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I teach meditation classes and mindfulness and breathwork techniques to empower you to positively transform your life.

04/12/2024

Today marks the 1 year Anniversary of me starting in my job. 🎉

About a month or so before I started I put it out to the Universe that I was looking for a part time job that was aligned with myself and my life right now. It had to be a job that I was able to work around the kids.
I had been a stay at home mum for 10 years.
So I was really looking for something relatively stress free. I like to be left to get on with my job, not have anyone standing over me. I wanted to be able to Do my job and Go home. Not take work with me.

It just so happened myself and my Now boss were in the same What's App group and he sent out a msg early on a Saturday morning last December looking for someone to work with him part time. I replied.
I dropped past his place that afternoon, shook his hand and his colleague interviewed me and she felt I was a good fit for the practice and I was hired That day. And started 2 days later.

What an Incredible year I have had working with my boss.
He is an Amazing healer. His official title is Holistic Chiropractor, but the amount of people that come out his room and tell me he is Not like your average Chiropractor, he is Much more.
He is Next Level when it comes to All things spiritual.
He cares So much about people and about helping people function at their best. He takes time to treat a Whole person- their mind, body and spirit.
I have learnt so much from him and also about myself.

I get the pleasure of meeting and chatting to beautiful like minded people everyday.
I Enjoy going to work.
I took this photo last Saturday. I woke up and was actually Excited to go to work.
It true it doesn't feel like work when you enjoy what you so.
I used to work in retail and while I did Like my job, I was Never overly Excited to go to work 🤣
I felt like this picture captures a nice lil sparkle in my eye.
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03/12/2024

I am absolutely Loving these 5 Principles of Reiki 😍
I shared them in class last night because I really feel they apply to everyone.
🙌

Beautiful guide for helping us Live more consciously and with lovely intention💖

09/10/2024

I am blessed in my daily job I get to meet such lovely people.
Sometimes you meet someone who leaves an extra special, lasting memory. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Aisling
We immediately hit it off. We just vibed and within minutes we were both sharing personal details.
We were talking about the topic of Victim mentality and boy did this get the conversation going.
Aisling is an author of the above book "I am Someone".
She started to tell me about her abusive Mother.

I really felt like there was no coincidence I was hearing this just 2 days before I facilitated a Mothers Support Circle.

I immediately got a copy of Aisling's book and began reading. It's a well written autobiographical account of her extremely difficult upbringing. It's Not for the faint hearted. 😳 It's a jaw dropping read. I highly recommend it. I'm at chapter 12 and can't put it down

Some parts are like something from a horror or thriller film, then I am reminded that This is actually a real life recollection and this awful stuff actually happened to someone. It happened to Aisling, and lots of others like Aisling. Some of the events are unfathomable.
There are a few times while reading that I have closed my eyes and held my breath, and thought No surely not.
How could anyone let alone a Mother, do that to her child. 😥

For me, reading this book has really hit home how lucky I was growing up and how safe and loved I felt.
And how Important it is that MY children feel safe and loved. As parent I feel like there are some things we are responsible for providing our children with. There is No such thing as a 'Perfect Parent' but by God it's important to atleast try our Best.

Reading Aisling's story really highlights how people with such traumatic childhoods really can learn to live their lives in a constant state or trauma response of fight/flight/freeze/fawn.

Upon reflection I think the part of me that Magically ✨️
drew me to Aisling was that she was in NO way a Victim. She was a strong, resilient, articulate, passionate, warrior/survivor.
It was a pleasure crossing paths 🤗 Thank you for sharing ur story. You are Someone Aisling- Someone Special 😘🤩

05/10/2024

A Special Thank you to All the Mothers who joined the Mothers Support Circle last night. ❤️
It's so beautiful to see women (and last night Mother's) coming together and sharing and supporting one another. 😍

There was a lovely sense of comeraderie.
Sitting in circle with fellow mothers who had similar experiences or could relate in one way or another, i find this always makes you feel Less alone on your journey 🥰

I particularly loved watching the women so warmly welcome a new attendee. I felt Extra proud to share circle with such kind, caring, compassionate women/ Mothers last night.

We took a moment of reflection with some introspective questions to answer and I really enjoyed this part. Both taking time to reflect myself, but also listening to some of the other mothers deep, heartfelt reflections.

