Being ‘Nice’ Wasn’t Kind

Being ‘Nice’ Wasn’t Kind

I haven’t written a blog for a while.  Partly because life has been full, and partly because I’ve been immersed in an Authentic Relating course – which, as it turns out, is not just about relating to others.  It’s about learning to be more honest with yourself....
Beginning The Year Differently

Beginning The Year Differently

This Christmas humbled me in ways I didn’t anticipate. There were relational ruptures — moments where old wounds spoke louder than present-moment truth. Places where unconscious shadow moved through relationship before it could be named. Where transference and...
The Grief of One-Sided Relationships

The Grief of One-Sided Relationships

I’m so tired. Not the kind of tired a good night’s sleep fixes – the kind that sits in the chest. There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from showing up fully for people who rarely – or never – meet you in the same way. It’s a familiar...
Not everything is a trauma trigger!

Not everything is a trauma trigger!

There’s a difference between something touching an old wound and something simply asking you to grow. It sounds obvious, but in the moment, it can be hard to know which is which. And with the word trauma being used everywhere now – it’s easy to label every...
Breaking Ground In My Home Town

Breaking Ground In My Home Town

Yesterday I held my first ever Somatics workshop in my home town in South Wales. It still feels like it’s moving through me – something ancient, something I didn’t plan but just allowed to unfold. It wasn’t about teaching or performing what I know – it was...
Dancing With Imposter Syndrome

Dancing With Imposter Syndrome

Now that I have decided to finally launch my website, I imagined it would feel like celebration after years of learning and healing.  Instead, I felt my throat tighten, my belly flutter, my jaw clench. Imposter syndrome has arrived.  That quiet, familiar voice asking...
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