A conversation with LOVE feels open hearted

Yesterday’s Solar Eclipse energy was occurring in the northing hemisphere, and I was HERE in the southern hemisphere experiencing the New Moon energy. Both events invite us IN to look at our shadow, but a Solar Eclipse creates fast change, and a Dark Moon feels like a slower reset.

It’s no coincidence that we are noticing the habits we want to change, so we can plant the seeds for new growth – because here in the southern hemisphere nature is shifting us into the season of Spring. 🌱

My conversations with the Moon are intimate, and that’s why intimate relationship felt significant yesterday, but that is NOT where I want my attention to flow – because as always, I had many other conversations about living a life that feels good for me, with or without a significant other.

Yesterday I wrote – I AM HERE because NOW is the only time that matters.

Today I ask myself …

  • How am I telling my SELF to BE?
  • What am I telling my SELF to DO?
  • Where am I telling my SELF to GO?

I don’t want to go anywhere other than where I am, but I am moving forwards. I’m building a life of doing what I enjoy, and I always want to BE my true self – honest and authentic, but that isn’t always on the positive side of the sliding scale, and that’s how shadow is created in our psyche – IF we don’t accept the (-) aspects of ourselves, each other, and life.

So, I’m going to share a little story about how I dance with my own shadow …

This morning, I realized I had missed an event I wanted to attend yesterday, because I was lost in my own reflection, and it made me feel selfish for being so self absorbed. As soon as I realized, I reached out to the woman I didn’t show up for, apologized for forgetting, acknowledged how my attention was elsewhere, and expressed how sorry I was for missing the opportunity to support and share the experience with her.

This beautiful woman, began her message with …

“You were exactly where you needed to be yesterday, my friend.”

Although I agree, it didn’t make me feel any better about letting her down, and being the intuitive woman she is, that’s why she ended the message with …

“NO guilt allowed … fuck it right off.”

Those words made me smile – because it reflected the LOVE this woman not only felt for others, but the depth of love she must feel for herself, and I acknowledge the change for me – because uilt doesn’t have the same hold on me as it once did.

It’s NOT normal to respond with guilty feelings when we’ve failed to show up for someone we care about, it’s something we learn from the experiences we’ve struggled with.

How do YOU react when you feel guilty?

  • Do you experience remorse?
  • Do you have a strong urge to fix the mistake?
  • Do you over apologize to make amends?
  • Do you lash out or pull back?
  • Do you give too much to feel better about yourself?
  • Do you become over sensitive and defensive?
  • Do you withdraw and hide from the person you’ve hurt?
  • Do you avoid the conversation completely?

I’m guilty of doing ALL of those things at different times, for different reasons, with different people, so I’ve danced with guilt many times. I’ve learned how quickly guilt shifts into shame, and those stories are harmful for our self worth.

GUILT says – you made a bad choice, and it makes us feel wrong

SHAME says – you are a bad person

The LESSON is to learn and grow from those experiences

LOVE sees us for who we really are, and not what we did (or) didn’t do

I am blessed with the friendship of so many women that keep reflecting LOVE back to me, and for that I am extremely grateful – because it’s why I feel seen, heard, supported, and held in a safe emotional space.

It’s the reason why my nervous system is no longer in fight, flight or freeze response, and now feels calmer. It’s why I feel connected, balanced, and aligned even though it feels like my hormones are on crack sometimes (menopause)

When we no longer need to defend or protect ourselves, we can focus on fixing the hurt we caused ourselves and others – because our healing doesn’t just improve the relationship we have with ourselves, it changes how we relate with each other, and that’s why our healing matters.

My intimate conversations with the Moon …

… is an open and honest conversation with LOVE ❤️

My Solar Eclipse and NEW MOON reflection

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My conversations with the Moon are intimate, and my rituals are simple

This morning I lit a fire before dawn
Because I wanted to sit under the dark, starry sky ✨️

Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are in alignment … but Saturn and Neptune are in retrograde 💫

Science states the planets are too far away to have an impact on us, but star gazers share insights into how planetary alignments influences our soul story.

This is a brief understanding …

The SUN represents our outward expression of SELF, conscious ego, and the core essence of our soul, urging us to shine our unique light into the world

The MOON represents our subconscious mind, emotional core, and our inner most self that reflects our deepest intuition

MARS is the warrior planet that gives our soul courage to pursue it’s destiny

MERCURY is the planet of communication, translating the soul’s experience through language we understand.

JUPITER is the planet of Dharma, metabolizing our experiences into wisdom

URANUS is the planet of liberation, helping the spirit to break FREE

SATURN is the planet of Karma, teaching us about cause – effect

NEPTUNE is the planet of dreams, guiding the soul back home – to LOVE

SATURN is in RETROGRADE – taking us through a karmic audit to complete unfinished business. Delivering the hard lessons, collecting karmic debts, and setting the boundaries we need for the soul to transition from resistance to wisdom, and accountability to self mastery.