Thanks ladies 😘

21/09/2024

Have you ever been saved by someone or something?

This morning I was walking to work listening to Sia's 'Saved my life' song. I had never heard it before.

I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia.
Adelaide is known as the city of churches, which I always thought was amusing as No one I knew actually went to church 🤷‍♀️

I didn't grow up religious. So moving to Ireland when I was 20, was eye opening to say the least.
It soon became very clear How religion played a Huge role in Irish culture.

When I was 17 my friend asked me to go to church on a Friday night. She had asked me a few times. I always said no.
However, this particular day she said there is going to be a band there.
BAND!!!!! With music???? I was sold on the idea.

I went along. The music was really good.
Later in the evening the pastor gave a moving speech.
He basically said if you are feeling alone right now.
You are not alone. God is here for you.
I didn't really Know or have a relationship with God at that time.
But what i did know was how incredibly alone I felt.
My mum and dad had not been speaking to each other for months, they had been sleeping in separate rooms. You could cut the tension with a knife. Our family had basically fallen apart and it was lonely. Incredibly lonely.
I felt like i couldn't tell anyone what was going on at home. I was ashamed of my now broken family.

So... that evening I had an incredible glimpse of hope.
A strong feeling of faith. I felt loved. I felt Alot less alone.
Not only did I feel welcome by God, by also by a beautiful, lovely bunch of people (strangers).

That night I was saved!!!!
I became a born again Christian.

I spent time on Tuesday nights at Cell- Bible study.
I went to Youth church on Saturday nights.
I spent time with welcoming, kind, good hearted, well intentioned, non judgemental Christians.

My mum found my bible with a lovely handwritten inscription and thought I was in a cult 🤣

I do sometimes think If I had not have found and been introduced to God that night my life could have taken a different direction. During that difficult time i could have turned to drugs or alcohol. But I didn't.
I was in the right place @ the right time

19/09/2024

My Upcoming Womens Circle i am facilitating is going to be for Mothers.
A nurturing space where mothers can unite and share their own experience, struggles and triumphs.

A place where emotions can be freely expressed in a non judgemental environment.

There will be a chance for everyone to have an *optional* share. Giving everyone the opportunity to feel seen and heard, along with holding space for others.

Each mother will bring their own individual unique experiences and insights to the circle, creating a collective wisdom.

This will be a platform for forging new connections and the chance to grow meaningful relationships with other fellow mums.

The evening will include some time for self reflection and relaxation.

If you are a Mother wanting to join us. You will be very welcome.
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19/09/2024

For the past week i have noticed that sitting in my daily meditations has felt a little more challenging than usual

I know Not every single meditation is going to be super, mega relaxing like floating on a fluffy cloud ☁️ 😶‍🌫️ 😌
But for the most part, it normally feels a little easier for me to sit (and even enjoy) my meditations.

So i was accessing this morning reasons why I may be finding it more difficult to meditate:

1. I am not Pre- preparing myself to enter into meditation as much as I normally would. Ie. Via breathwork, chanting etc. Like a pre meditation warm up

2. My meditation space right now isn't as tidy or as inviting as I would like. A clutter free space could definitely be more beneficial

3. I have been feeling a Strong call to be More IN nature.
So today, I took myself (and the dog) 🐕 across to the park to meditate.
🧘‍♀️

And it could very well be None of the above 😛
Who knows!!!!
But what I do know is How important it is to Still continue to Show up for myself and to sit (even in that discomfort).

24/08/2024

What a day!!!!!

What an honour and blessing 🙏 it was to be invited to work at today's Ray Behan Meditation and Mindset event in the Hilton hotel.

Last year I went along as a participant and I seen the staff all walking down the corridor and I remember thinking- This would be a Cool job
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Cut to last week. I never actually booked a ticket to go because I was due to work today.
But then I got an email asking me would I be interested in working at the event 😲🫢😜

WOW
Ummmm YES

Thanks Universe
Thanks Ray 😍
Thanks to my boss for giving me the day off too 😃

To be in a room Full of people All interested in Meditation is just Sublime 👌 🧘‍♀️ ✨️ 😌 as well as yet again learning from Ray- the man with the broken brain 🧠 who is Amazing and really Knows his stuff.

19/07/2024

It's Coachingggggggg Day!!!!!
And I 'should be' nervous as I Unleash my new Feminine Freedom coaching method but I am SO excited to share this powerful technique and see how our 1st session unfolds.

