PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE LAUNCH OF MY NEW BOOK
Gathering Wisdom from the Edges of Uncertainty
on Tuesday September 16 at 7pm BST
And then for a Deep Discovery Conversation to explore:
How we can transform grief into creative power and action to re-source ourselves through troubled times
on Saturday September 23 10am til noon
Buy the Book, Join me for the Launch and Register for the Deep Discovery Conversation HERE
We all face times of challenge and uncertainty
If you are on a conscious healing and creative path you may have experienced an intensification in your experience of inner transition over the last few years, especially since the pandemic and lockdown?
Perhaps there have been times when you have lost sight of your beliefs, and everything that previously gave your life meaning and purpose, even your sense of self ?
You may have been grieving, or physically unwell, and prolonged periods of inactivity have brought you face to face with your very human vulnerability?
And even though you may have been through similar transformations before, each new experience is always confusing and confronts you to the core?
We are being called to our soul work
However your particular challenges are showing up, if you are on a conscious healing path, life is calling you to become more awake and creative. And, as consciousness expands, its light reveals everything in us which is not yet healed and whole, and our inner process deepens. This can be overwhelming.
We live at a time of great turmoil and uncertainty and life is calling us to participate fully. Those of us on a conscious healing path are called to do this work of emptying out the conditioned, historical self so that we may become authentic, wise and compassionate cells in the body of humanity. And in this way, one person at a time, we help to uplift and enlighten the collective consciousness. And we become creative agents of the solution rather than being part of the problem.
How do you sustain yourself through troubled times?
In these troubled times we all need ways to sustain and uplift ourselves. I wrote Gathering Wisdom at the Edges of Uncertainty as a way to complete a chapter of my healing journey that I call “my seven years of grief”. Harder than the grieving for my loved ones who died, or other significant losses over those years, was the confusing loss of my sense of self, which came as I neared completion of a big creative project, The Sitting with Death and Choosing Life Programme and at a time when I was suffering with compromised physical mobility. I know the stripping away of identity, belief and faith, I was experiencing, is an essential part of deep soul healing but, while I was absorbed in the experience, I lost all perspective. If you have faced something similar you will recognise how much courage it takes to move through this dying of the self, to new life.
I am very fortunate that my love of writing is a vehicle that carries me through the dark times. For me, writing has always been a source of sustenance; it helps me to face into the shadows, to sit with the unknown, to embrace those aspects of myself I have exiled, and to reconnect with the mystery in which we live. By writing into painful experiences, rather than turning away from them, I can find meaning within them and redeem the life force that has been held captive. In addition to being a source of sustenance and guidance, writing connects me more deeply with myself, with others, with what it means to be human, and with the whole magnificent dance of life and creation.
Gathering Wisdom at the Edges of Uncertainty is an exploration and an inquiry, weaving together memory, experience, and reflection. And, as hard as it was at times, I’d love to share with you how healing can be a process of discovery and a thrilling adventure.
I also write to connect with you…
When we are in our deepest darkest times it’s common to feel very alone and separated. But, even though our life stories are unique, we inhabit a shared human condition. Deepening our understanding and compassion for our own experience of being human in all its aspects leads to integration and strengthening within the self and towards a greater sense of unity with others. My intention is to write so truly from my personal experience that I touch into our shared human story and then my words will touch you and resonate within you and we will become less separate and alone and more connected.
In this time of great uncertainty, I hold an intenton to listen deeply to what is emerging at the growing edge of consciousness so that my writing is a form of prayer and a ritual of connection.
When I sit down to write, the act of bringing myself present and receptive becomes a doorway into the bigger, interconnected world of soul.
With my pen I can gather a few drops of life-giving water from the source and scatter them into the sand. And then I sit back and wait for the sun to draw forth the fleeting beauty of the desert cactus. This is an act of healing…
And here I am, a hunter-gatherer walking through the ghostly world, and my words and awareness can illuminate thin space and bring it to life. In committing this intentional act I become magician, sorceress, priestess, committing acts of redemption and transfiguration.
What you will find in the book:
This very perosnal book weaves together memories and current experience over a lifetime on a conscious healing and creative path and combines this with inquiry and reflection about our collective process of healing and renewal within the maelstrom of global chaos. Through the book I explore:
- The process of grief, healing and psycho-spiritual transformation;
- The awakening of soul, the adventure of the Soul Journey and the completion of a soul chapter;
- The joys and challenges of the creative process;
And how we can:
- Navigate a dark night of the soul;
- Integrate those parts of us we have exiled to the shadows and redeem their power;
- Participate in ancestral healing and conscious evolution;
- Gather and embrace our unique creative gifts;
- Stay balanced and nourished by cultivating receptive Feminine, or soul-led, consciousness;
- Bring soul-led consciousness into harmony with action-led (Masculine) consciousness;
- Connect with the imaginal realm as a way to regenerate and be inspired;
- Co-operate with the process of emergence;
- Stay aligned with the intelligence of the natural world and keep choosing life.
I invite you into the inquiry by providing inquiry questions at the end of each section.
When I read a book I am hoping that the author will reflect back to me who I am and at the same time take me one step further along the path. This is what I hope to do for you. Even if there is only one thing in this book that inspires you, I will be content I have done my job as a writer.
My invitation to you 
We are each a fractal of the greater whole which is always attempting to make itself known through us.
This is a time for gathering into our deepest wisdom.
A time for sitting with death and finding the courage to rest in the unknown.
A time for connecting with our sources of renewal, and with each other.
A time for choosing life.
I invite you to come to the launch, read my book and join me in a Deep Discovery Conversation
So that together we can share and grow our wisdom and encourage each other to re-source ourselves as we move through troubled times.