NEPTUNE is also in RETROGRADE – it’s dissolving illusions, and breaking down egos so the soul can reconnect with universal love, collective unconscious, and the Divine, to experience the return to our soul purpose.

That’s what’s happening above us, but what’s happening for YOU down here?

For me, it’s a decision to stop writing about the past, a strong desire to be more present in the moments, and a choice to create with more conscious energy.

Gazing into the fire

I asked …

Why do we struggle to let go?
What are we really holding onto?
Was it ever truly ours?
What are we afraid to lose?

Sometimes we are feeding the very thing we want to release …

💫A memory that still bothers us because it mattered
💫An experience that challenged us to change
💫A person we will always love because they left an impact
💫A relationship we’ve outgrown but never wanted to lose
💫A job we’ve always done but it no longer feels like our work
💫A person we never thought we would become
💫A life we imagined living with someone who is no longer here
💫A chapter we are stuck in because we won’t turn the page
💫A story we keep telling ourselves but the script has already changed

We ALL feed the old stories, the fear of loss, the disappointment, and the need to understand why it happened long after the moment has already passed, and then we wonder why we still feel a strong connection to it …

… but that IS the shadow work we are here to do.

Today’s Solar Eclipse and the NEW MOON are in LEO

Leo energy is BOLD, passionate, deeply devoted, powerful, fiery, radiant, confident, courageous, inspiring, warm, and open hearted. This energy creatively expresses itself, and it leads from sovereignty.

The shadow of Leo is expressed differently…

It seeks external validation, finds it hard to apologize or admit mistakes, seeks attention, leaves others feeling unseen, and lack of attention feels like rejection, but underneath the armour is insecurity, and a fragile sense of worth.

If you have been moving through the shadow …

  • What is being revealed to you?
  • What has come to light?
  • What has been obscured from you, but never really lost?
  • What do you want to give your energy to now?

For me, it’s been mostly around intimate relationship (surprise surprise)

LOVE never ends … but many relationships do

Although no-one actually belongs to us, our attachments will tell us otherwise

NOTHING stays the same when we learn
EVERYTHING changes when we heal and grow
That’s the purpose of an experience.

For me …

The truth is obvious
The heart has always known
The lessons have finally landed
The energy is grounded
The change has already happened

I AM HERE 🔥

What IS true love ?

As a woman, I’ve asked myself that question often, and those who care about me frequently tell me to love my SELF more, but if we are being brutally honest

We ALL struggle to truly love ourselves.

Loving ourselves isn’t something we’ve been taught to do, it’s something we learn to do after suffering the consequences of our choices …

Have you noticed …

Saying NO makes us feel bad?

Disappointing someone makes us feel selfish?

Setting a boundary makes us feel guilty?

Resting makes us feel lazy?

Rejecting social norm makes us feel ashamed?

Challenging limiting beliefs makes us feel uncomfortable?

Standing in our truth makes us feel vulnerable?

Change makes us feel afraid?

Why do all of those feelings make it feel wrong?

Because we care about others, and sometimes putting our self first is seen to be a selfish act.

… but that doesnt make it right !!

We won’t improve the relationship we have with ourselves, and others if we don’t notice how our own thoughts make us feel.

I’m still learning how to truly love my SELF, and some lessons have left scars – because I haven’t always trusted my own intuition, honoured my own truth, respected my own feelings, valued my own time, regarded my own energy, and known my own worth … but that’s how I have learned to trust my own intuition, honour my own truth, respect my own feelings, value my own time, regard my own energy, and know my own worth, and when those lessons finally land …

EVERYTHING changes 🌀 but we still feel the wobbles of change 😵‍💫

Most of us have been practicing our versions of self love for years, but it’s about more than making healthier food choices, reducing stress, moving and stretching our bodies, looking after ourselves, improving our sleeping habits, bubble baths, lighting candles, rituals, crystals, aromatherapy, massage, meditations, filling our crown chakra with sunlight, bathing under the moon, eating our favourite foods, buying things we like for ourselves, reading books, listening to podcasts, and repeating positive affirmations.

It’s acknowledging our worth, reaffirming our value, and relating to others from there.

  • TRUE LOVE embraces who we are – flaws and all
  • TRUE LOVE forgives the past – but can still say NO thankyou
  • TRUE LOVE doesn’t hold on in fear – because it’s forever flowing
  • TRUE LOVE releases judgment – but it will hold us accountable
  • TRUE LOVE speaks the truth – and trusts the process
  • TRUE LOVE embraces the journey – and is open to experience it all

LOVE will ask us the harder questions …

  • Have you changed the patterns that keep taking you back to the same experience – because you haven’t learned the lesson yet?
  • Do you keep choosing relationships that make you feel unseen, unheard, unmet, unfulfilled, too much, and not enough?
  • Do you abandon yourself to make everyone else feel comfortable?
  • Do you say YES when your entire body wants to say NO?
  • Does the need for validation keep pulling you back into the same loops?
  • Do YOU have the courage to meet your SELF completely?