I myself, have been truly blown away by this technique.
I really feel it is unlike anything I have been trained in before. This is in a League of it's own.

I've discovered, cleared and released many of my own limiting beliefs (alot I didn't even know I had).
It feels truly Amazing and empowering to be able to do this work.
When I started I found it hard to believe everyone is just walking around, carrying a lifetime of baggage and that this method is fast and effective at getting IN, working it's absolute Magic and getting out. And your done ✔️
It was Mind blowing 🤯 both watching it and experiencing it

When I was working as a Hypnotherapist I worked with clients going back and remembering memories some of which were suppressed. It was all work done in the mind (fascinating and powerful in its own way), but Feminine Freedom Coaching is different, we do Not go into the mind at all, we go INTO the body.
And it's true what they say the body Does keep score.

A huge eye opener for me has been simply witnessing so many others in my training go back in their past and revisit moments and memories that have caused an issue/limiting belief that they have carried around all their lives (knowingly or mostly Unknowingly) and that those beliefs that were created to many years ago are still having a knock on effect and still effecting them today.
Our body remembers everythingggggggggg
That's where this is transformative as we go into the body and change things.

And the body!!!!! 😲 That's a Whole other post.

The Feminine Freedom Coaching method is a somatic approach to healing. It helps teach women How to feel Safe in their body, instead of numbing out. It helps women let go of patriarchal conditioning and to access freedom.

Drop me a message if you are interested in diving deep with me and transforming your limited beliefs and positively changing your life.

05/07/2024

I love it when people catch me by surprise 😮
Here's something simple you can do to acknowledge another person.
Ask them "what's your name?"

Simple isn't it????

I'm in work and a guy stopped to ask me My Name and shook then my hand 🙂
He didn't have to stop and take the time, but he did.
And it made me feel seen and respected 🙌
It's Those small things that can make a person's day.

We need to remember to put the phones down, take our heads out of...... where ever they are 😛 and communicate with each other more.

And even yesterday a lovely, super friendly guy i had met before. He asked me my name too, I had told him before and he forgot (which is totally fine), I'm the worst for remembering names.
And he remembered I was going on holidays last month and he sat and asked me alllllll about my holidays. He was enthusiastic, asked me loads of questions and I could tell he was just a genuinely, kind, sincere person.
I went home and told my family I met a lovely man today 😍 who asked me all about our holiday.

How can YOU positively affect someone else's day Today?

Can you smile at someone? 😀
Can you tell someone you hope they have a good weekend?
Can you say Thank you to someone offering you a service?
Can you converse with someone you wouldn't normally talk to?

25/06/2024

I'm just off a coaching call and a friend asked me what self care am I going to do now.
To which I replied "I am going to open a box of chocolates another friend gifted me today, along with these gorgeous sunflowers" 😍 💖 🙏
I had just checked my email and received a beautiful Thank you message from a student. I felt these chocolates were well deserved now.

I then realized since yesterday, there has been Alot of love (and joy) abundant in my life, which i share here for Good reason because just Yesterday we kicked off our
Round 3 of our new Joyful Loving Intentions group.
After pausing it for the last 3 weeks.
😲
Coincidence?
I think Not 🤔

What you give out, You get back. 🤗

We want to share our love ❤️ with whoever we feel and can benefit from it.
We are working on this. It's a process. We are all growing

I am feeling grateful 🙏
And I am reminded of this beautiful creation and I am excited to once again experience first hand the lovely magic that can present itself 😍✨️

In our group it is vital we maintain our own daily individual Self Love Practice and feel at capacity to then share externally.

Round 1: We sent love to our weekly nominated person

Round 2: We sent love to our weekly nominated person and Their chosen loving intentions Nominee

Round 3: We are Inviting in Joy to our lives 🥳 🎉
We are mindfully being conscious of joy experiences
As we continue with both round 1 and round 2 nominees we also Now this Round are speading our live further and are sending love to Additonal various collective groups (each new week).
* Trigger warning* Ie. Vrious groups including: Parents grieving the loss of a child, people currently affected by war, the sick, vulnerable and elderly, the homeless etc.

