We are once again in a time with a lot of planets retrograde.. With Mercury going retrograde today, the 17th of July 2025, we are once again reminded of what this means. Especially with Saturn and Neptune also in retrograde motion. When a planet is in retrograde, it appears to be moving backwards in its …
As I woke up in the after-effects of the hybrid eclipse this morning, I had this strange feeling. Eclipses have significance to us in myths and spirituality. I asked ChatGPT to tell me a story about the significance of a hybrid eclipse and had to share it with you. A story about a Hybrid Eclipse …
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and social media is buzzing with posts about mental health. People are sharing their stories and showing support to others. However, I find myself cringing at the phrase ‘mental health’ and wonder if it’s only me. Surely it is not a black-and-white situation where you are either (mentally) healthy or …
I just love chatting about topics that are maybe slightly out of the box. That’s why I love chatting to Deon Newbronner. We explore topics from our perspectives. Our perspectives… I may forget the words, like ‘synesthesia‘, as in our latest chat. I subsequently often find myself doubting whether what I mean comes across as …
All of us are connected through the energy within the very cells of our bodies. Scientists have proved that this is so and continue to make leaps into this field of scientific research. The Law of Attraction is so closely connected to your own energy. Every thought, every belief, word, action and emotion is also simply …
Pablo Picasso said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”It’s not that we lose the ability to create art. It’s that we lose confidence. When you look at the art of a 5-year-old, you see the pure marks of someone who is just enjoying the …
I am delighted to introduce you to the world of Granny Mo, whose job is to help children and adults to talk together about death and dying. However, first I want to tell you why she came into being. It all started with Jack, my not-yet four-year-old grandson, asking out of the blue while he …
“You will never break the chain” (The Chain) by Fleetwood Mac is blaring over Alexa, and I’m thinking about my week. I’m doing it. I’m conforming! Am I grown up now?? Hahahaha, not… I’m trying to create some structure to my days as I’m constantly trying to be available on all fronts for all of …
Much of human behaviour, thought, and emotion stems from our need to belong. In psychologist Christopher Peterson’s words, other people matter. In fact, they matter so much that they become a source of our self-esteem. For years, I had no contact with my extended family in South Africa. In 2017, I began to rekindle those relationships. I …
Entering another lockdown and an increasingly uncertain future, it puts me in mind of how Earnest Becker writes in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death, ‘What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.’ I know this to be true because I used to be a living example of this. We need to create a life of significance amidst turmoil and chaos. …
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