“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Day 7 – Oracle Card Challenge
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Current Priorities All of us have so many demands on our limited time. How do we know where to put our focus? This next exercise will help you to gain clarity around the priorities […]
The Non-Believer and The Amazing Offer
“I was a terrible believer in things,but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was skeptical. I didn’t know where to put my faith,or if there was such a place,or even what the word faith meant, in all of it’s complexity. Everything seemed to be possibly potent and […]
All the Babies!
“Seeing your child for the first time is rarest of occasions. You see glimpses of yourself from the past. The potential of a brand new life happening right before your eyes. And most importantly, that life begins again.” ~ J.R. Rim One of the privileges of being psychic is that I often get to […]
Listening to the Universe
“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.” ~ Mark Buchanan I sometimes joke with my students that my oracle and tarot decks are all broken, because the cards I pull from them for myself so often have one message. Rest. Of course […]
Chakra Wisdoms Retreat – 23 to 28 July, 2016
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.” ~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland “And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” ~ Rumi “At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” ~ Lao Tzu […]
A Great Weekend for Rest, Integration and Inspiration!
“S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities” ~ Richie Norton “And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn’t come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and […]
Super New Moon Ritual – April 7, 2016
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anaïs Nin It’s a New Moon! And not only that, it’s a supermoon, where the moon is at its closest position to earth during its natural orbit. This is the New Moon in Aries, also known as the Infant’s Moon. All new moons encourage […]
February Full Moon Ritual – Tonight!
“You are magnificent – a jewel reflecting inwardly and outwardly, the light of the universe. Observe how you respond to beauty everywhere – you bear witness to everything. Be aware that you, yourself, are an inextricable part of the infinite creative intelligence, and be blessed.” ~ Jay Woodman Right now we have a Full Moon […]
And the Winner of the next Oracle Theme is…
“You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” ~ Harper Lee A few days ago I asked you to vote for the theme you’d most like to see in my next online Oracle. The theme which polled the most votes is… Ancient Trees! followed so closely by Magical Creatures that I felt it deserved its […]
Which Oracle Would You Like Next?
My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” ~ Forrest Gump Every so often I get the urge to create an oracle for you to give you guidance and support for the time ahead, and I have a few planned for 2016. What would you prefer? […]
What Divine Intervention Looks Like
“I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can’t change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.” ~ […]
The Power Of Shared Experiences
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.” ~ Ruth Reichl We went to a neighbour’s house for belated Christmas drinks yesterday. On a rainy summer’s afternoon we sat on the veranda talking and laughing and sharing stories. It was lovely. And then it was magical. One […]
2016 – Guidance for the Year Ahead
“If nothing else in this long and short life, let me be true to my conscience, to the dignity of my own heart. Let me act in a way that says, I have honored my spirit as truly as I have honored others’. Let me stand tall and rooted as a mountain in the […]
Endings and Beginnings
“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!” ~ […]
What Bravery Looks Like
“I don’t like and even resist, being broken wide-open. But, when the contents of my unconscious self spill out of me and I sift through all the disowned parts of who I am… it’s an uncomfortably enlightening and eye-opening experience. It feels a bit like emotional bloodletting. I guess every now and then, I need […]
After the Storm…
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ~ Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore One of the things I love about our retreats at Sangsurya is that we are always so supported by the natural environment. We’ve been doing […]
This is How The Universe Works…
“There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.” ~ Peaceful Warrior “Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.” ~ Celestine Chua A few days ago, as I sat at my desk early, early, early in the morning, looking at my […]
My Favourite Crystals For Spiritual Connection
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ~ W.B. Yeats Meditation, connecting with our guides, getting into a channelling space or spiritual flow, doing readings or healings, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, working with energy, astral travelling, improving our psychic and metaphysical abilities – all of these things […]
An Afternoon Concert for My Cows
“Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!” ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone The first time I heard Albinoni’s Oboe Concert #2 in D Minor I was seven, a little girl sitting in the music room of her primary school, eyes closed as instructed by the […]
Date Savers For Working With Nicole Cody 2015 and 2016
“My greatest joy is to help people feel and trust the presence of their own soul wisdom, their own intuitive and psychic connection, their own gifts and talents, the wonders all around them and within them.” ~ Nicole Cody Hi Lovelies! I thought it might be a good idea for me to give you a […]
Soul Sanctuary Retreat 2015 – Just a Few Places Left!
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss – an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. – is sure to be noticed.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard “Self-care is never a […]
Will You Join Us For The 2015 Soul Sanctuary Retreat?
