The energies of this week are a bit fierce, but in a good way…
Be Brave and Start! – Monday Oracle 11 September 2023
What if, a year from now, you’d done the thing you wanted to do, or at least made substantial progress towards it? How would that make you feel? Let’s find out. By starting. This week supports you to begin!
Reconnecting to Stillness – Monday Oracle 4 September 2023
It’s a week to find the stillness within, and all of the gifts that flow from that.
Rest, Declutter, Nest – Monday Oracle 28 August 2023
It’s a week to pull back, to focus on yourself and your needs, and to get things organised, tidier and more supportive.
Ideas, Projects and Inspiration – Monday Oracle 21 August 2023
It’s a week where inspiration is everywhere, and good ideas will guide you forward. Enjoy!
Keep Your Dreams Alive – Monday Oracle 14 August 2023
It’s a week for magic, motivation, and for your dreams to nudge you closer to connecting with them in active ways. Pay attention. Some of your insights could be life changing!
A Week For Big Feelings – Monday Oracle 7 August 2023
Are you ready to connect more deeply to yourself, and your inner truth? This week helps you to do that in surprising ways.
Making Things Happen – Monday Oracle 31 July 2023
Something you need to do? It’s a great week for it. You’ve got this!
Opportunity, Support and Good Outcomes – Monday Oracle 24 July 2023
Are you looking backwards at those doors that shut for you? Time to look forward – to doors opening!
Gratitude As A Force For Good – Monday Oracle 17 July 2023
What you focus on is what you draw to you – so practicing gratitude this week will really help you to manifest more of the good stuff!
The Spirit Of Change – Monday Oracle 3 July 2023
A week for thinking about change and inviting it into your life.
Time For Recalibration – Monday Oracle 26 June 2023
A week for slowing down, taking care of yourself, and doing what counts for self-nurture and deep healing.
The Power Of Boundaries – Monday Oracle 19 June 2023
A week for connecting to new passions or reconnecting to old ones – in ways that will help you feel stronger, clearer and more sure of yourself. You’ll feel yourself coming back to life. Hooray!
Coming Back To Life – Monday Oracle 12 June 2023
A week for connecting to new passions or reconnecting to old ones – in ways that will help you feel stronger, clearer and more sure of yourself. You’ll feel yourself coming back to life. Hooray!
Sweet Days Of Sustainable Passion – Monday Oracle 5 May 2023
Doing things we love, savouring the moments, taking time to truly live, and reprioritising if we aren’t doing that – that’s what this week is all about!
Joyful New Perspectives – Monday Oracle 29 May 2023
Sometimes we need a bit of magic. And here it comes…
Little Steps Create Big Changes – Monday Oracle 22 May 2023
Tiny steps, repeated often. That’s what you’re encouraged to do this week. Here’s how…
A Little Bit Of Magic – Monday Oracle 15 May 2023
When you don’t know how to move forward, ask. The Universe knows, and there is magic in the air!
Creative Flow, Healing and Happiness – Monday Oracle 8 May 2023
Soft winds of change are here, gently supporting you to heal, to find your flow, to connect to creativity, inspiration and joy once more. Hooray!
Becoming Someone New – Monday Oracle 1 May 2023
It’s okay to change. It’s okay to become someone new. It’s okay to do that slowly. It’s okay to do that fast. It’s okay to do that any way that works for you.
Protect Your Boundaries – Monday Oracle 24 April 2023
It’s a week for matters of the heart, and for setting boundaries that enable you to look after your heart, your feelings and your innermost desires.
Intuitive Insights – Monday Oracle 16 April 2023
It’s a week for insights, revelations, and some much needed clarity for making big decisions.
Rest, Retreat, Revelations – Monday Oracle 3 April 2023
It’s a week for finding quiet moments, for insights and revelations, and for recharging your batteries.
Self Awareness and Change – Monday Oracle 27 March 2023
It’s a week for breaking patterns, for rest, retreat and reclaiming lost parts of yourself.
Pattern Breaking and Deep Healing – Monday Oracle 20 March 2023
It’s a week for breaking patterns, for rest, retreat and reclaiming lost parts of yourself.
Your Heart As A Compass – Monday Oracle 13 March 2023
It’s a week for listening to your heart over your mind, and letting your heart guide you.
Growth and Self-Development – Monday Oracle 6 March 2023
It’s a week for growth, insights and clarity – but be warned, that might mean you need to embrace change!
A Week For Wellbeing – Monday Oracle 27 February 2023
It’s a week for looking after body, mind and spirit – and for making changes to improve your wellbeing. Enjoy!
Finding A Way Forward – Monday Oracle 20 February 2023
It’s a week for clarity, progress and a better understanding of who you are and where you want to head in life. Enjoy!
Lift Yourself Up – Monday Oracle 13 February 2023
It’s week for facing your problems, for finding ways forward, and for getting stuff done. Hooray!
Letting Yourself Evolve – Monday Oracle 6 February 2023
It’s week for honouring your intuition, trusting yourself and your gifts, and taking small steps towards your bigger goals and dreams!
