In my experience, the antithesis to #SpiritualFreedom is fear of believing in oneself, fear of being oneself, fear of standing up to and for oneself. Back in 2005, instinct and deeper inspiration led me to move back to the UK. For some time, my life had felt uninspiring, unfulfilling, on…

The human spirit has an innate desire and need for hope. For believing in something bigger than ourselves. For finding our place in the universe, if you will. The human condition is hardwired to want to believe in something, whether it is our intuition, facts and figures, religion, or our…

If you have read the previous posts linked to this life lesson you may have noticed that I don’t tend to dwell on the emotional experience and impact too much. I prefer to focus on the learning as the learning is what is going to take me forward. …

My biggest life challenge to date has turned into a gift that keeps on giving. It brought take-aways and deeper insights. And, it provided a greater appreciation for and awareness of the need to be true to myself. In this post, I’ll share the 3 immediate take-aways from this life…

I look back and see what I used to do and I recognise how far I have come. It is very easy to forget to give ourselves credit. To reconnect with the motivation of getting going again when we feel stuck, recognition is required. Our values are central to who…

Finding yourself when you have been pretending to be someone else can be pretty hard. I had been pretending to be someone I was not, for decades. I would hold myself back in conversations as I didn’t feel I could be me, that that wasn’t acceptable. I didn’t feel like…

Fika is about creating space, about slowing down. For us Swedes, fika is an integral part of everyday life. It’s a reason for us to meet up with friends (whether in a café or in someone’s home), to spend time together, to take a break.​ I don’t know what it’s…

When I did my first values elicitation process 5–6 years ago I had not yet stumbled upon the term “soul’s values”. That first elicitation experience was helpful, but the value words that I ended up with on my piece of paper weren’t alive somehow. They felt like one of those…