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” ~ Pema Chödrön I’m holding a residential retreat from November 28 to December 5, in beautiful Byron Bay. It’s a […]
Why This Teacher Is Still A Student
“It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” ~ Albert Einstein I first discovered meditation when I was eleven. My dad worked for a book company, and he’d bring home boxes of books which I was allowed to trawl though. Some of them were about meditation, working […]
Rain, Whales and Orchids
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ~ Michel de Montaigne Whenever we are on Retreat the weather always seems to mirror and support our journey. For the past two days, as we have laboured under the Usurper’s Moon, dealing with all of our shame and self-betrayal […]
In Order to Really Hear You Need To Stop Talking
“For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of – to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense […]
We’re on Retreat!
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” ~ Albert Camus Hello Lovelies! We’re on Retreat at Sangsurya in Byron Bay for the next six days, as I teach a group of delightful souls how to reconnect with their intuition, and to use that intuition as a […]
He’s Home!
“When problems beat upon you like a raging storm, search for the eye. You might not be able to avoid misfortunes, but you can find the calmest spot within them.” ~ Richelle E. Goodrich Our beautiful Bert is home! His cruciate surgery was long, complicated and difficult. But it went well, and everyone is pleased […]
Emergency Help for Ungrounded People – Especially after Seismic Activity!
“The safest place to be during an earthquake would be in a stationary store.” ~ George Carlin, Brain Droppings In Australia we’ve had a string of small earthquakes in the past few days. Seismic activity like this can be very unsettling for energetically sensitive people. In the days before an earthquake, volcanic eruption or other […]
Our Final Day
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Can you see the Black Cockatoos in the photo above? It’s our last day of retreat, and this morning I have been greeted by the mournful cry of the Black Cockatoos as they streak across the […]
Whales, Bird Fairies and Magic
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” ~ Roald Dahl Yesterday when I finished my morning meditation I stood on the deck outside my bedroom and […]
Is Your Self Talk Blocking Your Success?
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” ~ William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure I’m on Retreat right now, teaching beginners how to channel. Yesterday was a big day, as the students worked through a number of activities to connect them to their guides […]
The Love In Every Detail
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~ Confucius I’m putting the final preparations together for my Beginners Channeling Intensive Retreat this week. It’s called an ‘intensive’ for a reason. It’s a big course, and it takes a lot of commitment – from me, […]
All The Pretty Lights
“The wisdom of bridges comes from the fact that they know the both sides, they know the both shores!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan I’m still in the city just now, tending loved ones. Driving home from a friend’s last night, I was startled to see an owl in this suburban landscape. It was sitting right in […]
Are You Ready to Learn To Use Your Intuition?
“Come from the heart, the true heart, not the head. When in doubt, choose the heart. This does not mean to deny your own experiences and that which you have empirically learned through the years. It means to trust your self to integrate intuition and experience. There is a balance, a harmony to be nurtured, […]
Water Oracle – For Embracing Opportunity
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away […]
Which One Will You Choose?
“When you make a choice, you change the future.” ~ Deepak Chopra I’m working on some new oracles for you right now. Images from which you can select, that have a channelled message attached. You may have seen some of my oracles in the past, like these ones: Tree Oracle Reading For Embracing Change […]
Seeing Auras – The Day My Life Changed
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more […]
Want to join me on Witch Camp?
“Yours are the only shoes made to walk your journey.” ~ C. F. Glassman I have some exciting news! My friend Maia Toll runs a couple of online courses every year, known as Witch Camp. Maia is a herbalist and wise woman, who is helping others to reclaim the word witch the way witch once […]
The ‘Best Path’ Magical Oracle
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” ~ J.K. Rowling Feel in need of a little guidance? Every so often I like to create an oracle for you. The very first one I ever posted was The Healing Power of Flowers and […]
Emergency Help for Grounding Yourself and Opening your Feet Chakras
“Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace.” ~ Steve Goodier You may be aware that the Earth has experienced some fairly intensive geomagnetic storms and solar flares just recently. The energy of those storms has passed, but there is still an energetic residue that we are dealing with, […]
Navigating The Energies of March 2015
“When you follow a star you know you will never reach that star; rather it will guide you to where you want to go. … So it is with the world. It will only ever lead you back to yourself.” ~ Jeanette Winterson, Boating for Beginners I’m sure you’ve been noticing it, these intense […]
Helping Milly Dog
“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ~ Dean Koontz When I do my psychic consultations I always encourage people to bring photos if they want to ask about loved ones, and every so […]
2015 – Guidance for the Year Ahead
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” ~ William Jennings Bryan “Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Happy New Year and […]
A Little Taste of Our Sanctuary
“Each positive thought is your refuge and your sanctuary, where in that thoughtful moment, you are safe.” ~ Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life It’s our final day of the 2014 Soul Sanctuary Retreat, and I thought I’d share just a tiny part of what we’ve been doing. We’ve come […]
A sneak peak at Day One…
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ~ Mother Teresa “Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.” ~ Ruth Reichl The picture at the top of this post is a rather large crystal mandala, […]
One More Sleep!
“Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.” ~ John Archibald Wheeler Only one more sleep until our Soul Sanctuary Retreat begins, here in beautiful Byron Bay. The goodie bags are packed. And the art materials. Deb, our amazing caterer, is off buying all the organic yummies to feed us each day. I […]
Win a Chlorite Phantom Quartz
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ~ W.B. Yeats Hello Lovelies, I promised that during our Journal Challenge I would be having some giveaways, and here is the most precious of them all. A stone from my own personal and much-loved collection. This is only a […]
Last night I Dreamed of Owls
“I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes.” ~ Anne Brontë, Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters Last night my dreams were all of owls. The night sky was filled with them. They watched me from every tree. […]
Is it Time to Work Out What’s Holding You Back?
“When we pay attention, whatever we are doing – whether it be cooking or cleaning or making love – is transformed and becomes part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before; everyday life becomes clearer, sharper and at the same time more spacious.” ~ R. Fields […]
That Lovely Land Of Rest and Dreams
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora Daydreaming. That’s what I’m doing today. Daydreaming has a special magic. It allows you to try on different ideas and realities. It helps you to explore the future in a way […]
Why This Psychic Blogs About Cooking!
“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” ~ Laurie Colwin “If you are careful,’ Garp wrote, ‘if you use good ingredients, and you don’t take any shortcuts, […]
Will You Join Us for the 2014 Soul Sanctuary Retreat?
“When we pay attention, whatever we are doing – whether it be cooking or cleaning or making love – is transformed and becomes part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before; everyday life becomes clearer, sharper and at the same time more spacious.” ~ R. Fields […]
Endings and Beginnings
“And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” ~ Meister Eckhart It’s our final morning of retreat, before we come back into the world again. One thing is certain. So much will be different after today. So different that lives will feel unrecognisable. And yet, most of […]
Storm Clouds and Other Magical Things
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ~ Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore As I finished my meditation this morning, sitting on the veranda overlooking the ocean, a lightning storm began. There was no thunder. The whole thing […]
One More Sleep ’til Retreat!
“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” ~ Gloria Steinem It’s only one more sleep until I head off to run my Advanced Channeling Retreat. I’m so excited I could just about bust! 🙂 For the last eight weeks I have […]
Magical Book Oracle – A Reading Just For You!
“We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” ~ Whoopi Goldberg I love the idea of a magical book. Don’t you? I’ve often turned to books when I’ve needed guidance or answers. So today I’ve used some beautiful […]
Trusting Your Instincts In Relationships
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: First Part “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park I have some friends going through hard times in relationships just […]
Guided Meditation for Anchoring into Oneness Energy
“You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Today’s guided meditation is designed to help you understand and connect to oneness energy, that beautiful space of unity consciousness where we realise that we truly are connected […]
Getting Ready for Tomorrow’s Meditation!
“Your spirit is mingled with mine what touches you, touches me.” ~ Rumi A few weeks ago I started a series of seven weekly guided meditations, and tomorrow I shall bring you number six! I wanted to give you a little notice today so that you could be well prepared. So, for you to make […]
10 Signs You are Experiencing a Psychic Awakening
“I suspect everybody has a degree of psychic ability, just as a everybody has a degree of athletic or artistic ability. Some people have special gifts; other people have a particular interest that leads them to develop their abilities. But the phenomenon itself is ordinary and widespread.” ~ Michael Crichton, Travels There’s a difference between ‘spiritual […]
Guided Meditation for Orienting Heart Awareness
“Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.” ~ William Goldman, The Princess Bride Here is the third in a series of seven weekly guided meditations I am recording for you. We are spiritual beings in physical bodies. This guided meditation will help you to be aware of both your physical heart and your energetic […]
Guided Meditation for Orienting Body Awareness
“Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched…” ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Here is the first in a series of seven weekly guided meditations I am recording for you. We are spiritual beings in physical bodies. This guided meditation will help you to be aware of both your energetic or […]
The Owl and the Banshee
“Fairies in Ireland are sometimes as big as we are, sometimes bigger, and sometimes, as I have been told, about three feet high.” ~ W.B. Yeats As I have been writing my Kimberley memoir, tumbling words onto the page at all hours of the day and night, I find myself I need to talk again about […]
Simple Meditation for Connecting With Your Guides
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ~ William James “We begin to see that we are spiritually linked with people halfway around the world, and with those who lived hundreds, even thousands of years ago. We begin to see that we emerge from, and are the expressions […]
Last Night I Flew Alone
“Love is how you earn your wings.” ~ Karen Goldman Last night I lifted from my bed and took to the night sky. I flew the way that Auntie showed me. But last night I flew alone. As the land fell away beneath me the air was soft and cool, and it smelled of coming […]
Colour Oracle for Channelled Guidance
“Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposely, to cause vibrations in the soul.” ~ Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art Here’s a little colour inspiration to start […]
The Blessing of Sleep
“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.” ~ Heraclitus, Fragments No proper blog today. Something miraculous happened last night. My friend Sally came over yesterday afternoon and brought me a rock she’d found for me in Nepal. As she left a gentle rain began to fall, […]
Magical Cupcake Oracle #2
“If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.” ~ George MacDonald “A hug is a great gift – one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange.” ~ Author Unknown Will […]
Girl, stop askin’ dem questions. Listen!
“Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds — justifications, confirmations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the door […]
So Many Questions
“An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle I’ve been inundated with two main types of questions since my post yesterday about being woken by a voice with a message for me. These are YOUR questions, filling up my […]
The Voice
“Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can’t always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.” ~ Lauren Kate, Torment Yesterday afternoon I lay down for a nap and fell into the deepest, dreamless […]
Unexpected Blessings
“Women are never so strong as after their defeat.” ~ Alexandre Dumas I admit it. Yesterday, for a moment (or perhaps a little longer) I wondered how I would pick myself up and keep going. I cried. A lot. My doctor wants me to continue with another full course of the horror drugs which had me […]
Walking Through The Fire…
“Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.” ~ Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire It’s the hardest thing I’ve done, this path I’m walking right now. In fact I’ve found, daily – to my bewilderment, that […]
Eating the Sun Meditation
“The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.” ~ Albert Schweitzer “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious–the fundamental emotion […]
Why it’s important to be a Lightworker
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~ Buddha A Lightworker, most simply stated, is someone who intentionally brings Light and positive energy into the world. You don’t need to feel aligned with the metaphysical and psychic […]
Getting Ready for 2014 – Will you join me?
“New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on […]
Calling in Rain
Image from Wallpaper Seek “Rain drops are not the ones who bring the clouds.” ~ Sorin Cerin, Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom The next installment in my Kimberley Story… Before I tell you about the Fairy Mound, I need to give you some more back story. If I don’t none of what I write after this will make […]
Living my Sacred Promise
“You protect your being when you love yourself better. That’s the secret.” ~ Isabelle Adjani It’s the final day of Retreat, and I’m profoundly grateful that my body has held up for the duration. Just at dinner last night my Lymey eye began to pulse and pain, and I ended up running our after-dinner channelling session […]
Thank you! We’re Two!!
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ~ Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Cauldrons and Cupcakes turns two today. Two years since my first uncertain foray into the world of blogging, with the auspicious post Ice-Cream Plum […]
How to Have a Heart-Centred Year
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” ~ Gautama Buddha “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” ~ Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre I’m betting you’ve never had a year where you made yourself – your wants […]
Moon Magic
“Last night I danced. My body rose from its slump for the first time since the beginning of sorrows—my fingers beckoning to the stars at arm’s length, back arching as tingles bubbled up my spine, hips caught in a silent tempo while on tiptoe I twirled in endless euphoric circles. It didn’t matter that you […]
To BE a Seeker is a glorious thing
“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.” ~ Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid We’re under the influence of a Seeker’s Moon right now. For those of us who hear […]
We’re On Retreat!
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” [The Minotaur] ~ Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays In just a few hours we will pack the truck and head off for the week, to my Spiritual Retreat in the foothills of Byron Bay. For those of […]
The Seeker’s Moon
“There comes a time in the seeker’s life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved.” ~ Sri Chinmoy “Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft, wasn’t it first merely a thought and a quest?” ~ Rumi I am making the final preparations for my retreat this week, before […]
Feather Oracle – For Inspired Messages!
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” ~ Emily Dickinson Every night at my farm a big owl alights on my clothesline. I feel very safe and loved in the presence of this owl. Often I am […]
How to work out what your heart wants…
“…everyone wants to be excited by something magical and wondrous – to be reminded of how they once saw the world …” ~ John Geddes You don’t need to figure everything out on your own. There are always signposts, gentle nudges in the right direction, a trail of breadcrumbs, a giant flashing neon sign. Problem is, […]