The power of our intention is the Most Important
🙌 ✨️ ❤️
As a group of 9 our own practice may not be perfect. And thats Ok. It is perfectly imperfect, but we approach this group and this journey and project with our Joyful Loving hearts

22/06/2024

It's been a Busy week
Anyone who knows me knows I ❤️ to celebrate Birthdays 🎂
My motto is 'You only get 1 Special Day (per year)'
With my daughter turning 10
I worked hard this week
It felt like non stop going and going
I wanted to make her Birthday Extra special,
Which entailed hosting a Spa Pamper Party at home for 9 young girls
I kept my head down and stayed focused
And my hard work paid off 🙌 the party was a success 🥰
I am glad my work week is now over and I can enjoy the weekend with my family👨‍👩‍👦‍👦
Lots of nice things planned
Today I am celebrating Myself and giving back to myself

13/06/2024

7 days OFF from normality
Time Off from the normal everyday routine
🥰

I was impressed just how well I was able to Completely Switch off. I needed it. It almost felt like I flipped a switch on myself and turned to 'OFF Mode'
I have been on holidays before and still been quite switched On and thinking about work and planning etc. I didn't let myself Think about anything. 😜

Upon reflection, it was that i was living very IN the Present moment. Along with an unbelievably Beautiful balance of Doing and Being- Of Masculine and Feminine
And it felt GREAT 👍 😍 Something I could definitely work harder at Tapping into more of: that sublime equal, balanced state. Or maybe working Less at it 🤷‍♀️😛

This holiday was a great way to recharge and reset
While it was Not a relaxing holiday
What it was, was playful.
I needed some fun 😁
I needed to laugh
I needed to play
I needed to have a good time
I needed a change of scenery
I needed connection
I needed to meet new people
I needed a break from cooking and cleaning
I needed a lil break from the same ol, same ol
I got All this and more

Thank you Netherlands 🇳🇱
And Thank you to my family for sharing this Fabulous family holiday with me. 😘
We will forever have these memories.
I read a lovely quote yesterday about it being More important to fill your life with lots of Memories, than lots of materialistic "stuff".
This is SO true.

I actually typed this ⬆️ up on the plane 🛩 yesterday and saved it.
Then when I got into bed last night and opened my emails. There was an email with the title
'Do you find it difficult to switch off on holidays?"
🤪
🤣
This made me laugh. What r the odds?
I love synchronicities.
Prior to This holiday. Yes, I Did find it difficult to switch off.

Stay Tuned for my next post: about what I hope and aim to achieve and my intention for my next holiday. ✨️ 😉

01/06/2024

Sometimes it's Important to remember Why you Do the things you do.

I was reflecting recently on Why I set up Women's Circles.
It was for Connection.
After covid I felt like I, Myself was missing that connection with other women.
I was blessed in previous years to be surrounded by strong, powerful women. Mainly other mothers. So I missed that.

I feel both proud and honoured that i have been able to bring women together to connect. But also to connect on a deeper level.

At my most recent cacao ceremony it crossed my mind that perhaps the group may have come across as "Clicky", because at this point they are regulars and know each other so well.
Don't get me wrong the ladies are ALL So Welcoming, but then I realized how Amazing it is that None of those women actually Knew each 2 years ago.
Since meeting they have come to form these special bonds and friendships from meeting at a Women's Circle.
That is SO Beautiful
That is Connection
That is Why I Do what I do

I also let my Monday night meditation class know I am Going to be away for holidays so there won't be any class next week and I was Thrilled to hear the women organising to meet up for coffee on Monday night. It just made me 😃

To come as strangers but to leave as friends 😍

31/05/2024

I had the pleasure of meeting with my Loving intentions group this evening.
As we transition into Phase 2 (of my Grand Master plan), which is intentionally living and enjoying, experiencing and mindfully noticing the JOY in our lives.

It made me laugh as I was packing for tonight that I couldnt find my 'Y' letter.
And I just surrendered. I stopped putting pressure on myself to find it and instead I accept the Perfectly Imperfect letters and i was Highly amused when I realized while I May not have had specifically had JOY, I did have JO.
Who is 1 of our Loving Intentions members. My sweet Aunty Jo from Oz. 🥰

And a Bjg Thank you to our new In house resident Zumba teacher Kat who bought us All lots of joy (and sweat tonight) as we shook our groove thing, busted a move and unleashed our inner warrior women.
💃 🕺 😍 🙏

18/05/2024

Thank you to the ladies who joined me last night for the Remembrance Cacao Ceremony.

