
Take Me, Use Me
I have been living.
Whole-heartedly.
Sucking the marrow out of life.
Watching Spring burst into life.
I have been living.
Whole-heartedly.
Sucking the marrow out of life.
Watching Spring burst into life.
I truly love the brain in my head. It is an amazing organ and I am so grateful that it is in good health. It does such a great job. However, it is not my only brain…
Through my virtual connections with friends all over the world during the last couple of weird months this pandemic has shown me that we humans are divided into two very clear groups….those who trust and those who do not trust.
For me, self-care is not just something I commit an hour a week to. It is a philosophy for how I live my life and a way of being.
It is not always easy to lie back and trust that the Universe has things under control but being a gardener has taught me so many lessons in terms of there being a season for everything and also about the importance of planting the seeds, protecting them, nurturing them and trusting that they will grow.
Living here in this much less ‘switched on’ environment has shown me how unhealthy it is for us humans to be digitally connected all the time but it has also helped me to find my balance with it all.
So here are some of the simple but highly effective positive habits which I have put in place to support my own well-being in this fast-paced digital age.
I may not be a true pilgrim (yet!) but el Camino de Santiago has definitely guided a lot of my life over the last 18 months.
I have never been very good at doing things in moderation. I am an all-or-nothing-kind-of-gal! If there are chocolates in the house, they get eaten. If the bottle of wine is opened, it gets drunk. If I fall in love, I jump in with both feet. You get the picture! I have a pretty addictive personality and, up until recently, the only way I could really manage my addictions was with abstinence. But, for me, living a good life is really all about finding and keeping my balance. How to do that when surrounded by so much temptation?
The practice of acceptance has been hugely transformative in my life over the last decade. The beauty of this process of acceptance is that you can apply it to any aspect of your life with which you wish to make peace.
After 6 months looking and 3 months extremely focused and intensive (15 hours per week) house-hunting we have finally bought our new home in the Dordogne! Voilà ‘La Girouette’…