In this final episode of Season 17, I share a gentle reflection before stepping into my August break – a time I’ve been honouring for many years now as a way of resetting and softening. But this year, I’ve been particularly aware of one thing: dopamine . And more specifically, how our phones – and work, and even exercise – can give us such powerful hits that we risk missing the deeper nourishment that comes with stillness, rest and real presence. So I’m exploring what happens when we don’t reach...
Aug 02, 2025•34 min•Season 17Ep. 9
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This week, I’m reflecting on abundance - not as magical thinking or wishful positivity, but as a deeply embodied trust in the resources, skills and love already within us, and around us. I talk about the Finding the More Abundant Way group work I’ve been running, the tenderness of turning toward our beliefs about lack, and how Flow Journaling can help us soften into a more spacious, compassionate mindset. I also share a journal entry from 2019 that still feels s...
Jul 26, 2025•35 min•Season 17Ep. 8
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ I’ve been meaning to talk about this for a while – and then a conversation in my kitchen with a friend reminded me why it’s such an important theme. In this episode, I’m exploring the power of cross-skilling – noticing how the skills we use in one part of our lives can help us in another. Sometimes we forget just how capable we already are because we keep parts of our lives too separate. What if we could gently bring more awareness to the strengths we already ha...
Jul 19, 2025•36 min•Season 17Ep. 7
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This week, I’m sharing a podcast within a podcast... It's the launch of something I hope you’ll love, that’s been gently forming behind the scenes. A piece of quiet is a brand new private podcast offering. A weekly pause. A place to return to when life feels full, your heart feels tender, or you simply long for a few minutes of stillness and space. In this episode, I’ll explain: What A piece of quiet is - and how it might support you Why I created it - and the p...
Jul 12, 2025•43 min•Season 17Ep. 6
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This is a full-hearted, creative, slightly giddy episode - recorded just after I finished the first piece for A Piece of Quiet , my new private, subscription-only podcast. There’s so much newness stirring right now. The LoveWords cards are out in the world, my year-long group coaching programme is quietly filling behind the scenes, and now my new weekly pause - in audio form - for reflection, stillness and self-connection, is almost ready to enter the world. In ...
Jul 05, 2025•19 min•Season 17Ep. 5
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ How do you feel about oracle cards? Love them? Dislike them? Unsure about them? For me, I see them as another tool that can help us access our own inner wisdom. In this episode, I share the story of how I reconnected with a long-lost set of Angel cards - and how that unexpected reunion became part of the change journey I’ve been on ever since. It’s an episode about openness, intuition, and how we can work with simple tools in ways that deepen self-awareness and ...
Jun 30, 2025•29 min•Season 17Ep. 4
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode began with me reaching for a journal from the shelf - and by chance, I picked up the very first one I ever wrote in when Flow Journaling was becoming a daily practice for me. I opened it at random… and landed on Day 21. What I found was a tender glimpse into who I was back then - and some insight into the foundations of how I live and work now. In this episode, I share that early entry, and reflect on what it means to revisit our past selves with ge...
Jun 07, 2025•19 min•Season 17Ep. 3
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode wasn’t planned (hmmm - that seems to be a theme!) I’d actually already recorded something else, but when I sat down to share it, I realised it simply wasn’t what I really wanted to say. Not today. So I began again. And what came was this: a call to hold things lightly. Ourselves. The inner Work. The world. This doesn't mean we don't take what we see seriously, or that we condone or ignore the challenging things unfolding around us. It simply means w...
May 31, 2025•16 min•Season 17Ep. 2
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This week, I’m sharing thoughts on the doubt that can come (in waves!) when we're creating something new. I talk about the (very human) conflicting thoughts that show up alongside our excitement and joy when we’re bringing something into the world – whether it’s a project, a course, a work of art, or simply a new way of living. I speak openly about fear, self-trust, and the need for spaces that feel safe enough to hold all of it – not just the polished parts. An...
May 24, 2025•33 min•Season 17Ep. 1
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this episode, I explore the often uncomfortable but essential experience of uncertainty. From the micro moments of personal indecision to the broader cultural and political implications of clinging to certainty, I reflect on why uncertainty is not something to be fixed but something to be honoured. Through stories, metaphors, and personal insights, I share how uncertainty can become a space for learning, creativity, and ultimately growth. This is an invitatio...
