Reflections

The importance of doing things that scare you

"I can't imagine anything more scary than doing stand up comedy!" "Aren't you terrified?" This year I decided to challenge myself by doing something that would be both stretching and…

Rest and Digest – Make the Most of your Summer

I’ve been blessed this summer – a trip to France to visit Hetty, fun at a new festival, time with family visiting my roots in Ireland and plenty of sea…

Liz at Buddhafield with her fruity friends

Be more Festival and less Factory

When it comes to embracing festivals, I’m a laggard - a definite case of “better late than never”. To be fair, my first experience of festivals was back in the…

The Rhythm of Water

River swimming – yuk or bliss? Where do you stand on this? Is it an indulgent pastime for that specialist group of Wild Waterbabies – or something everyone has the…

Choose rhythms not routines

Today is the Winter Solstice - one of the two most important days in the Celtic Calendar. It's both the darkest day of the year and the day that marks…

Liz speaking at the Bavard Bar in Hastings

Harvest time – what’s your message?

Today is the Autumn Equinox - one of the key dates of the year in the Celtic Calendar, marking the transition to autumn and the darker half of the year.…

Liz practising Chi Kung in the Lake District

Remember what you’ve forgotten

In my late 20s I discovered Chi Kung, the less well known cousin of Tai Chi. An elegant form of movement meditation, I immersed myself in for five years in…

Calm river scene superimposed over Catholic Mass service in ornate church.

High Summer, High Mass

Last Sunday I went to High Mass. I am a non-Christian, let alone a Catholic, from an agnostic and political background, so this was an odd move. There were extenuating…

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