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Cloud Oracle – For Emotional Support and Encouragement
Brushing the clouds away from my eyes, I see clarity in the raindrop and beauty in the first ray of morning sun… Life is strange and wondrous… Virginia Alison Hello, Lovelies!I know, it’s tough right now. There is so much going on, so much to worry about, so much that makes us exhausted from feeling […]
5 Million Reasons To Celebrate!
We don’t heal in isolation, but in community. S. Kelley Harrell Hi, Lovelies!I had the most wonderful news yesterday. (Thanks to everyone who messaged me to let me know 💖) Our blog reached a new milestone. 5 million views!!! I’m so grateful for every single one of you, and your contribution to helping make this […]
No Blog This Morning
“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.” Marcus Aurelius Hey, Lovelies. I’ve been up half the night or more, with clients on the other side of the world who have fallen ill, […]
Another Weird Day In Byron Bay
“I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.” Johnny Depp So, this happened to me yesterday. I live in an old farmhouse on an organic farm in the hinterland of Byron Bay. Our farm is at the end of a quiet and trafficless road only […]
Valentine’s Chocolate Oracle Of Love
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my […]
A Dumpling Tour of Shanghai
Dumplings are for good happiness. Dumplings are for good health. All the time eating dumplings is a very good time and Shanghai Soup Dumplings are Number One in all of the world for best good dumplings.~ Mae, Shanghai Dumpling expert Hello, Lovelies!Ben and I are in Shanghai right now. Yesterday we enjoyed a fabulous tour […]
A Late-Afternoon Walk In Hong Kong
“Every inch of space was used. As the road narrowed, signs receded upwards and changed to the vertical. Businesses simply soared from ground level and hung out vaster, more fascinatingly illuminated shingles than competitors. We were still in a traffic tangle, but now the road curved. Shops crowded the pavements and became homelier. Vegetables, spices, […]
The Decision Not To Plant
We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it. Jay Inslee Hello, Lovelies. When we first moved to Byron Bay, fleeing eleven years of drought on our organic farm in Queensland, the locals laughed that they called it a drought […]
Be The Mountain
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance. Morgan Freeman Just for today Hold stillness inside you While the world pulses and races and dances a crazy dance Turn inward Be aware of your breathing Consciously slow yourself And be filled with peace It […]
Empty
The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing. Charles Bukowski Lovelies, my lovelies, it’s important to know when to push ahead. But […]
How Champions (and most other people who achieve their goals) Are Made
For me, winning isn’t something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream. Emmitt Smith Hello, Lovelies, I was toiling away at my desk early the other morning, after my […]
Cloud Oracle – For Emotional Support and Healing
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey Hello, Lovelies!I’ve channelled through some messages for guidance as we move through this period of emotional cleansing and integration. The image you choose will help support you through these changes. Instructions […]
3 Ways To Use Water For Emotional Clearing This Week
Water is the Driving Force of All Nature. Leonardo da Vinci Hi, Lovelies. Whenever we do big energetic and emotional work, our body uses water to help that process. So, if water helps, why not ensure you’re mindfully choosing to use water to assist with your healing, clearing and integration. Here are my favourite 3 […]
Guided Meditation To Help You Clear Old Emotions And Welcome New Flow
Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go. Roy T. Bennett Hello, Lovelies! During this big week of emotional cleansing and release it’s also a time to align yourself with new possibilities. (Need more information? Read about it here.) This short guided meditation will help you to release old patterns […]
Emotional Cleanse – Monday Oracle 21 October 2019
In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it. Mitch Albom Hello, Lovelies! October is a month for developing clear future vision and for believing in yourself and your dreams. You’ll be able to build on what you have already decided or created […]
Have you soaked the fruit for your Christmas Cake yet?
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”~ W.T. Ellis Hello, Lovelies! Do you make your own Christmas fruitcake each year? If you do it’s time to soak your fruit, in preparation for a flavoursome and moist cake. If you don’t, why not join us and make your own. I promise […]
Doing It For Your Future Self
“The future depends on what you do today.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Hello, Lovelies. There’s someone I want you to think about today. That person is your future self. Every choice you make, every action you take is going to impact the future you. Will the future you thank the you of today? Or will the […]
What’s Your Guilty Pleasure?