Have you processed and grown from everything you’ve experienced?

  • The conditioning – programmed responses, and habitual reactions?
  • The wound – trauma, abuse, and pain?
  • The split – disconnection, imbalance and unalignment?
  • The fear, grief, rejection, betrayal, abandonment, and neglect?
  • The longing, yearning, missing and desire?
  • The envy, jealousy, and insecurities?
  • The dream, fantasy, illusions, and delusions?
  • The anger, guilt, shame, regrets, and remorse?
  • The unmet needs, shattered dreams, and unfulfilled desires?

I have – but I notice how I’ve been feeling lost in the reflection, and that’s the door I am closing – because those experiences have already served their purpose, and NOW is what matters most.

For me, TRUE LOVE is like vulnerability – because it sounds like TRUTH and it feels like COURAGE, but it isn’t something we find outside of ourselves – it’s something we feel within before we can truly experience it with another.

The core essence of who we are IS TRUE LOVE .. so it’s within YOU ❤️

August sky …

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Tomorrow is the 8th day of the 8th month, and according to star gazers, the LIONS GATE is most potent, but how do we work with this energy?

THE LIONS GATE opened on the 26th July, and will close on the 12th August, but this years activation is flowing directly into the clearing and rebirth energy of a Solar Eclipse (12th), and NEW Moon in Leo (13th), so it’s a powerful time to activate, release, and renew. The cosmic alignment of Earth, the Sun in Leo, and Sirius (the spiritual sun) empowers us to claim our highest truth. In numerology, the number 8 represents power, success, karmic balance, cause – effect, and infinity. Whatever thoughts, habits, and patterns we feed into this infinity loop will repeat and cycle back to us.

Where is YOUR energy flowing?

what are you feeding?

The 8th of the 8th is a powerful window to manifest, so ask yourself …

  • Who would I be if I stopped living by other people’s expectations?
  • Does the way I spend my daily time align with my true purpose?
  • What am I ready to stop carrying?
  • What old habits am I releasing?
  • What version of myself am I currently stepping into?
  • What do I want to invite or welcome into my life next?
  • What NEW life path am I choosing?

The August sky is creating some interesting conversations, and each planetary alignment brings another theme, lesson and energy to work with, but retrograding planets are inviting us to slow down, and look back.

There’s a story playing out for us this Eclipse season … and it’s on purpose.

First, Pluto went retrograde (6th May – 15th October) – Pluto’s themes are around transformation, power, rebirth, and the underworld. Hidden truths are rising into our awareness, so we can release unsupportive patterns no longer serving our highest good. Clearing heavy emotional weight creates space for a higher vibrational timeline, but only if we let go of old habits, feel our emotions fully, and set clear boundaries to protect our new energy.

Then, Neptune went retrograde (7th July – 12th Dec) – Neptune’s themes are around dreams, imagination, spirituality, mysticism, and the subconscious. This will feel like the reality check we need, to dissolve any illusions and fantasies, so we don’t keep repeating the same lessons.

Then, Saturn went retrograde (26th July – 10th Dec) – Saturn’s themes are around responsibility, structure, and discipline. According to the star gazers Saturn rules Capricorn (my SUN), and Aquarius (my MOON). Karmic patterns end, soul contracts align, past cycles close, and our efforts start to pay off.

  • Every choice has a consequence
  • Every intention creates a chain reaction
  • Every lesson has a purpose
  • Every delay protects us
  • Every challenge prepares us

The collective story will be impacting on us all in some way, shape or form, but our personal narratives create a ripple effect on the collective story.

Chiron going retrograde on the 3rd will be triggering old wounds that still bleed so we can look at it from another perspective, and release the past – because those experiences have already served their purpose.

Chrion asks us to honour our needs, wants and desires …

  • Where have I been carrying wound energy?
  • How has this been holding me back from valuing myself?
  • How safe do I feel to receive?
  • Am I holding back in fear?
  • How deeply do I trust life to support me?
  • Can I allow myself to be nourished?
  • Do I feel connected to the rhythm of life?

“Chiron energy will call out victimisation and emotional avoidance, it’s achingly truthful and it will open up the scars that didn’t fully heal.” (Romy)

Our pain has purpose, and it can become our greatest teacher, so if you are in the deep end of your healing journey, BE GENTLE with yourself because you are transmuting pain into wisdom, strength and a deeper sense of self worth.

As we approach the The Solar Eclipse on the 12th the divine masculine (SUN) merges with the divine feminine (MOON) to clear out old emotional debris, close chapters, transmute shadow, complete karmic cycles, and release outdated versions of our identity, so our energy can be renewed.

“The Divine Feminine is being called deeper into her intuition, self-worth, receptivity, creativity, emotional truth, sacred power, and ability to love without abandoning herself. The Divine Masculine is being called deeper into his heart, integrity, courage, purpose, emotional presence, protection, responsibility, and ability to stand firmly within his authentic power without closing himself to love.”