Overviews and Revelations – Monday Oracle 30 January 2023
It’s week for changing direction, for letting go of some things in order to embrace others, for perspective and inspiration and big picture thinking, and finally seeing the possibilities that were always right in front of you.
Cultivate Calm – Monday Oracle 23 January 2023
When you find your Inner Peace you have a pathway to calm, no matter what is happening around you. This week supports you to connect with that place, and to spend time there. Details in post!
Lovely New Traditions
The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them. ― Pat Conroy Hey, Lovelies. A friend and I have started this thing, when we go to each other’s houses for a meal. It’s happened frequently enough now that I can confidently call it the beginning of a new tradition. That tradition […]
Unfolding The Gifts Of Your Year – Monday Oracle 16 January 2023
It’s a week that sets the tone for the entire year. Think about that in the coming days, and be mindful of the year you are creating. It’s okay to go slow!
The Gifts of Patience – Monday Oracle 9 January 2023
It’s a week that sets the tone for the entire year. Think about that in the coming days, and be mindful of the year you are creating. It’s okay to go slow!
A Week For Love and Support – Monday Oracle 19 December 2022
It’s a week for love, kindness, support, and prayers answered. There’s a gentle shift towards positivity and flow, and that’s something we all need right now…
Healing Our Mothering Wounds – Monday Oracle 12 December 2022
It’s a week for new beginnings, great ideas, readiness for change, and connecting to your purpose.
A Brand New You – Monday Oracle 5 December 2022
It’s a week for new beginnings, great ideas, readiness for change, and connecting to your purpose.
It’s A BIG Day Here At The Treehouse
I cooked dinner! ~ Ben Phillips * Note from Nicole: Ben did not actually buy the food, prep the food, or prepare all of the sides. But he did light the barbeque, add the prepared food to barbeque, and turn that food once or twice. Hey, Lovelies! There is great excitement at the Treehouse today. […]
Insights And Intuition – Monday Oracle 28 November 2022
It’s a week for insights, intuition, breakthroughs and lucky events.
Finding Your Own Way Forward – Monday Oracle 21 November 2022
It’s a week for trusting your inner voice, for finding your own answers, and making your own way forward in the world.
Unlocking Possibilities – Monday Oracle 14 November 2022
It’s a week for leaving hurts behind, for breaking through our pain, and for claiming healing and new directions!
Transitions and Trauma Release – Monday Oracle 7 November 2022
It’s a week for leaving hurts behind, for breaking through our pain, and for claiming healing and new directions!
Giving and Receiving – Monday Oracle 31 October 2022
It’s a heart-centered week for love, romance, reconnection, and for nurturing your passions and projects. Sounds good!
– Monday Oracle 24 October 2022
It’s a heart-centered week for love, romance, reconnection, and for nurturing your passions and projects. Sounds good!
Romance and Passion – Monday Oracle 17 October 2022
It’s a heart-centered week for love, romance, reconnection, and for nurturing your passions and projects. Sounds good!
The Case of The Curious Red Flowers
Life is so full of unpredictable beauty and strange surprises. Sometimes that beauty is too much for me to handle. Do you know that feeling? When something is just too beautiful? When someone says something or writes something or plays something that moves you to the point of tears, maybe even changes you. ― Mark […]
Helpful People and Co-Creation – Monday Oracle 10 October 2022
It’s a week for connection and all kinds of help and support. So, reach out, take action and embrace all the positive energy coming your way!
Creating Balance – Monday Oracle 3 October 2022
It’s a week of good things, happy moments and delicious magic. Enjoy!
Touching The Wall
Sometimes it is the meaning we give something that makes it special. For me, it was touching the wall. A symbolic victory, a sign of progress, a reason to celebrate…
Miracles and Magic – Monday Oracle 26 September 2022
It’s a week of good things, happy moments and delicious magic. Enjoy!
Random Happy Things From My Week
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy. ― Dorothy Parker Hey, Lovelies. It’s been quite the week. Lots of […]
Bringing Dreams To Life – Monday Oracle 19 September 2022
What a lovely week of positive energy and reconnection to your hopes and dreams!
My Latest Thrill
What can be more exciting than whole new worlds?
Getting to know my other neighbours
I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Our everyday lives obscure a truth about existence – that at the heart of everything there lies a stillness and a light. ― Lynn Thomson Hey, Lovelies. One of the best things about living in the […]
Open Yourself To Healing – Monday Oracle 5 September 2022
Your dreams matter. You’ll feel supported to follow them now. Don’t have a dream yet? This week, you can find one!
Intention, Strategy and Consistency – Monday Oracle 25 July 2022
Your dreams matter. You’ll feel supported to follow them now. Don’t have a dream yet? This week, you can find one!
Follow Your Dream – Monday Oracle 18 July 2022
Your dreams matter. You’ll feel supported to follow them now. Don’t have a dream yet? This week, you can find one!
