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Oct 16

And here we are - at Day 7!

As you have moved through the #DoNothing challenge, what have you noticed? The more time I spent in connection to myself the more I began to feel calmer and less anxious, or stressed. This was because in seeing how our inner wisdom is always there underneath, I began to recognise that we are always okay. We can't not be, because we have the answers, and so we don't need self-help, we just need to tune back in!

Self-Rediscovery Reflections:
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- Can you notice the freedom in the fact that as your thoughts are seen and held, they move on, all by themselves?
- How does it feel to rest in the space of doing nothing now?

What have you noticed? Share with me how you've enjoyed the 7 days! 💜

#worldmentalhealth #challenge #nothingtodo #wisdom #truth #transformationaltruth #transformation

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Oct 15

With all this talk of doing nothing, as the weather is getting more wintery, I have to be honest, I'm feeling like bunkering down and staying cosy in my pjammies!

This 7 days of #DoNothing for #worldmentalhealthday has been so beautiful so far. And it has even offered me the beautiful reminder that there really is nothing to do, which we all forget from time to time.

There's nothing to do to be psychologically okay. We have an inbuilt intelligence within us that knows how to return us to calm, if only we leave it alone and don't try to interfere. We just need to let nature do its job sometimes - after all, we are basically nature walking round, blessed with the power of thought.

So, in New Year 2020, I've created a Winter Nourish for us to reconnect to who we really are. We will share a cosy day retreat in which we will bunker down, nestled with blankets and warm drinks in a beautiful, heated wooden pod, surrounded by 360 acres beautiful Warwickshire countryside. Encased in nature, we'll take in its beautiful lessons, as we talk more about how to reconnect to our wisdom, and enjoy some beautiful spaciousness with breathing and meditation.

We will be exploring in depth how we can find freedom from our day to day and more difficult suffering, whatever that might look like, and resting in a beautiful space of connection to all that we are, with likeminded souls.
If you want to make a day of it, you're welcome to book a night's stay, which the venue @woottonparkevents
has created a special offering for so that you can arrive on Saturday and enjoy some space before the retreat on Sunday 12th Jan.

There are very limited spaces as this will be a most intimate group so that we can really rest in the beautiful spaciousness of being.

If you're interested, please message me to hold your space as soon as possible as we have already had some confirmed and as soon as it is full the retreat offering will be taken down. You can also have a read about the retreat in the link in my bio.

I can't wait for you to join, if you are meant to be there, there will be a way, and in my experience, the perfect group always comes together.

Much love

Nicole 💜
#retreat #newyear

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Oct 15

#DoNothing
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We so often look outside of this moment, and that's where our suffering lies. So, in today's 5 minute pause, I want you to notice this moment.
Self-Rediscovery Reflections: - What is happening in this moment, right now? - Are you okay right now? - How does it feel to rest here?
If it doesn't feel OK, that's OK too, because in the next moment there's always possibility for that to change.

How are you getting on?

#challenge #selfdiscoverynotselfhelp #mentalhealth #worldmentalhealth #truth #transformationaltruth #transformation #connection #pause #thismoment

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Oct 14

IN MY HEAD

I'm in my head today, my love.
My trauma taunts me,
As sensations of anger bubble up in my chest.

I feel unheard, unseen, not enough,
As if I give of myself again and again,
Only to be left in the corner,
Alone, and invisible, unimportant;
Feeling second best and betrayed.

Yet, it's simply how I see the world today, my darling;
It's not the truth.
But it feels so real,
As I rest in my narrative,
Licking my self-inflicted wounds.

And I could just dismiss it as thought, couldn't I?
Forcing myself to think that as old friends move away,
New ones come in,
Or that I am seen and making a difference.
I could try and change my feeling abandoned and invisible -
Or I could rest here;

Embracing it all as a part of me,
That simply longs to be seen.
An old, exhausting pattern of thinking
That shows up, every so often,
When I'm feeling the winds of change.

Because very soon, my love,
It'll move on through,
And I'll see the truth, once more
And what's underneath the thinking will simply be illuminated, before it falls away.

For we are always connected,
And we always have the capacity to see this,
In our wisdom -
Even when we think we don't.

All it takes is one new insight,
A deeper seeing of the world with fresh eyes.
But until that moment,
There's nothing wrong with resting here, gently,
Pausing for it to clear.

And so you'll find me, my love,
Nestled with a blanket and a mocha,
Reading a book, or writing a poem.
Tapping back into my soul.

Not waiting for new thought to arrive, but embracing this very moment,
Making friends with my suffering,
In all its messiness.

And very soon, I'll feel differently, I'm sure,
But for now, my darling, I'm in my head,
And that's OK, too. 💜

#inmyhead #truth #transformationaltruth #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poemsfromtheheart #poemsaboutlife #mywords #mythoughts #wordsmatter #words #anxiety #overwhelm #poemsoninstagram #ilovetowrite #ilovewords #wordsofwisdom #qotd #selfrediscovery #selfdiscovery #acceptance

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