Christmas holds a unique energetic frequency. It's a time when multiple energy streams collide - some uplifting, some challenging, all powerful!

Understanding these different energies helps us navigate the season with more grace and less overwhelm.

My early life was filled with 'yes'. Yes to every request, every invitation, every opportunity. I thought being helpful and available made me a good person. Instead, it made me an exhausted person!

I used to think exercise was punishment. I have always hated cardio and avoided it at all costs!

Ever notice how some days your emotions seem to be running the show? Welcome to your personal feeling factory! This is where all your emotions arrive for processing - though sometimes it feels more like they're barging through the door uninvited!

Have you ever noticed how some days you just feel...lighter? Like you're being carried by something bigger than yourself? That's your spiritual energy in full flow, my friend!

Do you ever feel like your mind is a washing machine stuck on a spin cycle? Thoughts whirling around, making you dizzy with overthinking and what-ifs? You're not alone!

I love author Neale Donald Walsch's quote:
‘Ultimately, all thoughts are sponsored by love or fear."

All our thoughts, ideas, concepts, understandings, decisions, choices, and actions come from either fear or love. Considering which energy is 'sponsoring your thoughts' is something I think about all the time since reading Neale's quote. 

The past couple of weeks have been huge!

I have had to pull out all my emergency energy strategies!

This week, I have been running my Repotted Retreat in the gorgeous Coromandel. Repotted is an energy reset - 3 days where women get to shift their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual energy.

Mentally, we unpack all of the weight that we carry around in our heads. The exhaustion, the overthinking, the responsibility and the fatigue that comes from supporting loads of people in the multiple roles we hold.

My latest obsession is lymphatic drainage. Our lymphatic system plays a vital role in maintaining our overall well-being and energy. It is our body's defence and waste removal system. 

I was working with my friend Karla Brodie - an incredible yoga teacher and we were talking about armpits! Our poor armpits are not given a lot of love! They are ignored and shamed. We are meant to have “armpits” but for any of us as we age, they can turn from pits to “puffs”! This got me started on learning about our lymphatic system and what can be done to support it and give our body good drainage!

Spiritual energy fuels your purpose, self-esteem and intuition. Whether you identify as a spiritual person or not, you are a soul on a mission. You are here to learn, experience and grow through some lessons. 

In my world view, your soul has many missions. It lives many lives. Each life is loaded with opportunities to grow and learn. I believe that our soul picks a body, a family and the circumstances that it needs to learn what it needs or wants to learn.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wished you'd taken just a moment longer before responding? Or perhaps you've made a hasty decision that you later regretted? It has taken me years to embrace the power of pausing and I highly recommend it!

I have wasted so much energy being someone I am not! 

Agreeing with things people said that I did not agree with, wearing things that I didn't feel comfortable in to fit in with others, hanging out in places I didn't enjoy, to be polite. 

We live in a world that often encourages us to conform, to fit in, to be what others expect. But there's incredible power in embracing your true, authentic self - quirks, flaws and all.

We often take our bodies for granted, pushing them to their limits and neglecting their basic needs. I think of our bodies as rental cars - precious vehicles on loan to us for our journey through life. 

Imagine you've been given a rental car for an epic road trip. It's the only car you'll have for the entire journey, and there's no option to trade it in or upgrade. How would you treat it?

Have you ever noticed how certain people just light up the room? You leave their presence feeling energised, inspired, and excited about life. On the flip side, there are those who seem to drain every ounce of your energy. It's like they've secretly siphoned your petrol tank, leaving you on empty before your day has even begun. 

Let’s dive into how to harness the power of people, places, and pleasure to boost your energy and live your boldest life.

Managing your energy is not for the faint-hearted! It's a big job - which is why I think so many people don’t bother. To live well takes effort. And there is this weird 'chicken and egg situation' where you need to make an effort to get energy and you need energy to make an effort!

Have just spent 4 days running a retreat. I love running retreats - creating experiences for people to experience themselves is very powerful and a huge honour. I love the messiness of humanity. The raw snotty, tear-stained eruptions that happen when people let themselves feel.

Unfortunately, most of us are not very good at experiencing our emotions. We often avoid our feelings as they can be painful and ugly. Who wants to invite pain and ugliness into their lives?

My favourite definition of spirituality is ‘A sense of connection to something higher than ourselves’. Feeling connected or part of something bigger than my little human self gives me an enormous sense of support and comfort.

People often tell me that they are or are not spiritual. I believe that you are born spiritual! That divinity is your true nature. It's who you were before the world told you who to be!

I love food. I love everything about it. I love buying it, learning about it, preparing it, eating it, serving it and sharing it. I think that food is my love language! Creating and sharing food with people that I care for is one of my favourite things to do.

Living well is a constant challenge. The goal for all of us is to be in flow - it's magical when we find ourselves in the balance of energy given and energy received. When we have a healthy balance of push and pull. A balance of work and rest. Achieving balance in life, in my experience, can be incredibly challenging. Left to our own devices - without the constant challenges of other people and their demands - creating a balanced life would be easy! It is the constant life hurdles that are put in our way that make life bumpy.