My whole motivation for my blog is to write about healing, so I thought I would take the opportunity to explore what I understand healing to be. Many years ago, when grappling with the weight of CFS/ME and trying with all my might to make it go away, I believed that healing was an end … Continue reading What is healing?
Psychology
The places that scare you
I am currently reading Pema Chodron's book "The places that scare you" and I feel like I'm finally 'getting' meditation. I have really struggled with meditation over the years. I have started and stopped many times. I've had motivation to do it because I know it would be good for me but I have found … Continue reading The places that scare you
Strawberries
Back in 2009 I went on a retreat called “The Endorphin Effect” based on a book of the same title by William Bloom- a teacher of spiritual psychology. http://www.williambloom. At the time I had experienced ME for many years and just being away from home and in the company of a fairly large group of … Continue reading Strawberries
Body mind Awareness
I wrote this back in 2013 and will update on this soon Over the years I have learnt a lot about my own bodymind. By bodymind I mean the interrelationship between the emotions and thoughts and the physical body. New discoveries in science such as psycho-neuroimmunology show that our emotions have a direct effect upon … Continue reading Body mind Awareness