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I’ve just moved here to Substack - I’m keen to get to know the neighbourhood and neighbours 🖤

For a few years now, I’ve been writing articles and musings to my newsletter audience via another platform. I circle themes around psychology, embodiment and somatics, soul and spirit, religion and theology, myths and fairytales, and esoteric practices including tarot, metaphysics, energy medicine ...

While I get into the new vibe, and feel for the platform, I’ve moved all my older posts and articles from my website to here, and will begin to pull in some of the more interesting musings from my newsletter. It’s a bit higgledy-piggledy at the moment, however, please peruse these, and do like and comment on any that stir or strike you.

My writing and offerings circle an eclectic but certainly complementary range of topics and interests that serve contemplation, self-knowledge, new action and dare I say that much overused “H” word - healing.

But some of these domains aren’t ones that a psychology professional should admit to pursuing, let alone going public - tut tut me.

My relationship to traditional psychology, which I feel has lost its way (a big story here) - is ambivalent, and this is evident in how I practice and my approach, which is transpersonal, transtheoretical, and underpinned by deep spiritual and mystical roots. I walk a narrow bridge of professional respectability.

It feeeels like I’ve been doing this secretly and quietly - “shhh, lest I get found out”. So my shift here to Substack signals a kind of public emergence and a new chapter of writing and teaching.

The other major draw to Substack is the potential for community engagement.

I’ve realised I don’t like writing into a void. I liken this to my therapeutic work, where within a resonant field, me-and-other are in collaboration and dialogue.

So when you like and comment it feels like an energy exchange. And I don’t mean for approval! - I value your experiences of the material, your storyline, and anything new that the writing opens up in you - whether it’s a memory unlocked, fresh insight, or if it taps into your creative project, knowledge or wisdom base. I’d love to hear about it.

I often write questions throughout my articles that might prompt your response - use these or source your questions and tell me about it.

So for a little while, I’ll experiment with how to deliver this writing project. Expect an ongoing mix of mostly articles and short notes, the occasional voice note, and audio and video practices (did I mention I’m a yoga teacher and somatic psychotherapist too). I run workshops and courses, so you’ll get invitations to these too.

Right now, I write in response to themes that might be circling about my personal life, observed in the people I work with, or are evident in the culture. I also write a monthly full moon tarot.

My major research, writing and teaching project right now is on the Rites of Passage of girls and women. So there’ll be frequent explorations here.

I imagine the act of delivering will bring more clarity to these offerings. I’m taking it more seriously, but I also feel this is moving and activating a quality of joy and generosity within me.

For the moment, all posts are FREE for all subscribers.

But I can’t hide that at some point I’ll switch to a mix of free and paid content.

I spend a lot of time thinking, reading, researching, creating and writing. It’s been my choice to sacrifice 50% of my income from 1-1 psychotherapy to dedicate time to this.

I’m listening to the thrum of deepest guidance. Doing so keeps my creative fire tended.

Thank you 🖤

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