The Resources The second guidepost in The Gifts of Imperfection is self-compassion, a concept that requires some unlearning (for most of us). There are some pretty deep rooted weeds in the landscape of my inner self - weeds whose spectacular growth has been aided and supported by a practice of shaming self talk. That was … Continue reading Embodied Self-Compassion →

The resources About Authenticity The thing about authenticity is that although I'd say it's really important to me, it's not something that I would have been able to define very well. I think in younger years I would have talked about integrity instead, and meant something like being true to myself - but at the … Continue reading Embodied Authenticity →

I know it went dark here for several months, and for much of that I was just in survival mode, doing what needs to be done. But also, I was doing this deep dive of reading, listening, learning, reflecting and being frustrated. Below is the first effort at gathering thoughts and surfacing some...well, they're not … Continue reading On Creating Community →

Image from Pixabay It's been a while. And the Gifts of Imperfection (guide to a wholehearted life) has been in a box for the last few weeks, but in the meantime, another book arrived - The Wisdom of Your Body - which I'm excited to explore at the same time. I think there will be … Continue reading Imperfect embodiment →

Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash Hello Friends! Well, it's been a long, long lockdown and to help us transition into life with covid - since it looks like we can't banish it from our shores this time - I thought it might be good to start our return to gathering with some stories. Yesterday, … Continue reading A Time to Trust →

Photo by Courtney Kenady on Unsplash So, life has been on hold for us in Auckland as we race to get vaccinated and live in our separate bubbles to stay safe from the Delta variant of covid. And the BB bookclub is on hold too, because there are some good conversations to be had over … Continue reading meditations for the heart →

The Resources I mentioned in our conversation last week that I had been listening to Brene Brown's "sister strong summer series" where Brene and her twin sisters discuss and reflect together on the book The Gifts of Imperfection. We'll join in for a bit and see where it goes. I read this book some time … Continue reading B-B Bookclub →

Photo by Malcolm Garret from Pexels The Resources The Parenting Place offers a set of parenting tool box courses aimed at helping parents recognise the communication tools they learned in their family of origin and then introducing some (probably) new tools to learn and develop. I trained as a tool box facilitator several years ago, and always felt … Continue reading Love and Accountability →

Image by Brian Garrity from Pixabay The Resources We are nearly at the midpoint of the solar year, and as the evenings deepen and lengthen it seems a perfect opportunity to gather around a fire and tell stories. And eat heartily and drink wine, obviously. Most of us love stories. Most of us heard stories … Continue reading Solstice stories →