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Drowning in life, learning to swim.

March 13, 2022June 20, 2015 by Clare

I would say for the last 6+ months I have been steadily driving faster and faster towards a brick wall with my own exhausting and complex lifestyle (which, ironically, does involve a lot of driving). I had been ignoring the building stress which was becoming increasingly painful. So life finally found the emergency brake for me.

Recently I visited a friend in Stinson Beach, CA. The day was beautiful and warranted a swim after a long drive. I went out into the ocean with a certain, definite, stride. It was, at first, a playful enjoyment. I felt confident and strangely defiant. I knew my strengths as a swimmer.

The Light In The Cave

December 11, 2020November 21, 2013 by Clare

Personal energy management is an aspect of the journey to intimacy with self… it can create the process of faith realized as a marker of our own journey into freedom and courage. ‘The Light of Hope’ or ‘The Light in the Cave’ are not just poetic statements; they are actual, literal, experiential, truths; guides to our own self realization and connection to the beauty of our own trajectories in each of our precious lives. Let me explain what I mean, and in exactly what context.

Was Jesus really telling us something else?

June 13, 2017November 11, 2013 by Clare

Consciousness On The Road… Inspiration, Aspiration or Guilt!?

The other day I found myself thinking about how the way we tell stories impacts not just their meaning, but our actual lives.

One of the oldest stories in the book, so to speak, is of course, that of Christianity – a religion I grew up in and that I managed to let push me far away from Christ as a principle and as a man. It wasn’t just a story to me, it was a major guilt trip of which I was, apparently, the perpetrator.

Is happiness on Facebook real??

June 13, 2017October 12, 2013 by Clare

To Fake it or not to Fake it – that is the question!

I’ve noticed, of late, that the more I troll through FB the more green I seem to get, the more inadequate I seem to feel and, before too long, I notice my insides slump as I think to myself ‘gosh, all these people are SO HAPPY, SO SUCCESSFUL!… What’s wrong with me?? How come I am not doing as much as these people?(even though I’m doing A LOT)… I’ll never get there/be there/[fill in your blanks]. How come I feel down at times? How come I’m not perpetually joyous, grateful and enamoured of life… of myself? I must be failing as a new age warrior! Yes, I must be getting it wrong!

Healing, Creativity & You – the missing link?

January 7, 2022March 4, 2013 by Clare

The other day I noticed how tense I was. I wasn’t happy about it – which then made me angry and tense. Then I thought ‘but this isn’t me‘ which of course then made me sad, angry and tense! Not a winning streak, I thought to myself. On reflection, I asked myself when I was last ‘creative’ in the conventional sense of the word i.e. when had I last painted, sung, written, just for the joy of the self expression and freedom (or a sense of) that it elicits? Hmmm. weeks, really. So then the question has to be asked ‘why?’ What is it that stops us in our tracks and removes us from the playing field of creativity? And is the reunion of us with our creativity a good definition of healing?

The Light In The Cave

Was Jesus really telling us something else?

Is happiness on Facebook real??

Healing, Creativity & You – the missing link?

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