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This universe, being interested in self-awareness and expansion, will line you - a little piece of universe - up with all kinds of...

When I was in 12-step recovery, one of the one-liners I heard all the time was : 'If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.' The logic...

If we didn’t know it already, we learnt it during the pandemic. The importance of touch. How natural it comes to humans to offer each...

Healing has become a bit - or a lot - of a fluffy buzzword these days. What does it even mean? And how real is it? Is it just the...

With The Healing Habits Retreat coming up (21-26 January in Andalusia, Spain - you can still join!), I’ve lately been more acutely aware...

I watch you scold yourself for buckling when the going gets tough. For doing that thing…again. You’re pushing forward, but at the same...

For some unfathomable reason the water doesn’t seem to flow in any particular direction, it’s not rushing on lineally, the way rivers and...

"We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training." This quote is attributed to Greek poet...

An intense and beautiful stint at New Life wellness retreat and recovery centre in Northern Portugal just came to an end. New Life...

Until a few years ago, the term self-compassion gave me a queasy feeling. I associated it with meekness, self-indulgence, over...

Stationed in a camper parking area in the town of Évora, Portugal minding my own business. Also present, is an old woman, with a gypsy...

Yoga literally means “union”. Most people in the Western world think of yoga as a physical training, but yoga is primarily a spiritual...

equanimity /ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti,ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪti/ noun calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation. "she accepted both the good and...

Reading a post on Facebook recently by an ex-roommate on the topic of fear made me think about my experience and insights with this very...

Hands down, still the most action movie-esque story to tell of my vagabond adventures so far. Protagonists : A Chilean dude named Ilan...