May 01, 2025•31 min•Season 16Ep. 12
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this episode I’m joined by the ever-wonderful Adam Lind - coach, author, speaker and narrowboat dweller - for a rich, honest conversation about vulnerability, creativity and the winding path toward a life of internal freedom. Adam shares the profound challenge of losing his father when he was still just a teenager himself - and how that has informed his life choices: to create a life less ordinary. We talk about writing, as a deeply personal process, the pull...
Apr 19, 2025•55 min•Season 16Ep. 10
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode is a bit of a love letter to mornings. Not the jump-out-of-bed, high-energy kind where we hand ourselves straight over to others and give them our day. No. This is a paean to that liminal space between sleep and wakefulness. To gifting ourselves slow moments to enjoy the dawning day. I’m talking about real mornings and the metaphorical ones. The ones that come after a 'dark night' or period of wintering - when the world starts to feel a little more ...
Apr 12, 2025•31 min•Season 16Ep. 9
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this episode, I speak with Moe Carrick – workplace culture expert, TEDx speaker, and mother of four – about the deep, often unspoken pressures that shape our identities at work and at home. We talk about the myth of the perfect mother, the legacy of the provider-father, and the quiet courage it takes to say, “What I’m doing is enough.” Moe shares a beautifully layered story about a gingerbread house (yes, really!) and how that moment became a metaphor for the...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 16Ep. 8
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Depending on the stories we each carry, Mother’s Day can stir deep and complicated emotions. In this tender episode, I share that I was recently invited to write an article for The Gloss on the aspects of Mother's Day, that don't always get acknowledged. It inspired this episode and I include an invitation to write an unsent letter as a way of exploring the truth of your relationship with your mother, whatever shape that truth takes. This isn’t about sentimental...
Mar 29, 2025•24 min•Season 16Ep. 7
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this episode, I share a piece of writing I rediscovered – something I’d captured in the quiet of a long-haul flight, sitting beside Anton as he slept. I had no memory of writing it, but when I read it back, it spoke to something that still feels deeply true: the idea of rest as a form of compassion . I explore how the energy we hold – especially in those liminal, half-asleep states – doesn’t just affect us, but also gently ripples out into the world around us...
Mar 22, 2025•15 min•Season 16Ep. 6
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ After several episodes filled with depth, wisdom and vulnerability, I felt called to share something special with you - a beautiful piece of writing from the second volume of My Darling Girl. A piece that appeared when I opened the book at random. The synchronicity feels perfect for this moment. The passage speaks to that universal experience of returning to centre: "And then here we are, safe once more, the spiralling thoughts have spun out of existence, the bi...
Mar 18, 2025•4 min•Season 16Ep. 11
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This season of the podcast has been threading together a quiet but powerful theme - the many ways we navigate fear. This week’s episode takes that theme deeper, exploring how self-compassion gives us the courage to stand in our own space, to hold our own hand, and to live with authenticity. A quote from Dr. Kristin Neff helped spark this reflection: "One of the most pervasive findings of the research literature is that self-compassion leads to authenticity, beca...
Mar 15, 2025•32 min•Season 16Ep. 5
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ So, you might remember that I'd decided to publish the podcast every two weeks - but here we are, just a week after the last episode. Because sometimes, there are no rules. Sometimes, something asks to be shared. This is one of those episodes. We're talking about power and fear - two forces that shape so much of how we move through the world. What happens when we hand over our power? And are we, in fact, handing it to fear itself? These questions have been weavi...
Mar 01, 2025•19 min•Season 16Ep. 4
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this deeply heartfelt conversation, I’m joined by the wonderful Aisling Mustan (founder of the festivals: 'Exhale' and 'Good Grief') to explore the raw, tender terrain of what many call a 'dark night of the soul'. Aisling shares vulnerably and powerfully about her own recent experience - how it unfolded, what it revealed and the practices that supported her through it. We talk about the discomfort most of us try to avoid, and how, paradoxically, it’s often wh...
Feb 22, 2025•59 min•Season 16Ep. 3
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Sometimes, fear rushes in like an unexpected tide - one moment we're steady, the next we're caught in the swell. In this episode, I share a raw and honest entry from my journal, written during a winter break in Vietnam, where doubt and uncertainty flooded in. Through the simple yet profound act of listening - really listening - I found my way back to myself. In this moment of listening, I wrote one of my My Darling Girl letters, those love notes from my wisest, ...