Clarity And Communication – Monday Oracle 11 July 2022
This week is about being heard. It’s a chance for you to listen to your own Inner Wisdom, and the guidance of the Universe, it’s a chance to communicate with others in ways that bring clarity and understanding.
Courage, Change and Possibility – Monday Oracle 4 July 2022
This week is is about upgrading your thinking, about being bold with your decisions and actions, and about letting go of the old to make room for the new.
Manifesting And Magic – Monday Oracle 27 June 2022
This week is a week of inspired ideas, magic, good fortune, and personal empowerment. It’s a week for wild creativity and expansion of your heart, mind and self-belief.
Embracing Inner Longings And Crazy Ideas – Monday Oracle 20 June 2022
This week helps you to embrace inner longings, long-term dreams and wild and crazy ideas that spark joy in your heart.
Insights, Inspiration and Action – Monday Oracle 13 June 2022
The energies this week support a gentle letting go of the things that have been weighing us down. There doesn’t need to be a struggle or a big dramatic scene. In fact, the very best kind of letting go is one where we decide to let something go with grace and ease. When we let go, we invite new possibilities…
Lighten Up By Letting Go – Monday Oracle 6 June 2022
The energies this week support a gentle letting go of the things that have been weighing us down. There doesn’t need to be a struggle or a big dramatic scene. In fact, the very best kind of letting go is one where we decide to let something go with grace and ease. When we let go, we invite new possibilities…
Wonderful New Directions – Monday Oracle 30 May 2022
After months, or even years of feeling lost, uninspired or without hope, the week ahead gives us glimmers of a new way forward.
Vulnerability and Connection – Monday Oracle 23 May 2022
It’s a week for opening up to your own vulnerabilities, and for bravely making connection – with your own heart, and with other people. A stunning week for emotional healing and support. Details in post.
Salt Water Is The Cure
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. ~ Isak Dinesen Hey, Lovelies. This is one of my favourite quotes, and I find it to be true. Everything that has been hard in my life has been helped by tears, or sweat, or the ocean. They are good coping skills […]
Trust Yourself And Avoid Second Guessing – Monday Oracle 16 May 2022
It’s a week for trusting yourself to make good decisions, even when you are being pulled in many directions, or can’t clearly see the path ahead. Don’t second-guess yourself! Details in post.
Heart-Guided Satisfaction – Monday Oracle 9 May 2022
This week you’re invited to use your pain as a tool of transformation. It’s a week of big emotions that can also bring powerful healing and shifts. Details in post.
When It Finally Felt Like Home
The home should be the treasure chest of living. ~ Le Corbusier Hey, Lovelies. Something shifted for me in the past two weeks. Finally, the treehouse feels like home. It’s hard to define, but the shift is so strong. I am settled here. Peaceful in a way I haven’t been since early childhood. Perhaps […]
Ocean Immersion
“I have been feeling very clearheaded lately and what I want to write about today is the sea. It contains so many colors. Silver at dawn, green at noon, dark blue in the evening. Sometimes it looks almost red. Or it will turn the color of old coins. Right now the shadows of […]
Soothing Sounds
“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” ~ Henry Beston Hey, Lovelies, this morning I have already heard the wind in the trees, and rain on the roof. Now? I’m at the […]
Friday Night Drinks
“One should never, but never, pass by an opportunity to celebrate.” ~ j d malouf Hey, Lovelies. Ben and I had a quiet celebration last night. I made gin and tonics, we ordered in food from our favourite Indian restaurant, and sat on cushions on the floor around a coffee table in the lounge […]
And then the rain came…
Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book. Bill Watterson Hey, Lovelies. When we moved to the treehouse I thought my days of being flooded in were over. At the farm we were cut off from the world by flood waters a couple of times a year, […]
Funny How Quickly Things Can Change
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu Hey, Lovelies. I needed to go back down to the city for some medical appointments, and I stayed the night in our Brisbane […]
It was nearly 5pm on Friday afternoon…
May today be the Fridayest Friday that ever Fridayed. Anonymous Hello, Lovelies! It was late on Friday afternoon. I was sitting in my new office in our treehouse, surrounded by work, boxes that needed unpacking, and a massive to-do list that has been neglected this week while I have supported clients through emergencies and held […]
Things I Saw Outside My Window Yesterday
Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. Edith Wharton Hey, Lovelies. I am working from a temporary office in our treehouse – one that looks over a little garden, our long driveway, and the winding path to our front door. All the big views are from other rooms, but oh, the things I […]
Dawn View From My New Office
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 Hey, Lovelies. This is the view from my treehouse office, just before dawn. Later, the place explodes into colour […]
The Spring That Sprang
They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. Hermann Hesse Hey, Lovelies. We have recently had a magical discovery, here at our treehouse. A natural spring bubbles up out of the ground after rain. We […]
Stopping For A Moment
If you go out for several hours into a place that is wild, your mind begins to slow down, down, down. What is happening is that the clay of your body is retrieving its own sense of sisterhood with the great clay of the landscape. John O’Donohue Hey, Lovelies! I was reflecting on this time […]