I love and embrace the depth this energy is bringing, but the shift is challenging me to keep LETTING GO, and that always triggers stories of loss, but I’m stepping out of the past, releasing old pain, and reclaiming my worth.

Our fate is the cards we are dealt

and our destiny is determined by how we choose to play✨

Podcast Episode: Moon Cycles And Feminine Archetypes

Pip: Welcome to Breaking the Habitz Blog, where mindfulinteraction is out here reading the sky, the moon, and a photo that surfaced at exactly the right moment — as these things do.

Mara: This episode moves through two connected territories: how lunar and planetary rhythms are shaping one woman's experience of menopause and transition, and what the Triple Goddess archetype has to say about grief, loss, and becoming. Let's start with the moon and what it's asking us to release.

Full Moon, Menopause, and the Space Between

Pip: The post frames menopause not as a medical event but as an expansion — a shift from tracking the moon through a monthly cycle to reading a whole sky full of planetary signals. The central question it keeps returning to is: what have you outgrown?

Mara: The post puts it directly: "I frequently ask my SELF — what have I outgrown? It could be a habit, a pattern, a cycle, a belief, a relationship, a community, a friendship, or a version of myself that once felt comfortable."

Pip: That list is doing real work. It's not asking you to declutter a shelf — it's asking whether the entire framework you've been living inside still fits.

Mara: And the timing is specific. The full moon on July 30th lands in Aquarius, which the post describes as the visionary energy that challenges old systems. The sun is simultaneously in Leo — bold, creative, self-expressive. The post reads those two signs as a conversation: Aquarius asking where you came from, Leo asking who you want to become.

Pip: So the sky is essentially running a full identity audit. No pressure.

Mara: The Lions Gate portal, opening July 28th, adds another layer — the post describes it as a manifestation window tied to Sirius aligning with the sun, and recommends focusing on the solar plexus chakra to work with that energy. Saturn's retrograde from July 26th through December carries a heavier note, with the post asking whether we're carrying burdens that were never ours. That question connects directly to the grief and identity work in the next post.

The Triple Goddess and the Weight of Grief

Pip: The Triple Goddess post opens with a photograph — a mother flanked by her daughter and her own mother — and uses it to anchor an ancient Wiccan archetype to something immediate and personal: grief, regret, and the slow work of rebuilding a self after loss.

Mara: The post names it plainly: "When we lose someone who mattered to us, the grief never really ends — it comes in waves, and it's triggered by the memories and the moments we've shared together, but our regrets usually haunt us a little longer than it should."

Pip: That line about regrets outlasting grief itself is the part that lands. The post doesn't rush past it — it lists the whole catalogue: unspoken words, unrealized dreams, arguments that could have been avoided, misunderstandings that still sting.

Mara: And then it maps each face of the Triple Goddess onto a different kind of support during loss. The Mother holds the emotional weight and nurtures the future self. The Crone sits with pain, accepts what is, and converts sorrow into wisdom. The Maiden carries hope — she's the spark of renewal after the cycle of grief completes.

Pip: What's interesting is that the archetype isn't presented as a comfort that resolves the hard feelings. The post is honest that even with a strong spiritual framework, the heart still feels heavy some days.

Mara: That honesty runs through the whole piece. It closes not with resolution but with presence: "We are here to BE present — not perfect, not happier, not richer, not more successful, not right, not better — just open to FEEL the fullness of our life."


Pip: Two posts, one through-line: the question of what you're carrying that no longer belongs to you — whether that's a planetary burden, a grief that's outlasted its season, or a version of yourself built for surviving rather than living.

Mara: The moon keeps moving, the archetypes keep turning. Next time, we'll see what else is on the horizon.

Full Moon in Aquarius …

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I’ve been looking UP at the moon to understand my monthly ebbs and flow for years, but as my cycle changes (thanks to menopause), I notice how my gaze is expanding towards the stars. I don’t consider myself a star gazer, but I’m learning how planetary alignments influence my thoughts, feelings and energy.

This months FULL MOON (30th July – 12.35am) is in Aquarius

Aquarius is known as the visionary – the part of us that challenges old systems, seeking a better way. The shadow of Aquarius is detachment and disconnection. Aquarius is my moon sign, and I’ve experienced both sides of this energy (the light and the shadow), so each experience has given me a broader perspective.

I frequently ask my SELF … what have I outgrown?

It could be a habit, a pattern, a cycle, a belief, a relationship, a community, a friendship, or a version of myself that once felt comfortable.

For me, during the lead up to this full moon there’s been a strong sense of feeling BETWEEN – but it’s about more than who I was, and who I’m becoming. While walking on the beach the other day, I acknowledged how often I walk between the past and the future – how my mantra during our family crisis was “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and function to the best of my ability in-between.” I’m conscious of how this became a NEW way of being for me, but it no longer fits – because life doesn’t feel like an ongoing crisis I need to survive anymore. Thank fuck – because it was exhausting.

