Category Archives: Wholeness

Women Are Medicine

I am returning from a journey. A journey into the mystery and magic of life. I travelled with 25 women (and two children) who all long for a life that is more connected to Mother Earth, to Soul, to the Feminine. Four of us had called the gathering. Our sense was that our gathering wouldContinue reading “Women Are Medicine”

How we Gather

I am in the middle of what seems like a new learning. A deepening of what I have already known, to the extent that it feels like an entirely new discovery. This is my re-discovery: How we gather affects our outcomes. How well prepared. How clear on intention. How open or closed. How speedy orContinue reading “How we Gather”

What would our souls want us to do?

I am reading a National Geographic Article about the Ecuadorian Yasuni rainforest– home to one of the highest number of species and greatest bio-diversity in the world – And also, sadly, enormous oil reserves. The government, realizing the global treasure of the rainforest, has asked the world at large for 3.6 billion USD for itContinue reading “What would our souls want us to do?”

Reflections on our participation in a world gone wrong

I woke up this morning with an aching heart. The reality of our challenge piercing through the veil of our modern lives. We spent yesterday at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. An incredible place, where we were brought into the under water world. It was a wonderful experience. We spent all afternoon asContinue reading “Reflections on our participation in a world gone wrong”

Tending to Myself

Or:  Putting Relationships in their Rightful Place This piece is inspired by a reading I did in 2011 with Angela Deutschmann, and the journey that has followed since.   I just came back from a wonderful week in Europe, attending and co-facilitating the ALIA Europe Leadership Programme. If I am to be honest, as IContinue reading “Tending to Myself”

A vision of living wholeness

When I was younger I had a strong vision of a world in which we are all different but equal. In which the vibrancy, spirit and deep wisdom of the South could live alongside, informing and grounding the intellectual and action oriented leadership from the North. I dreamed in particular of helping people re-connect withContinue reading “A vision of living wholeness”