I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, you just enjoy it. No sense feeling guilty about it. Cristina Moracho Hello, Lovelies! Just like the quote, I don’t believe that a pleasure should be guilty either, although I do believe that some pleasures should definitely be enjoyed in moderation. And don’t you think […]
Five Simple Ways To Tune In To Your Intuitive Wisdom
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ~ Albert Einstein The energies right now support developing clear future vision and believing in yourself and your dreams. Sounds great, huh? But there’s one problem with that. Most people tell me they are too […]
Direct Line To Your Higher Self – Monday Oracle 14 October 2019
Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. Langston Hughes Hello, Lovelies! October is a month for developing clear future vision and for believing in yourself and your dreams. You’ll be able to build on what you have already decided or created for yourself this year, aided by a […]
Easy Fried Plantains Recipe
‘Plantains? Cook ’em up and you can’t go wrong. We’ll tell you how. They go with everything, love.’ Neville Singh Hello, Lovelies, You’ll probably know that one of my favourite places on a Friday is the Mullumbimby Farmers Markets, and it was here that I was first convinced to give Plantains a go, thanks to […]
My Favourite Affirmations for Increasing Intuition
At times you have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. Alan Alda Hey, Lovelies! When I was just starting out on my spiritual journey, and learning to truly embrace my sensitivity and psychic ability, I […]
Trust Your Intuition! Monday Oracle 7 October 2019
Don’t try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. Madeleine L’Engle MOON, this week’s guiding card, is from the Dreamtime Reading Cards by Laura Bowen. I choose a card every week, and use it intuitively and in a channelled space to bring you insights for the week ahead. To […]
What We’ve Been Toiling Away On Behind The Scenes
Passion is the driving element of purpose. When one is possessed with it, labor is not perceived as toil – it is revealed as love. T.F. Hodge Hello, Lovelies!All year my team and I have been working on major projects. The kinds of projects that have kept me at my desk for days on ends, […]
A Tiny Shift In Behaviour Can Change Your Life
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. Albert Einstein Hello, Lovelies! The beautiful Lilly Belle Rose posted this yesterday in our private facebook group. Her comment is based on the image below, and the quote about giving as much energy to […]
Easy Banana Bread Recipe
If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors’ prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn […]
How To Manifest A Better Life
If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to walk amid the beauties of nature, just receptive and silent, and wonderful insights would come to me. Peace Pilgrim This week is wonderful for setting aside time for creating a long-range vision for your […]
The Coming Three Months…
Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory. Jim Carrey Hello, Lovelies! The final quarter of 2019 is almost here. It’s a time designed to energetically ease you into […]
The Sound of Rain
Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book. Bill Watterson We’ve been in and out of drought here at the farm for the past two years. Byron Bay is rainforest country – it’s usually a place of frequent rainfall. When the rain dried up, huge cracks in […]
Frosty The Calf Teaches Us About Life
And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. Meister Eckhart There’s a new little calf at our farm. She came into the world so quietly. She just slipped in without a sound. Ben named her Frosty, because once her coat dried and fluffed out it was bleached […]
Climate Change – 20 Things You Can Do Today To Help Save Your Own Life
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. George R.R. Martin The planet is a self-regulating, self-healing organism. Climate change is not a threat to the planet. Climate change is a threat to us. To humans. To the animals (us among them) and plants, to the ecosystems that exist right now. We […]
Feel depressed? You might be suffering from a shortage of nature spaces.
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity. John Muir When we leave the city to drive home to our farm there is a place that we get to, about an hour into our trip, where I always find […]
Recharge And Find Your Direction – Monday Oracle 23 September 2019
Take a break from the stresses of life and use that time to rediscover the important things that matter to you most. We all deserve an anti-stress day to recharge our batteries. Dee Waldeck Hello, Lovelies. September’s energies are gentle and creative, and they will allow you to come to a place of kindness, compassion, […]
Managing The Negativity of Others
Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally. Kamand Kojouri Hello, Lovelies! Today I’d like to respond to a comment from Jem on yesterday’s post: Thank you Nicole for another great message! It sounds so true and have been working […]
Make Time for Emotional Luxury Today!
If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight. Leonardo da Vinci This […]
Not much of a blog today because…
Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there. Judith Viorst So, lovelies, I’ll keep this short. It’s my birthday week, and last night Trishy (my wonderful PA and trusty right-hand-woman) came down […]
Reach Out, And Be A Friend!
