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25/10/2026

Breaking Free of The Old
Attachments to people, habits, foods and patterns that no longer serve.

On a very windswept Sunday, I am feeling the call of this beautiful bright moon.
She is beckoning us to look deeper, feel deeper and let go at ever deeper levels.

To what or to whom are we still clinging onto? Relationships, security and even the body?

Where are we sacrificing more inner freedom for a potentially illusory sense of safety?
And how willing are we to step out from the wetsuit of old?

It is very often at these doorways of change that addictive patterning rears its familiar head.

But perhaps this time we can shift the perspective and look towards these patterns with curiosity and compassion.

Our relationship with food is a beautiful mirror, a teacher, if we are willing to participate.

What might our unique patterns be trying to communicate? Because once upon a time they served a purpose. A way of coping and surviving when life felt too much.

And then they simply over stayed their welcome.

But only we can choose to renegotiate the terms with these all too familiar houseguests.

And this full moon in Ta**us, the October Hunters Moon, is asking us to look.

What do you and I and all of us need to see and feel and acknowledge and release and let go.

We walk our own paths but we are in this together. Woven and interconnected by the beautiful mycelium of life.

And when the world and the moon feel wild, there is somehow a simple beauty in bringing it back to the simplicity of food.

What might your interactions with food be gently pointing you towards, and can you see them with the light of grace ✨

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November Women’s Alchemy Retreat
Later in November, Im co-hosting the Women’s Alchemy Retreat with , where I’ll be nourishing bodies and souls through beautiful food and facilitating a Long Table experience.

This an opportunity for deep alchemy and the letting go of old ways through ritual, food and art.

Letting go to become.

And we would love to have you there. If something in here calls to you, simply reach out for more details ❤️

‘Women turn to food when they are not hungry because they are hungry for something deeper. They are hungry for a connect...
20/10/2026

‘Women turn to food when they are not hungry because they are hungry for something deeper. They are hungry for a connection to something they cannot yet name, something deeply sacred and profound’.

Geneen Roth, Women, Food and God

When I first read this quote some years ago, it touched me deeply, as I immediately recognised myself in these words, and so many of the women I have worked with over the years.

A hunger that cannot be filled.
A bottomless pit never fully satisfied, only temporarily relieved.
This is the hunger of disconnection.
From ourselves, our bodies, and from life.

And the search for something we don’t even know we’re searching for can wander on for a very long time.

Creating misery and confusion in its wake.

And a relationship with food and our bodies that becomes distorted and disconnected.

Until we’re ready to turn towards it.
To face the void inside that longs to be acknowledged, listened to and loved.

And when we finally find ourselves there, staring into the bottomless pit,
With a willingness just to be with what is,
A new kind of fulfilment unfolds.
A nourishment from deep within,
And a desire for life you never even knew was there.

❤️







Photo by Em Wilkinson

Sharing the joy with those we love ❤️ Almost exactly eight years ago in April 2018, I met this beautiful woman, a powerf...
16/10/2026

Sharing the joy with those we love ❤️

Almost exactly eight years ago in April 2018, I met this beautiful woman, a powerful healer and medicine woman on the island of Gozo. Having packed up my life in London, I landed on Gozo to begin a new job, and life!

Within days of landing, seeking some solace for my soul, I was led to Jackie, who would unknowingly become a profound mentor and teacher in the months and years ahead ❤️

On our first and only meeting in person, I had a healing session with Jackie, a soul retrieval, and in that session she told me, ‘the one within you who loves to dance is making her way back home’.

And oh how right she was! 💃
In these last years, dance has been such a profound medicine, and a potent journey of reuniting with my inner dancer and all the joy she brings.

When I left Gozo at the end of that same year, I made my way to Peru where I spent one month in the jungle working with some powerful plant teachers and a beautiful elder and shaman. From there, I landed in Bath not quite knowing my next steps. But they were somehow chosen for me. I fell apart in a way I had never experienced. The plants had literally broken me down and cracked me open.

I share this because it seems we are at the end of a very significant eight year cycle, and this week, I had the honour of hosting Jackie in my home, our first in person meeting since that first meeting and healing session in Gozo.

Who knows the significance of our meeting at this time, but it feels potent. Change on the horizon and new doorways opening ✨

On the morning she left, we shared cacao together, blowing our prayers into rich chocolatey heaven 💖 and I made us a beautiful breakfast of bircher porridge, with h**p and coconut, raw honey, and autumn fruits.

It is my deepest joy to share food and ceremony in this way. Be it for one person or many, to be the host, create the space, prepare the food, and allow the gift of connection to unfold in unknown and magical ways 🙏




07/10/2026

BEING with beauty and sunshine and radiance,
and all the little gifts life has to offer when we slow down just enough to notice ☀️

04/10/2026

The art of nourishing through food

To nourish and be nourished is to give
And to receive,
The very essence of life herself ✨

To nourish is to strengthen, sustain and cultivate,
To feed your body the right nutrients,
Your mind the right stimulus,
Your heart the right connections,
And your soul the right listening 🌷

Within this web of nourishment,
Food plays a special role.
It is a mirror, and a doorway to the deeper layers of our being.
The way in which we interact with food is a reflection of who we are being,
How we are living,
And how we are relating, both internally and externally.
Our relationship with food shows us where we feel nourished or depleted,
Present or distracted,
Tense or relaxed,
And over and over again, multiple times a day,
it offers us a space to practice coming into ever deeper connection with ourselves, with others, and with life ✨

The art of nourishing through food is the art of deep LISTENING.
Listening to the wisdom of the body that was always already there.
Buried in the fabric of your being.