Feb 08, 2025•21 min•Season 16Ep. 2
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this episode, I dive into the tender and transformative topic of 'knowing what is enough.' Inspired by personal experiences, reflections on love, and the wisdom of the body, I explore how we can hold space for both joy and pain, embrace the impressions left by connection, and recognise when to say, “Enough, enough now.” This conversation touches on themes of vulnerability, gratitude, and self-compassion, offering insights into how we navigate the balance betw...
Jan 25, 2025•24 min•Season 16Ep. 1
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This bonus episode is my way of reconnecting after a winter break and sharing the exciting plans for the year ahead. From reflections on "being with" as a guiding theme from my time away, to insights on upcoming events like journaling workshops, retreats, and my new book, Letters of Love , there’s so much to explore together. I hope this episode inspires you to begin 2025 with peace, power, and self-compassion. PRE-ORDER MY LATEST BOOK: Letters of Love - a journ...
Jan 20, 2025•17 min•Season 16Ep. 10
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ In this season finale, I want to reflect on something that's been on my mind a lot recently: the power of self-compassion and how we can embrace moments of "wintering" in our lives. For me, wintering isn’t just about the colder months, it’s about the times when we feel called to turn inward, to rest, to nurture ourselves, and to find a sense of renewal. This is partly why I’ve started a new practice of taking a winter break from mid-December to mid-January. I’ve...
Dec 14, 2024•26 min•Season 15Ep. 9
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Have you ever felt the urge to retreat inward, seeking solace in the quiet corners of your own mind? Over the past six months, I've found myself embracing a period of 'wintering'. A transformative journey of introspection shaped by both personal and global influences. My own reflection on this, and listening to the experiences of others has inspired this episode - an invitation to explore the natural rhythm of energy that guides us between vibrant creativity and...
Nov 30, 2024•20 min•Season 15Ep. 8
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ How is it to experience the space where time & effort cease to exist? Join us as we explore the concept of flow with Dr. Sue Jackson, a distinguished psychologist and author, who shares the wisdom of 30-years of research and brings her expertise across sports, business, education, and everyday life. In this episode... We navigate the nuanced relationship between flow, perfectionism, and mindfulness (this was particularly resonant as I listened back & rea...
Nov 16, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 15Ep. 7
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Self-abandonment can often feel like a hidden force, quietly pulling us away from the very practices that could ground us in our most challenging moments. Have you ever wondered why we neglect meditation, journaling, or even a simple walk when they could help us the most? In this episode, we unravel the complexities behind these behaviours and explore how fear of confronting deeper issues keeps us from self-care. By shifting our perspective from "letting go" to ...
Nov 02, 2024•32 min•Season 15Ep. 6
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Imagine having a gentle yet powerful tool in your back pocket that you can use whenever you need some First Aid. A tool that's there for you, whatever situation you find yourself in - helping to manage feelings of overwhelm, overstimulation and dysregulation, as you navigate life's unpredictable changes. This self-guided emotional "first aid" technique is built around the mnemonic TONIC . In the episode we'll explore how these 5 stages: Time out, Options, Name, ...
Oct 19, 2024•49 min•Season 15Ep. 4
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ Have you ever wondered how much of our lives are governed by unwritten rules we've imposed on ourselves? Today's episode is a meander through some of the self-imposed constraints that often originate from societal expectations or beliefs we've inherited. We look at... Some of my own once unshakeable ideas - for example, that for work to be meaningful, it must always feel hard (spoiler alert... it's not true) How we can question and dismantle limiting constraints...
Oct 05, 2024•22 min•Season 15Ep. 3
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ This episode is about the paradox of embracing detachment (I love a paradox!) Join me on a reflective journey exploring the transformative practices of detachment and self-compassion. I'll share what inspired this episode, diving into the intentional act of releasing - creating meaningful space around our behaviours and beliefs. And we'll touch on how moving away from a fear-based mindset and embracing flow and surrender can lead to healthier, more fulfilling wa...
Sep 29, 2024•19 min•Season 15Ep. 3
Tap to send me your reflections ♡ How can music change the way we think, feel and heal? Meet Kathy Harmon-Luber, the author of "Suffering to Thriving: Your Toolkit for Navigating Your Healing Journey," who joins me this week to share her story of overcoming serious health challenges through the power of sound healing. In our conversation, we unravel the ancient wisdom and modern science behind sound’s impact on emotional and physiological well-being. From personal anecdotes to professional insig...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 15Ep. 2