The worst part of being okay is that okay is far from happy. Anna Todd Hello, Lovelies! I have a small favour to ask of you today. I’d like you to reach out to a friend, family member, neighbour or work colleague. Someone you haven’t heard from for a while, someone who went through some […]
Being Me Means Being Curly!
“Don’t compromise yourself – you’re all you have.” ~ John Grisham Hi, Lovelies! I did something a little out of the ordinary for me, yesterday. I went to the hairdresser. I usually don’t love the whole hairdressing thing. Everyone always wants to straighten my hair, and give me the sorts of styles that take hours […]
The Minister and Sister Sinner
“Ah. I smiled. I’m not really here to keep you from freaking out. I’m here to be with you while you freak out, or grieve or laugh or suffer or sing. It is a ministry of presence. It is showing up with a loving heart.” ~ Kate Braestrup I remember sitting in a coffee shop twelve years […]
Staff Meeting, Part Two
“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.” ~ Thomas Sowell Once upon a time, I was a member of the corporate world. My meetings lasted hours and sometimes days. I wore a suit. I was often bored, or frustrated. Every hour a meeting dragged on made me feel a little more dead inside. […]
You’re Gone And I Still Miss You
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.” ~ Alfred Tennyson Yesterday was July 4. It’s our niece’s birthday. It was our first dog Charlie’s birthday, Charlie who is now Harry. And it was Kate’s birthday. Kate was such a dear friend. I met her hanging […]
Just Be Kind, Okay?
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ~ Desmond Tutu Hey, Lovely! Can you do me a favour? Be kind to yourself today. Be kind to those you meet. Smile. Give encouragement, or a compliment. Even if your own road is hard, or […]
Home is… Doggy and Heavenly and So Very Good
“Coming home to friends with wagging tails and loving hearts makes everyday a good day!” ~ Anon I’d love to be writing profound things. But the truth is what I want to write is very ordinary. We came home to the farm late yesterday. We came home to our dogs. They were SO EXCITED to […]
Progress, Connection and Positive Outcomes – Monday Oracle 15 October 2018
“When the path ignites a soul, there’s no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.” ~ Hakim Sanai Hello, Lovelies! October brings our focus back to our home environment, our heart-space and our soul’s journey. We’ll feel a need to nest, to clean and beautify the spaces where we spend most of […]
The Energies of July – 2017
“Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world.” ~ Nadeem Aslam Hello, Lovelies Here we are at July. It’s a perfect time for reflecting on how the first half of the year has gone for us, to gather our lessons and wisdoms, and then to determine a path […]
The Energies of June – 2017
“For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Hello, Lovelies Suddenly, here we are at June. June is a gentle month of revitalisation, redirection and […]
The Energies of May – 2017
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” ~ Amelia Earhart Hello, Lovelies Breathe a sigh of relief. May is here with her gentle heart-nurturing energies, after the upheavals, revelations and hard work of April. We’ve identified or faced the difficult stuff, and now […]
Is Perfection Your Secret Disease? – Oracle for Monday 6 March 2017
“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.” ~ Leonard Cohen Hello, Lovelies! The oracle card I have chosen to guide us this week is ‘Perfection’ from the Chakra Wisdom Oracle Deck by Tori Hartman. If you read my forecast for March, you’ll […]
We Got 3 Million Views!!!!
“Use the wings of the flying Universe, Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.” ~ Dejan Stojanovic Goodness! Somehow in the past few days we have reached a new magical number. Three million views. It’s a long way from when I started this blog, thinking no-one would ever read it, and being ecstatic when my […]
February Full Moon Eclipse Tonight – Plus a Colouring Mandala for You!
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath […]
Acceptance – A Short Documentary about Owning Who You Are
“The things that make me different are the things that make me.” ~ A.A. Milne “You are always welcome at my table.” ~ Nicole Cody Last year I invited my friend Kerry Warnholtz to come spend some time with me as I prepared for and then ran my Chakra Wisdoms retreat. Kerry is a […]
The Energies of February – 2017
“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 face […]
The Energies of January – 2017
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Hello, Lovelies Happy New Year! January is not just a new month, it’s the beginning of a whole new energetic cycle. It’s a month that […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]