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SELF-COMPASSION FOR A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE

SELF-COMPASSION FOR A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE

A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life Christopher Gerner   This time last year  I visited a Buddhist Retreat Centre, Dzogchen Beara, in beautiful West Cork and I attended a Self-Compassion Retreat. I was guided and supported in holding my own heart. It was beautiful and moving and for me life changing. Here I would like to share with you a little of what I learned What is Self-Compassion? On this retreat we looked at self-compassion and explored what it meant, and what it looked like. I...

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How Shame can Impact our Ability to Love Ourselves

How Shame can Impact our Ability to Love Ourselves

'True Healing occurs when I give myself permission to feel what ever feelings live below the trigger' Gabby Bernstein   What is Shame?:  Shame encompasses a whole family of emotions including embarrassment, guilt, self-consciousness, humiliation….indeed all those times we felt bad about our selves Socialization: Much of the shame in our bodies comes from our experiences during the first 7 years of life, when we were learning how we needed to be in order to be accepted in the world. Humans are tribal animals. Our primal brain knows we need to be accepted, especially by our mothers, in order to...

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3 Steps to Living the Aligned Mama Life

3 Steps to Living the Aligned Mama Life

Inadequate. I think that’s the best word to describe how I felt in the early years of Motherhood. I felt like I had taken a job that I was not qualified to do.  Like I had signed a contract, so I showed up every day and tried my best. And every day I felt inadequate. Every day I felt like I was failing. Oh I bought the books and  followed the parenting experts.  I understood the concept of gentle parenting and would have loved to implement it. I recognized the need for self care. But in reality these approaches felt...

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The Universe has Your Back- The Book that Changed my Life

The Universe has Your Back- The Book that Changed my Life

In May 2018 YouTube randomly guided me to an audio book by Gabby Bernstein. I had never heard of Gabby, or her book entitled The Universe has Your Back. It just started in autoplay as I was out for a walk. I ended up walking for 2 hours because I was hanging on every word. At that time, I had just returned to full time work as a Primary School Teacher, following maternity leave. I found it really difficult going back. I had just had the happiest year of my life, at home with my little boy, and I didn’t want...

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Can Motherhood be Easy?

Can Motherhood be Easy?

When I first became a mum over 16 years ago, I thought I was the only one who struggled. All my friends seemed to take to it like a duck to water but I felt very much out of my depth. Over the years I’ve seen more and more people talking about how hard Motherhood can be. If fact it seems to offer huge relief to mums to be in online communities where they can compare how little sleep they got or the number of bugs their child has picked up un creche.  That got me thinking. I fully accept...

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What does it mean for a Mum to be in Energetic Alignment?

What does it mean for a Mum to be in Energetic Alignment?

Energetic alignment is not a destination. It’s a way of being. It’s the process of tuning into our multi-dimensional selves, witnessing our pain, expanding our perception, releasing our blockages and connecting with our inner guidance. It is an ongoing process to align all parts of ourselves. As a mum living in alignment, you parent in an energy of trust. You understand the natural ebbs and flows, and you honour and feel your emotion. When you experience difficult emotions, you allow yourself to fully feel and express them so you can set them free. When your children experience difficult emotions, you...

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