In the past, this insight would be enough for me, but there’s so much more going on in the sky that’s having an impact on how I think and feel.

While the MOON is in AQUARIUS – the SUN is in LEO

Leo energy is a bold and radiant astrological force of courage, confidence and creativity – stirring the fires of our passion, amplifying our self expression, and igniting our personal power so we can be fully seen. The shadow of Leo is ego and drama, which I’ve also experienced my fair share of, but as a woman who is open to experience the fullness of my life, it’s served me well.

Oh, I haven’t always wanted to have that shadowy experience, and I’ve never liked it, but there’s always a reason why we experience something, even if it takes a while to be able to fully appreciate what we were learning from it.

According to the star gazers – Aquarius is questioning old expectations, seeking clarification about where it came from (family? society? religion?), and it’s questioning our past decisions, so we can take steps towards our future. Leo is asking us – who do we want to become? so we can step more fully into ourselves, and shine our light. The conversation between Aquarius and Leo is prompting us to find the BALANCE between expressing our own unique light, and remembering we are part of a much BIGGER constellation of stars.

The LIONS GATE opens today (28th July)

In the past, I’ve acknowledged the significance of the 8th of the 8th, but like the moon, there’s an activation process that begins before the portal reaches it’s most potent energy. According to the star gazers – the lions gate occurs when Sirius (a star) is in alignment with the SUN, often referred to as the dog star because of it’s place in another constellation, it’s also known as the spiritual star, because it’s visibility before sunrise brings a divine twinkle to the sky.

The lions gate is a manifestation portal so NOW is the time to focus on our spiritual alignment, by reflecting upon our feelings, so we can let go of what no longer serves us – because opening our hearts to feel the presence of our desires in present time, is how we align with what we want to experience.

Our energy flows where our attention goes

To tune into this manifesting energy – focus on your solar plexus chakra. Interestingly, before realizing that the Sun was in Leo, and before learning more about the lions gate, I intuitively bought a yellow candle the other day with the word SOLAR written on it.

I love those intuitive nudges

Apparently, Mercury ended it’s Retrograde on the 23rd of July, and my body responded unexpectedly – because after months of not bleeding, I started to flow. That’s why I know things are changing for me, but I’m still learning how to navigate the transition – from my usual monthly flow to an energetic pull IN-wards, where I’m integrating the power of my sovereignty

Saturn went Retrograde -26th July, and will end 10th December

This energy can feel heavy, but it’s asking us to BEWARE …

Are you carrying the burdens that were never yours to bare? “You were never meant to carry every season forever, some chapters exist only to shape you, not to stay with you” (Alexa – your beautiful life)

If something isn’t authentically ours, then it doesn’t have the foundations needed for the future, and we will be feeling the weight of this release.

According to the star gazers, Saturn has reactivated the magic triangle of a rare astrological alignment, and as I read about this cosmic event I can’t deny the resonance – because the alignment triggers a personal story for me

  • Uranus is in Gemini – representing sudden freedom
  • Neptune is in Aries – representing spiritual growth
  • Pluto is in Aquarius – representing powerful shifts

I notice how I want to detach from the story triggering an emotional reaction, and focus on the collective story because I can feel the shift, but I know that would be a shadowy response. So, I acknowledge the version of myself that suffered the consequences of wanting to keep everyone else comfortable.

“I release the ache of disappointment and the pain of staying stuck. With the space this creates I play with wonder and curiosity. I celebrate the wisdom of knowing better and the courage I have birthed to embrace the change. Everything is unfolding in perfect timing and divine order.” (Romy)

To work with this months FULL MOON energy during the Lions Gate

It’s about more than what we are releasing …

  • Where in my life am I being called to expand?
  • Where is my life asking me to awaken?

Today, as I light a candle to honour the life of my beloved father, our DAD, who died 28th August 2019, I acknowledge the past with reverence – to bring peace and light to his memory, but also for my MAM, and my soul sister. The past is gone, and sadly so are they, but our parents are not missing from us, and they will never be forgotten. The enduring love I feel for those in spirit is an ongoing bond that brings me comfort, and it’s a guiding presence that remains with me.

My love is far stronger than any fear of loss I may have

When I heard a song the other day, it brought my attention to a connection I still feel with another, but I no longer desire what was never mine, and I’ve made peace with it. Letting go is never easy, especially when the love still flows, but some chapters are meant to end, and some doors are supposed to close.

What door way is waiting for YOU to walk through?

I can’t see a door yet, and I’m not sure how I feel about that if I’m honest.

I just know … I AM HERE

Triple Goddess is an ancient archetype …

According to Wiccan belief, the triple Goddess represents the Mother, the Maiden, and the Crone – Symbolic of the stages of a woman’s life, the phases of the Moon, and the natural cycle of creation – birth, life, death, and rebirth.

