Rest and Rise

As women in our 30s and 40s, particularly when navigating motherhood, we can often feel like we’ve lost ourselves. When you dedicate your time, love and energy to the tiny people you created, it’s rewarding, fulfilling and exhausting in equal parts. And we know that going into it; we know that for a while, ourRead More

I can remember being called a ‘good girl’ from a very young age. An innocent remark from my parents, but I subconsciously adopted that persona in my childhood. I didn’t realise it at the time, of course, but with the gift of hindsight and an understanding of how the mind works, I can now seeRead More

When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to theRead More

existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that IRead More

When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to theRead More