Grounding – Connection with our Mother

Grounding – Connection with our Mother

What is grounding   Grounding is a felt-sense connection with the Earth. It’s a feeling of being fully present and aware in your body and a part of the natural world in which we live. Humans have this incredible ability to be disconnected from the ground on...
Two phases of growth & how to manage them

Two phases of growth & how to manage them

As my children were growing up, one thing that astonished and amused me was the way their little bodies grew in cycles. They would have a vertical spurt where they would suddenly appear long and lean and pants would be a tad short. This would be followed by a filling...
How body shaming may be affecting you

How body shaming may be affecting you

I’m yet to meet someone my age who hasn’t experienced an incident of shaming (put down, told they were wrong or not enough) by an authority figure. When this relates to your own body, how you look or how your body functions, the effects can be incredibly...
The Gifts in Failure

The Gifts in Failure

Some time ago I had the opportunity to listen to former Olympic Champion James Tonkin talking about his journey of over twenty years competing at the International Level in rowing. He said “you don’t learn much from success, when things are good you just keep...