Women are ALL of these things ☽◯☾

We move through each moon cycle, transitioning through each phase, and we shift between the different versions of ourselves, depending on the stage of life we are in, and the life experiences we are having.

I look at this photo, and I see my SELF (a mother), and the women either side of me – my daughter (the maiden) and my mother (the crone).

Both women are a part of me, and I am a part of them.

Just as my father and my sons are a part of me, and I am a part of them.

ALL of our relationships shape us through shared experiences, and the emotional impact people have on us. Those experiences can be good and bad, and the impact people have on us can be positive and negative. The meaning we give any of it will depend upon the relationship we have, the experiences we share, our understanding of it, and the personal lessons we are here to learn.

I’m sharing this photo because it means something to me, and it’s a fond memory I cherish. The timing of it popping up in my newsfeed yesterday morning, after a conversation with my daughter about my Mam in spirit, when it’s my Dad’s 7th anniversary in spirit tomorrow … gives it even more meaning.

Spirit communicates with us through synchronicities and symbols.

It’s a language most of us are learning to speak, and everything changes when we understand life in energy, frequency and vibration, but loss will continue to challenge us – because it’s human nature to miss those who matter to us.

Regardless of how we’ve lost someone, the pain is the same – because it never feels good to live without the people we love, and rebuilding our life after a significant loss isn’t easy … that’s why letting go is a process.🌀

When we lose someone who mattered to us, the grief never really ends – it comes in waves, and it’s triggered by the memories and the moments we’ve shared together, but our regrets usually haunt us a little longer than it should.

It’s normal to have regrets …

  • Words we said but wish we didn’t
  • Unspoken words we didn’t share
  • Moments we wish we had spent together
  • Unrealized dreams we didn’t create
  • Unfulfilled desires we didn’t experience
  • Perhaps we held on longer than we should
  • Repeated lessons we weren’t ready to learn
  • Missed opportunities and the paths we didn’t take
  • Arguments we could have avoided
  • Misunderstandings that still hurt us
  • Unresolved conflicts that linger long after they’ve gone

We all know the shudda, cudda, wudda’s are pointless, but the what ifs and the if only’s are a normal part of our grieving process, and learning how to forgive others, and ourselves is an important part of our healing journey.

Forgive the flaws of our humanity, but never forget the lesson.

To honour the people we have lost, we learn how to live a fuller life with less regrets, and how to treat others with more love, compassion, and respect, but sometimes the person we loose along the way is ourselves.

I find myself in a familiar place –

Between who I once was … and who I am becoming

The relationship with my SELF is changing, and it doesn’t always feel so good if I’m honest. I’ve lost people I love, and I still love people I’ve lost. I kept my heart open – even when it was broken, I still believed in love – even when people hurt me. I’ve suffered the consequences of my choices, acknowledged the patterns, and learned lessons, but sometimes my heart feels a little heavy

  • Regardless of my spiritual beliefs, I still miss loved ones in spirit
  • Regardless of the hope I have, I still struggle to witness the shit show
  • Regardless of how much I’ve healed, I still have scars from what hurt me
  • Regardless of improving my relationship with me, I still yearn for another
  • Regardless of being the love, I still want to BE in love
  • Regardless of how much I’ve grown, I still want to grow old with someone

There is no shame in admitting the truth about how I feel

Most days I feel fully present in the moment, at peace with the choices I have made, content with the life I am living, and grateful for the blessings in my life, but some moments are a little harder than others. Those are the moments I either feel alone (or) I stay open to feel a deeper connection with life, but I usually feel a bit of both, and I still reach out for connection.

On my search for more, and my quest for deeper truth

I have learned …

We are here to BE present

Not perfect, not happier, not richer, not more successful, not right, not better … just open to FEEL the fullness of our life.

Learning how to walk my path with more purpose hasn’t been an easy road to travel, and it’s humbled me many times, but I just keep walking, learning, changing, and growing. The power of (3) has been a guide on my spiritual journey, and my understanding of the Triple Goddess continues to support me.

How does the Triple Goddess serve us during our seasons of loss?

The Mother – is our strength, holding the full weight of our emotional pain, and nurturing us with unconditional love during our heart breaks. She is our creative energy – nurturing our dreams, our healing, and our future self. Teaching us how to parent our inner child, so we can stand more confidently in our truth, and honour our boundaries without apology.

The Crone – has wisdom in her bones, and there’s magick to be found in her silence – because she has died and been reborn many times. She teaches us how to sit with the pain of loss, helping us to accept what IS, so we can release what is gone, and she slowly turns our deep sorrow into the wisdom in our bones.

The Maiden – is wild and curious, and she’s the part of us who believes in miracles. She is the spark of our spirit, and the fire of our becoming. She brings the promise of hope after a challenging transition, and rebirth. She is the renewal, the new beginning, and a fresh start after another cycle of loss, death and grieving.

We honour the Divine Feminine within us by acknowledging the sacredness of our womanhood.

