Tips, personal stories & More

We can spend most of our life searching for connection – with lovers, friends, family and colleagues. For many of us, there is a fundamental yearning for connection and companionship. But when that yearning becomes desperation, we can also begin to attract connections that are less healthy. Each connection in our life can provide the opportunity of a lesson or learning, whether the relationship was healthy or not. It is through our connections with others, that we can learn more about ourselves and our own woundings.

Life generally moves quite quickly, especially if you live in the city as I do. We get used to being busy, always having projects to focus on or things to tick off our to-do list. But sometimes, we reach a period of life where nothing new is really happening.

Sometimes we need to step away from our everyday life to remember who we really are. I experienced that very strongly only a few weeks ago when I spent a long weekend down the coast, watching Dr Joe Dispenza videos and meditating with a group of amazing women.

Watching TV shows and reading books can open up windows into other worlds and other ways of living. Sometimes, it offers an interesting new perspective, with different thoughts and emotions to contemplate as a result. But other times it creates a yearning, for the paths I never took and the things I missed out on.

A fun fact you may not know about me, is that I am very goal oriented. I feel incredibly motivated and in flow with life when I can focus my energy and attention towards a goal, usually in my past this has been education and work.

For those who love to serve, support and empower those around them, finding that balance between our deep drive to uplift others with the equally important need to care for ourselves, can sometimes be the hardest part of all.

Everyone limits themselves in one way or another, intentionally or unintentionally. Some of these limits are positive: defining the actions we are willing to take, creating limits in the form of a regular routine, and deciding the boundaries of healthy behaviour for ourselves.

What is right for you in this moment is not always right for everyone.
We can often look outside of ourselves to determine whether we are on the right track. Whether we are moving as fast as everyone else, or in the same direction as everyone else, as a way of determining whether we are truly successful.