Welcome to my Reflections

During my recovery I came across the Hindu goddess Akhilandeshwari. One interpretation of her name is, “She who is never not broken.” It became the starting point for a reflection on healing, growth, wholeness and the myth that one day we’ll finally arrive.

Following my recent experience of pain and shock, I found myself reflecting on something deeper than the physical recovery itself. This final part of the series explores presence, wonder, nervous system safety and what becomes possible when we no longer need our experience to be different.

There’s a difference between understanding something and actually experiencing it. When something becomes lived, you no longer need to take someone else’s word for it. You know it directly. Lately, what I’ve spent years exploring with my mind has started to show up more strongly as something I can feel. That shift is what moved […]

There are moments where I can rest, where I can feel that nothing is missing and I can allow everything to be exactly as it is. Where there is a sense of wholeness already here — nothing to change or fix or do, but simply to rest in presence. A kind of quiet, spacious presence […]

Understanding the States of Consciousness A number of years ago while part of a Coaches Rising course, I came across talk by Jim Dethmer on the 4 states of consciousness. He offered a version of this profound age-old wisdom on how we see life and therefore how we experience it. We are constantly moving between […]