You know how to nourish,
You know what you need.
But somehow you have forgotten.

Well, dear sister,
And dear brother,
Let me tell you,
Now, it is time to remember.

28/09/2026

Food & Freedom

Someone asked me recently, how do you see the connection between food and inner freedom? A question I love to answer because for me they are so intricately linked.

How?
Firstly because the food we eat affects our whole health and wellbeing, and the way that we feel.

And secondly because our relationship with food is such a powerful mirror. It helps us to see what’s really going on within and around us. That seeing is awareness and the first step to creating a deeper sense of inner freedom.

But it’s only when that awareness translates into making aligned choices (action) that a greater sense of inner freedom can come.

In other words, more freedom on the inside doesn’t come from just being able to see the patterns. It comes from seeing the patterns AND making choices that are aligned with who we want to be and how we want to live 🔥

In my experience, the more willing we are to look and listen to what our relationship with food is showing us, the less unconsciously we are driven by habit patterns.

Instead we find our way back to something that feels more alive, more nourishing and more connected.

And in this way, food is a pathway to an ever expanding sense of inner freedom, and it is a doorway home ✨


There is nothing to fear, said the tree Four days in silence. Sitting, listening, reconnecting, being. And in that silen...
23/09/2026

There is nothing to fear, said the tree

Four days in silence. Sitting, listening, reconnecting, being. And in that silence, the sycamore tree spoke.

This beautiful being, vast and tall. This being of strength with its branches spread wide to the sky, and its roots twisted and gnarled to the earth.

As I looked at it and it looked at me, through its silent word, it spoke. There is nothing to fear.

I allowed the words to move through me. To land in whatever constellation was necessary for the deeper truth to be revealed.

With the equinox portal upon us, we are called to walk through the door. Individually and collectively. Each of us facing our own next step, and all of us facing a step together.

Our journey may feel lonely at times but we are never alone. There may be great challenges to overcome, great fears to face, but always we are connected by the invisible threads that bind us.

As I looked at the tree and it looked at me, new waves of courage spread through my heart. A silent gift received.

Happy Equinox human family and beyond 💫

Photo by Em Wilkinson ❤️

A Reflection on love & grief ❤️There are moments in life when the heart is exploding with love and joy, And there are mo...
15/09/2026

A Reflection on love & grief ❤️

There are moments in life when the heart is exploding with love and joy,
And there are moments when the heart feels broken with grief.
Love and grief, opposite sides of the same coin.
On one side is the joy and love of holding something precious,
On the other side, the pain of its absence, loss or ending.

This transition from summer to autumn, from the element of Fire (summer) to Earth (late summer) to Metal (autumn) can be a challenging time for some and a glorious time for others 🍂

For me it brings a kind grief that seems to move from within my bones, old and deep.
And yet, with that grief, there is too the knowing of love ❤️

A love so beautiful, so tender, so familiar, that the ache and longing of grief become somehow more bearable.

Night and Day
Sun and Moon
White and Black
Love and Grief

Two sides of the same coin 🪙
The opposing forces of yin and yang.

But to feel fully the love and feel fully the grief is to experience the fullness life.
To dance her dance with a lightness of being and a wisdom that already knows to follow her flow 💫



12/09/2026

The Long Table of Belonging ✨

I’ve always loved being the host.
Gathering people together around food, be it in my home or elsewhere.
Creating the menu, curating the meal, the space, the occasion and the feeling of connection and joy that I want people to walk away with.

From this passion and desire for deeper, richer and more meaningful connection, The Long Table of Belonging was born.

Part feast, part gathering, and part sensory adventure, The Long Table is an intimate feast and guided journey through the senses.

An invitation to step out of the everyday into something deeply magical 💫

The Long Table weaves together unctuous food, inspired by the seasons and the wisdom of the Five Elements, along with sensory exploration, conversation, music, connection and play.

Designed for intimate gatherings, The Long Table can come to life in beautiful venues, private homes or out in the wild, each one unique to the setting, the season, and the people, with opportunities to collaborate with brilliant chefs to bring the feast to life.

Im excited to say that The Long Table of Belonging is now making its way into the world 💫




Dismantling the old. Women Rise ✨Women, there is something very old dismantling itself through us and around us. An old ...
04/08/2026

Dismantling the old. Women Rise ✨

Women, there is something very old dismantling itself through us and around us.
An old way of being with the masculine that can no longer hold.
Where we have sought safety and security at the expense of the heart, can no longer stand.
Where we have sacrificed our needs, over and over again, can no longer be.
Where we have lived in fear of masculine power, and our own, must end.

It is both personal and collective.
We each have a story, and yet it is bigger than us.

Women, it is time to rise.
Not with anger in our hearts but with a fierce love that can but heal.
It is time to listen.
To drop deep into our wombs of wisdom and to move from that space.
From the place within us that already knows.

Healing is here.
Men and women, heart to heart, in a way we did once know but could not remember.
The remembering is here.
Listen to its whispers and prepare to be moved.

Old paradigms falling away, but still we must choose.
Not from fear or sacrifice, but from great courage.

It is time.
For a new way.
And that way is LOVE ❤️

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