by belindanoakes | Dec 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been fascinated by Aboriginal culture all my life. Although I wanted to learn, I never acted on that fascination and sought out Aboriginal people, partly because I felt that as a white Australian I had no right to intrude on a heritage to which my culture has...
by belindanoakes | Nov 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Since I began this dive into my body and self-compassion a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been feeling a lot of grief. I’ve also been tasting a new flavour of exhaustion, one I hadn’t sampled before. And I think they might be related. I’m starting to get in touch with some...
by belindanoakes | Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve always had issues with being grounded. Very early in this life, some parts of my psyche decided it wasn’t safe to inhabit this body… and it wasn’t safe to allow Her in, either. So I spent almost 40 years living completely in my head, with my Soul most of the time...
by belindanoakes | Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I said goodbye to my best friend this week. Two days ago, my partner flew to the US without me. I haven’t felt emotional pain like this for a very long time. Rewind: we both got rejected for US visas in September. He re-applied for a different kind of visa and his...
by belindanoakes | Oct 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let me start right here: this is a tough post to publish. My inner critic is going berserk right now: “this is way too conceptual and esoteric and woo woo, it’s completely self-absorbed and it’s about making yourself feel/look spiritual rather than helping anyone...
by belindanoakes | Sep 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
I did a crazy thing this week. At least, that’s what conventional wisdom would say. Conventional wisdom would say it’s completely ‘counter-intuitive’ to commit – with no income stream in sight – the very last of your savings to rent a large, expensive...
