner had to be made, and I wasn’t going to eat junk. Or toast […]
Going Through Some Shi*t Right Now? (Shift, of course!)
“You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. […]
Coffee Trumps Blogging
“Are you ready?” Klaus asked finally. “No,” Sunny answered. “Me neither,” Violet said, “but if we wait until we’re ready we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let’s go.” ~ Lemony Snicket Cafe Dog has had a hard time of it lately. While I’ve been feeling so poorly there have been no […]
Pop-Up Shop Cancellation and Workshops Turned into Webinars
“What would you do if you couldn’t do what you want?’-“Something else.” ~ Marty Rubin Hi Lovelies, Just a quick heads-up to let you know that my Pop-Up Shop and Events won’t be going ahead this weekend. I’m home, waiting for surgery, and being as stylish as a girl can be when she’s wearing […]
Reduce Pain Naturally and Accelerate Healing With This Free Guided Meditation
“Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing.” ~ Linda Hogan Why meditate? There are proven links between our thoughts, and our body’s ability to control pain and heal. In meditation we actively control our thoughts and mental space. Having […]
Bacon, Egg and Broccoli Slice
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” ~ Albert Einstein I am a big fan of using simple ingredients thrown together to make easy meals. Meals that ANYONE can cook. (Even people with no cooking experience, and people who have rarely ventured into a kitchen or […]
Today’s Sunday Planning Session And Some True Confessions
“Live in the moment but just be mindful that you are working towards something.” ~ Eric Zaccone I know, I know. It’s Sunday. And on Sundays I don’t blog, and I don’t go on the internet and I don’t do any work. Except that on this particular Sunday I am! I’m taking some time […]
Song of the Sisterhood
“A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.” ~ Isadora James These past few days have been hard. It’s been one thing after another. Then there’s the pain. It’s unrelenting. Drugs have helped take the edge off but it’s ground me […]
Not Exactly Happy!
“She looked as if she were about to burst into tears, but she was wonderful at catching the ball of her own mood in mid-air.” ~ Rebecca West Thanks for all of your positive thoughts and wishes. Yesterday kinda sucked. But I’d known it would, so no surprises there. I could have been up all […]
Apprehension
“You should have seen this coming,’ they said. I did see it coming. I saw it coming the way you see a train coming when you’re tied to the tracks.” ~ Margaret Andrews I’ve been awake since I don’t know when. No, that’s not true. 2.36am. I lay awake in the dark for a […]
Stormbirds
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo Buscaglia I heard a stormbird yesterday, just after dawn. It’s so early in the season […]
Rain, Words and Silence
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” ~ Robert Frost It was raining in the city. Raining and I couldn’t sleep, my head so full of thoughts and my body so tight with pain. Now I’m home, home at my farm, it’s sometime before […]
This Dawning Day
“Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.” ~ Oscar Wilde I woke earlier than usual today. 3am. The night air was cold, the comforter pulled right up […]
The Energies of August – 2016
“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.” ~ Michelangelo Buonarroti Hello, Lovelies Welcome to August. August is a month for knowing ourselves, for bettering ourselves and for furthering ourselves. As we act from a place of self-awareness and personal clarity things […]
An Update from Nicole
“Life can be like a roller coaster with its ups and downs. What matters is whether you are keeping your eyes open or closed during the ride and who is next to you.” ~ Ana Ortega Hi, Lovely Friends. You may have noticed I’ve been absent for a few days. I’ll be honest in […]
Brisbane Pop-Up Shop and Workshops – August 2016
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” ~ Robert Frost I’ve organised some lovely events for August. I hope you can join us! More details soon, but here’s an overview. Please save the following dates. From Friday 19 to Sunday 21 August I’ll be running a pop-up shop in Brisbane, as well as some one […]
Date Savers for August plus We’re On Retreat!
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ~ Michel de Montaigne I’m off to run my Chakra Wisdoms Retreat today – a lovely immersive week of self-discovery, solitude, sanctuary, companionship, soul growth, crystals, meditation and really good food here in Byron Bay. I don’t think I have ever […]
Problems sleeping? Ride This Crazy Moon!
“She didn’t quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.” ~ Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die This July full moon has been a doozy! Her energy so strong it has kept some […]
Should You Ride In On Your White Horse And Save Them?
“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” ~ Steve Maraboli Recently I received a message on facebook that I thought it was worth answering here on my blog. Random Question – What does one do with the compulsive […]
I’d Be Blogging But… Farm Emergency!
“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure… ” ~ Amos Bronson Alcott Oh dear! Poor little Frida has the molasses bucket stuck around her head. We’d hoped she might figure out how to get it off all by herself, but no… So now we will have to chase […]