self compassionate
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Over the last 15 months I have been keeping an ‘affirmation’ journal, in which each day, and each day with only 1 day missed in this time I have written positive affirmations to myself, maybe they’re from the universe, from God, from angels, from my heart to myself… it doesn’t matter, they have all been…
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Learn to love and appreciate your past. Fully embrace it, thank it for teaching you, and let go of any judgement that there was something wrong with it. Your past is uniquely yours. It happened. It’s sacred. It’s beautiful. Nobody else had it, and nobody else ever will. Embrace your past, hug it, kiss it,…
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Ah yes, you say not another end of the year review blogs, segments or pieces. I’ve wondered for a while what I might write that’s appropriate for the ‘end of 2022’ as a review piece. I think I’ve read over 30 books this year, nearly all with some kind of self-help / journey / learning…
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Hey you Why not take some time for yourself today? If you can Where you can Prioritise that voice in you that fights for space to ‘just be’ So let it be Gently find that moment, to be you Sing in the car, breathe, look at the sky Look up at the vast, look down…
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Storms are a matter of perspective So is the rain In terrential rain my plane took off from Newcastle airport on Saturday morning, the rain streaming down the windows as it taxied along the tarmac As it took off, yes there was a tiny bit of extra turbulance through the low lying cloud The cloud…
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I have been amazed by the universe treasure moments that seem to arrive to me, chance encounters, free gifts in shops, writing in books that match what I’d been talking about the day before (no algorithms there) This was one yesterday. I’d bought this John o Donohue book in a charity shop about six weeks…
James Ballantyne 