You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need. ROLLING STONES Many great scholars, scientists, philosophers and psychologists have spent their lives trying to understand the unseen parts of our minds – namely the subconscious or unconscious. Some believe that this part is far …
The older I get, the more I see that what I put into myself – the quality of my food, drink, exercise, sleep and meditation – the better the quality I can put back out into my surroundings. I heard an interesting tip this week on improving the quality of sleep, which is something I’ve …
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. BUDDHA This quote pays tribute to the eternal truth of the cycle from light to dark: the sun, the moon, and then the sun again. Once you except your place in this constant cycle, stillness falls. The point is not to remove the darkness, …
My household was crazy yesterday. Proper. Crazy. It started at 6am with a whirlwind of fierce energy from my son which culminating in a vampire-style attack on my daughter; progressed on to my husband and I who managed to argue for a whole hour about whose legs were further under the breakfast table (SIDE-NOTE: he’s …
“We do not understand them. We think that they are mad” Jung asked him why he thought the whites were mad, and the reply was “They say that they think with their heads . . . . We think here,’ he said, indicating his heart. I love this quote from a Native American in Carl …
This past week I’ve watched my three-year-old son go down with a severe case of chicken pox, only to bounce back unscathed within days. The human body is truly incredible. Amazingly, over the period he was healing he spent a full two days purely resting and refusing all food (including his remaining easter eggs!) except …
Love that only which happens to thee, and is spun with the thread of thy destiny. For what is more suitable? MARCUS AURELIUS I’m always balancing two values: keeping one foot in being the best version of myself and contributing the most I can to the world, whilst also keeping one foot grounded in my …
One of my favourite quotes I’ve come across whilst working on this site is “the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty” by Anne Lamott. But even just one year ago, I don’t think this would have meant much to me. I used to struggle with a deep desire to be certain that following …