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    A Writer’s Rant: On not wanting to take the call

    January 14, 2015 /

    I'm a writer. This is my call. I don't know how to be a writer. I don't know why I've been given this call. I can only hope the journey transforms me into something beautiful.

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Come to rural Wales! There’s free food everywher Come to rural Wales! There’s free food everywhere! #wales
Hello there! My little week-long course on #depres Hello there! My little week-long course on #depression starts tomorrow. So many people have signed up, I’m thinking of adding a bonus workshop at the end with Q&A. You can still join us, it’s free. (Link in profile) Be kind to yourself during crisis moments. Because that’s the bigger pattern humanity needs to heal from. Photo: Llansteffan beach. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealing #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealing
Me: “I want to be at one with nature” Also me: Me: “I want to be at one with nature” Also me: “WTF an actual snake” 😱😱😱😖😖😖 Here in rural Wales, where The Nature is Wilde
I’m reading about depression for my upcoming cou I’m reading about depression for my upcoming course “Clear the Fog” (it’s free, sign up link in profile!) and here’s what I can say so far: depression is a really complex subject. The “Western medicine” approach is thoroughly inadequate. That much I already knew, but what I’m realising is that what we call “depression” can take so many forms. From a cry for initiation into adulthood, which never comes in this culture, through unprocessed grief (since our culture doesn’t hold regular collective grief rituals), to something our ancestors didn’t deal with at the time that got passed down to us. It could be tightly held mental patterns, debilitating stories, an ever present sense of sadness, struggling to find our heart’s purpose, needing to re-connect with our spirituality. At this point, we might as well just call it a day and say “depression is the IBS of mental health, i.e.: a catch-all term used by clinicians who simply don’t know what’s going on but cannot admit it”. There’s a lot more going on than we know about. Our culture has not even began to scratch the surface of our mental / emotional health. We are deeply, deeply lost. It’s time to look to other cultures for answers. Join my course, we will talk about what depression means for us, and it’s always easier and lighter to talk about this in community. #mentalhealing #emotionalhealing #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealingmagic Photo: Llansteffan beach
Do you ever feel unworthy of self-care? That feeli Do you ever feel unworthy of self-care? That feeling of “I’m not one of those people who have it all together and so I can’t do any of those things”? Just one of the things we will talk about on my free course (link in profile). We start on the 1st of August! #depressionhelp #depressionawareness #depressionsupport #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealing #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealing
My first ever sourdough loaf! I would like to than My first ever sourdough loaf! I would like to thank Barbora for the starter and Jack Monroe for the inspiration an all of you for your support. Oh, and sign up for my free course on working with #depression, brain fogginess and general discouragement. (Link in profile) #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealing #emotionalhealthmatters #emotionalhealing
It’s happening! “Clear the Fog”: A week of m It’s happening! “Clear the Fog”: A week of mental clarity A week long *free* course to help you work with brain fogginess, depression, lost-ness and general discouragement. Starting Saturday 1st of August. (yes, we start on a Saturday!) Here's what's included: • One e-mail a day with teachings and practices to help understand the "fog" better, and maybe clear it a bit. • Exercises to work with the fog. Meditation, gentle movement, some breathing. • A private Facebook group where we'll practice together, and where you can ask me questions. All the information, the videos and audios will stay there. (Link in profile) #clearthefog #depression #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalhealing #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealthmatters #emotionalhealing
We spiral. We go through the same issue, the same We spiral. We go through the same issue, the same story, the same boyfriend, over and over again. But it isn’t “again”. Each time is slightly different. It has to be because everything is different. And we are different. To be sure, we can do our best to change the situation. We can bring in conscious awareness and work with our thoughts, beliefs, stories, in order to change things as much as we can. We are increasing our chances of being done with this lesson. But ultimately, it’s not all up to us. Sometimes the same job will present itself, sometimes the same ex will reappear, sometimes we will react in the same way. Sometimes we aren’t “done” with the lesson and there’s more for us to learn. This can be incredibly frustrating. Especially when we have been putting in the hours. We do our practices, we put in the effort. The yoga, meditation, visualisation, ritual, tarot card reading, astrology. You name it, we’ve done it. And sometimes even our best efforts won’t be enough. We spiral, and here we are again, in this familiar spot. We thought we were done, but we’re not done. We thought we had grown, learned, evolved, matured. We thought we could put it behind us now. We can’t. We’re not ready yet. It’s not time. Then there are “the others”. There are always others, with their stories of triumph over adversity, and lessons learned in self-respect that have brought them their desired lover, career, dream. Never mind the others. Come back to you and your experience. Meanwhile, we spiral. Another turn in the sea shell. Here we are again. Similar but not the same. This time it’s easier, and kinder. We know what to do, if we don’t despair over its reappearance. Accept the turn, bring in your practices, and before you know it, you’ll be out again. Now, where are the tarot cards? #tinywisdom #tinypractice Photo: Llansteffan
Happening this Friday, a workshop for our times. Happening this Friday, a workshop for our times. An honest conversation about depression. What helps and what we can do when it seems like we can't do anything. Free for comrades ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 (Link in profile) #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #mentalwellness #depressionawareness #depressionhelp
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