Author Archives: ArleneFL

It’s Winter Solstice today and, drum roll please…..day 50 of writing these daily posts. Yay! I did it!⭐️ Winter Solstice marks a key transition point in the seasonal calendar: a time to pause between the two halves of the year. When you look back at your journey since Summer Solstice, What have you experienced?  WhatContinue reading “Pause”

Right now I’m dealing with changes to Christmas plans….and I do not like it one little bit!😡 Perhaps you can relate?!! I’m noticing a pull to still make a booked trip happen: checking the latest COVID guidance and plotting routes; feeling reactive when others suggest leaving it for now. I do not want to surrender!Continue reading “Surrendering”

The next two weeks are going to be different than how this time of year usually looks.  It’s easy to feel at the behest of current guidelines or lack of things to do. Cue Viktor Frankl! The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’sContinue reading “Choosing your Christmas”

It’s easy, and understandable, to just want want this year to be over, to cross everything and hope that next year will be different.😳🤞 In so doing, might you be missing the opportunity to acknowledge and feel good about yourself? Also, to let go of ways of habits that no longer serve you? What weContinue reading “Completing the year powerfully”

My theme for the week is, A Strong Finish. The intention behind this is taking action on stuff that really matters.💪 At the same time, allowing myself to be curious and surprised by how it unfolds.🤷🏻‍♀️ A balance between action and receptivity. There’s a quote on my husband’s noticeboard, We cannot direct the wind  butContinue reading “Nearly there…”

A simple question for today, What would it look like to be kind to yourself? Remember, you are enough and the wheel of the year will keep on turning. Let’s take a breath and flourish together, Arlene x

I woke up this morning and felt different. My energy has shifted down a gear. Out on the estuary, the deep bronze colour I’d been marvelling at the last few weeks has faded. The light is weaker. It looks colder. I know that yesterday was a new moon. Could that have something to do withContinue reading “Rest and Rejuvenate”

One week until Winter Solstice which for me heralds the start of the seasonal pause. Maybe your attention is all on festive preparations? Or maybe you have something else which matters and you want to honour that? Whatever your focus, here are 5 questions to help you make the most of your week. What’s oneContinue reading “Making the most of your week”

I grew up in Northern Ireland in the 70’s in a mainly Protestant town where Sunday, the day of rest, was strictly observed. Everything (and I mean everything!) was closed. Think Footloose with Ian Paisley playing the minister!🕺🏻😳 As happens, my journey to uncover, and get comfortable with, my own spirituality took a while. IContinue reading “Rest Time”

This is the weekend when husband and I historically have a pre-Christmas mini-break. Past highlights have included Cologne Christmas market. More recently it’s meant leisurely Christmas shopping with a nice lunch, while mother-in-law has special time with little one. This year’s version? We have two hours in the middle of today, just the two ofContinue reading “This year’s mini-mini-break”