Replenish, Restore & Reflect.

The ritual of journaling has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, the thrill of the little pink diary with a padlock on at 10 years old to graduating to pretty notepads and then the more intuitive practice of “morning pages’ when I discovered ‘The Artists Way’ by Julia Cameron in my late teens. At every stage of my life the solace of the blank page to pour out my innermost thoughts and feelings and sometimes just to write Why? or a simple humble Thank You…the act of writing has always had a certain magical quality to it. I fondly share with you the ‘Three things that made me smile’ a practice which also became my son’s goodnight prayer, alongside reminding ourselves that anything that made us sad, we could pop into a cloud and watch float away before drifting of to sleep. This naturally has evolved into a nightly gratitude practice, the grace that arises when I recognise that the small acts of appreciation are a salve that replenish and restore me daily.