INSIGHT & EXPERIENCE
Cat connection
A fearful and traumatised kitten arrived at my home. Her arrival and her presence in my life opened the door for me to heal my wounded heart, and led me on a path of communication with animals. Rafaella was found alone on a busy street at seven weeks old. She ...
The lessons of summer
Summer is a period of outward activity and self-expression. What would you like to bring into your life in 2019? Summer is the time of year when the sun is at the height of its power – its flame is fully ignited, bursting with energy and radiance. We naturally feel ...
How understanding trauma can bring you closer to yourself and others
Unresolved trauma, even something relatively minor, can show up in our lives in many ways. Here’s how to recognise it, deal with it, and create greater love and connection in our relationships. Let’s talk taboo Before we start taking about trauma we need to recognise that it is something that ...
Speechless, you marvel at the wonder of life
Cover photo – Hyenas at sunset by Jean-Luc Garcette The tension builds in the safari Jeep, a sense of anxiety even, as crocodiles of immense proportions gather, emerging from the muddy depths. Their beady eyes peer from underneath the gnarly waters – and then you hear it… The sun is rising ...
Resolve conflict – build rapport
What is rapport? How can it be created in order to resolve conflict? Here are several helpful suggestions. At some point in your life you might find yourself in a relationship that seems to have dissolved into a battleground of conflict. Or maybe you have found yourself needing to build ...
The 6-Minute Diary – How an accident changed my life for the better
The author of The 6-Minute Diary, Dominik Spenst, tells of the amazing implications of gratitude and self-reflection As my eyelids open, I feel like passing out again. The air is so humid that I have difficulties breathing, let alone thinking. I’m lying face up on a burning hot asphalt somewhere ...
Helping kids deal with death
Birth and death are two gates – we enter through one, and leave through the other I recently did a euthanising ceremony for Artie, a family’s beloved cat. The vet came to the house, so the whole family (including Panther, the other cat) could be part of it. It was ...
The surprising root of self-sabotage
What needs are you meeting by remaining small? Surprisingly, most often those needs are survival and integrity. How do you then transcend these self-made limitations? I was teaching a multi-day training in Europe two years ago, and one of the participants, a man in his 60s, said that he was ...
Learning to love NO!
How to truly say ‘yes’ to yourself by owning the power of your ‘no’. 2018 has been the year where I’ve given my relationship with ‘no’ room to thrive. Now, In the midst of my secret ‘no’ garden, my ‘yes’ truly has space to blossom. I didn’t always love my ...
Stargazer – Summer 2018/19
For 2019 we can look forward to a year of abundance, growth, wisdom, freedom and optimism, according to both Chinese and Western astrology Jupiter in Sagittarius – expand your horizons If you’re an astrology buff, you’ll know that lucky and bountiful Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, recently ...
Stargazer – Spring 2018
With the advent of spring, Stella offers seven tips for a sensational spring, as well as some advice for the season: to thine own self be true; rediscover your passion; foster vision, growth & expansion; address work-life balance. Spring equinox – cleanse & renew Having survived the July-August eclipses it’s ...