Normalising the natural cycles of life and death, love and loss, embracing the natural ebbs and flow of grief, so we can ride the waves with a little less resistance. Trusting our intuition so we don’t betray and abandon ourselves in the name of love. Releasing the weight of our heavy burdens so we can let go.

Surrendering to the moment, so we can keep RISING again and again 🔥🐦‍🔥✨

NEW MOON in Cancer

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Every NEW MOON is another opportunity for an energetic RESET – but according to the star gazers, this month it’s occurring while Mercury is in Retrograde, so it’s not the time to set our intentions outwards.

Todays NEW MOON in Cancer (my rising sign) is an emotional reset, asking us about our emotional safety, sense of belonging, and what home means for us.

Although each person’s healing journey is unique, there’s a collective story playing out, and we’re all feeling the effects of a system failing us in some way, shape or form, but we need to trust the process of change. Each person’s story is part of the whole, and every one of us plays an important role.

I’ve been redefining my sense of home for many years now …

Home isn’t just a house, and a safe space to BE, it’s a feeling of being at home within our own body, and spirit. Like love, home is a state of being that deeply grounds our energy into the present moment, and that’s where we truly belong – because there is no where else to BE other than in the NOW.

I’ve read that so many times, so I know it, but today I feel it stronger than ever.

For me, this energy feels deeply nurturing, but if you are in your head more than your heart, then this energy may be stirring up some feelings for you.

Mother wounds? Childhood patterns? Emotional scars?

Whatever is arising from within you, or being reflected back to you, then acknowledge it’s presence because the experience is for you.

This is an invitation to re-parent ourselves, and nurture our inner child. To release the armour of our defences, and soften into our feelings, so we can experience deeper healing, and be more authentic in our interactions.

What does emotional safety mean to you?

For me, it means being true to myself, and being in the company of those who allow me to be an open expression of who I truly am. When I’m able to be vulnerable with others, then I feel truly heard, and deeply respected because I know my presence is valued. Feeling emotionally safe shifts me from the defensive reactions of my fear response, to an open and relaxed state of being.

Do you feel safe and nurtured on your current life path?

Yes, and I’m extremely grateful for that, but I am equally grateful for the experiences when I didn’t feel emotionally safe – because it taught me an important lesson I needed to learn. To never doubt my intuitive knowing, to honour my boundaries, and to unapologetically protect my own inner peace.

This planetary alignment is asking us …

What feeds, nourishes, and drains your energy?

It could be where the focus of your attention is flowing, the habits you are repeatedly engaging in, the relationships surrounding you, the content you are consuming and digesting, and the stories you keep telling yourself.

Whatever we are feeding will grow …

  • If we are feeding the fear of loss, then this will intensify within us
  • If we are feeding the peace, then this will radiate from within us
  • If we are feeding the fight of resistance, then we experience more conflict
  • If we are feeding the healing, then we create more meaning and purpose
  • If we are feeding our relationships, then the connections will deepen
  • If we are feeding our gifts, then they will develop and strengthen

What deserves your energy?

For me, it’s still about focusing on building and creating – because I believe more than ever that my stories matter, and that’s why I’m developing my writing skill, improving the relationship I have with my SELF, spending time with those who value my presence, and aligning my life with my soul’s calling.

Knowing that’s how I feel deeply fulfilled, experience more joy in my life, confront challenges with a growth mindset, actualize my full potential, attract my hearts desire, create new realities, and manifest the vision of my dreams.

According to star gazers the energetic shifts you may be feeling right now …

Need for Rest and Nesting: Feeling the urge to retreat into comfortable, safe environments to focus on self-care.

Heightened Sensitivity: Emotions aren’t just passing thoughts; they demand to be understood and expressed.

Nostalgia and Reconnection: Past memories, family history, and even old friends or exes may resurface.

Are your thoughts taking you back into the past?

  • To a feeling you’ve buried
  • To a home you once left
  • To a version of yourself you’ve outgrown
  • To something old that wants to be finished properly

Allow this alignment to reconnect and rebalance you, so you can move towards the next FULL MOON with more clarity and presence for the RELEASE, that will enable you to set deeper intentions during the next NEW MOON cycle.

Trust the process😵‍💫🌀✨

Is there purpose to feeling LOST?

We all feel lost sometimes, but we don’t always embrace it.

The brain is hardwired to avoid the unknown – because it needs to feel safe and secure, and that’s why not knowing doesn’t feel good, but if we are willing to lean into the discomfort with a little more curiosity, we can learn a lot during times of uncertainty … however, it will feel uncomfortable.

I’m wrapping up a 12 week online writing course, and I began writing a story this week. After writing my life story to make sense of some challenging experiences, I’m now narrowing the focus with more intention, to write about an experience from my life that reflects a significant inner shift.

The story begins in 2022 when I’ve hit another rocky bottom, and I’m taking the reader on a journey, concluding the story one year later.