A special thank you to those who this was their 1st ceremony.
Thank you for fully embracing the experience.

This one took me a while to process and I wasn't even the one journeying. It is always magical to hear about people's journeys with Mama Cacao.
There is something beautiful about listening to and witnessing someone's experience.

Sometimes they are gentle, sometimes wild, deep, insightful. Last night was a whole mixture of past, present and surprisingly lots of future

I am grateful 🙏 to have shared this ceremony with you all

06/05/2024

Rituals!!!!!
It's funny when you do something regularly and then you stop or you dont do it As often. How much you can miss it.

Since I returned back to work part time. I miss that extra time I would have for myself where I would just stop and sit and connect in. My time.
This became a beautiful ritual.
Sometimes with cacao, sometimes with cards, sometimes nice music, sometimes I would receive guidance and sometimes I wouldn't. Almost always with a candle🕯😌

It wasn't me meditating. It wasn't me in my nightly bath 🛀, it wasn't me out walking in nature.
It was simply just me sitting by myself.
Able to hear my own thoughts, my own intuition.
And with No actual agenda.
Pure BLISS 🥰
I will make it more of a Priority to incorporate this back into My days.

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Last year the kids helped Granny get rid of all her leaves. This year a formal contract and discussions were conducted about the rate of pay. Everyone is happy with the terms and conditions. Round 1 leaf collection completely today Round 2 on Saturday. They are delighted with their little job and were Not impressed when we arrived to see their daddy had already bagged up some leaves without them 🤣 More bags = more money 💰 #teachemyoung #putkidstowork #childrenearningtheirkeep #wellearnedmoney

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And..... That's a Wrap on Summer Holidays ☀️ 2024. Twas the night before schooooool 😛 These holidays were SO different for me. It was my 1st Summer holidays working since the kids were in Preschool/ school. I'm proud of all of us for really making it work for our family It has always been really important for me during the summer (in particular) to make sure the whole families collective And individual needs are being met. I did my very Best to ensure this year was No different. A week or 2 ago I was reflecting on these Summer holidays and I noticed somehow 🤷‍♀️ Even though I was working throughout these holidays I really managed to Predominantly feel like I was actually in a state of Being Rather than Doing. I wasn't on Social media (posting or scrolling) as much as usual. I felt Alot more present, Alot more peaceful. This undoubtably I believe then has a ripple effect of those around me. 🌊 With my spiritual work aside from my Monday night meditation classes, my Women's Circle and a few Rahanni clients. I had the opportunity to Not take on Too much other work. I was pretty much Switched OFF from my creative flow (well mostly off). But..... As we move back into our regular routine. Already I am feeling it 😌 and I AM Excited 😊 🤗 🤪 😃 For what is to come. This summer changed me for sure, in all the most Amazing ways so I am Beyond excited to BE and to share Me as I AM Now 😉 There has been something working away with very lil help from me that I will be sharing soon. 😍

I treated myself today to a Himalayan singing bowl. I fell in love with the Peter Hess bowls at my sound healing training, so that was what I decided to go for. I look forward to working with this little thing of beauty. #soundhealing #soundhealingtherapy #fortheloveofmusic #peterhess #singingbowls #soundmindsoundbody

Summer Holiday adventure today. I was off work so we made the most of the day together. I felt really present and we had a Fab day together. I got a message asking me where I was? To which I replied At the beach and going for ice cream with my kids 😋 why?? I had Totally double booked myself 😑😳 Ooooops What happened next was Super interesting for about 2 to 5 mins I felt guilty for missing an important call 😔 But then, I was like 'Ok, well I cannot Be on this call right now' 🤷‍♀️ so I let go of the guilt and stopped beating myself up and I carried about my day, enjoy myself and enjoying spending time with my kids. I also apologised 🫣 When things dont go to plan? If you let someone/ some people down- how do you react? How do you feel? Do you hold onto that guilt for a prolonged period? Do you beat yourself up? How is that helping anyone? How is that affecting you then? We CAN Let Go of what is Not serving us. Today I chose to Let Go of feeling guilty. It was an honest mistake. I didn't purposely miss my call. It just unfortunately happened. How I chose to react to it was: I Paused and Consciously responded, rather than Unconsciously reacting.

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