Many things happen during that time, and I notice how narrating the past from my present perspective is a little different – because I’ve emotionally detached from the experience. Some things have become clearer, while other things have faded into the distance – because temporary stressors, that were once highly charged with energy are no longer fuelled with emotion, so I’m able to see overarching patterns, and my life lessons with more clarity.

Essentially, I’ve shifted focus from the subjective lens of my emotions, to the objective truth, and it’s been another challenging experience to learn and grow from. Ironically, during my university studies, I did the opposite. Shifting from the objective truth of psychological theory, to the subjective lived experience of social theory, to bridge the gap between what we know and how we feel.

Becoming conscious of those internal shifts have been a struggle 😵‍💫

“This transition often mirrors the philosophical concept of phenomenology, which studies the structures of consciousness as experienced from first-person point of view. In psychology, it’s moving from third-person observation to acknowledging how emotions actively shape our internal reality.”

Spiritual influencer, Teal Swan talks about how healing occurs in layers, and from personal experience, I agree, but the journey can often feel like we’re not actually learning anything. Sometimes it can feel like we need to do more healing because we find ourselves confronting the same lesson, but that’s not necessarily true – because there are points in our time-line when repeating a familiar pattern is right on purpose – because we are experiencing it from another perspective to understand another element.

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The deeper we go, the more elements to a pattern we will experience.

Trigger ⋙ Behaviour ⋙ Consequence

For me, its about intimate relationship, and how I’ve abandoned and betrayed my SELF in the name of love, but each experience has been another opportunity for more awareness, and it’s been constantly changing my state of mind, which then influences how I communicate, and relate with another.

Every time a significant relationship has ended, it’s taken time to find my way, and how lost I’ve felt has depended upon the connection I’ve shared, the experiences I’ve had, and the stories I’ve told myself, but I eventually find my way back to my SELF – because I’ve been consciously exploring my inner world for years, to understand what healing means for me …

Reflection ⋙ Reconnection ⋙ Rebalance ⋙ Realignment

That’s why I know that feeling lost is an essential part of our healing process.

It’s a RESET button, to reflect, and an intentional PAUSE before a rebirth.

When we acknowledge that something no longer fits or serves our highest good, we begin to break down of old meaning, so a more authentic SELF can emerge, and that’s how we come back into alignment.

As the NEW MOON in Cancer approaches (my rising sign), it’s a planetary emotional reset, and the energy feels gentle and more nurturing. Cancer is ruled by the Moon, and it’s asking us about our emotional safety, belonging, and home, but I’ll share more about that in the next blog.

If you feel lost right now, then trust the process 🌀

Waking up to a NEW morning routine …

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Yesterday, it was a fresh wintery morning, and the sun was shining …

Condensation was dripping from the windows because it was warm inside, and cold as fuck outside, and I absolutely LOVE it – because the change in season and sensory shifts makes me feel a deeper connection with Nature, and the cyclic rhythm and flow makes me appreciate the present moment more.

It was day (3) of my NEW morning routine, and it’s usually when we experience some resistance – because hardwired routines naturally protest, and our motivation for change begins to drop, but why do I feel even more motivated?

In brief … it’s because my brain remembers

In the past (several times actually) I’ve already had the experience of changing my morning routine, by eliminating coffee to reduce over stimulation of the nervous system. So, instead of building a new neural pathway, my brain has reactivated established networks from previous experiences.

Motivating me into action with less resistance

Making it easier to change my morning routine, and suggesting that creating healthier habits, cultivating a growth mindset, forming new neural pathways, and rewiring our brain has an impact on our experience (past, present, future)

Neuroscience calls is neuroplasticity

Wonderful things did happen yesterday …

Hugging my kids always brightens my day, and I felt motivated to take a walk after my visiting my daughter, so I went exploring. Walking amongst the trees on a new path makes me feel like I’m on an adventure, and I noticed how my thoughts were drifting towards my biggest adventure – the Camino de Santiago.

Reflecting upon what experience taught me about the way

As I was approaching the car, I noticed a love heart on the tree and decided to take a photo for my friend – because I knew it would uplift her spirit. As I got a little closer to take the photo, I noticed the wolf in the bark, and I felt a resonance – because it made me think of Sasha (a dog we had for 16 years).

My body responded with those familiar soulful goosebumps, that tells me I’m having a conversation with spirit, and it made me feel a deeper connection with those I love – regardless of where they are or if I am with or without them.

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We all see what we need to see, and for me this felt significant – and a connection to the pack became even stronger, when I returned home to find a hand written letter from my sister -“sending my big sis something so I can magically appear at your door,” her words touched my heart deeply, and a few hours later I heard the call of a King Parrot (always makes me think about my Mam because of the encounters I’ve had with him since she’s been in spirit). He was letting me know the bird feeder needed refilling, and I was blessed with the presence of royalty, feeding 2 Kings and 4 Queens their evening meal.

It really is a wonderful world ✌😍