As I write this blog post it's the Spring Equinox 2026. For a while, I have thought of this as a much more apt beginning of the year than Jan 1st. For me, today is MY New Year’s Day. And this is the reason I have waited until now to choose and reveal my Word of the Year Space. Over the past few years, I’ve built, explored, stretched, and grown in so many ways. My work, my creativity, my ideas, everything feels as it it has all expanded and bloomed. Somewhere along the way, I

Have you ever thought it selfish to put yourself first? To take a day off to rest, to go for a long walk, or to spend hours painting, writing, or simply being alone. Perhaps this is an idea you absorbed from someone else, perhaps you heard it as you were growing up, or maybe you heard that little voice in your head, saying it to yourself, questioning whether taking time and putting yourself first was indulgent, unnecessary, or even wrong. If that sounds familiar and you are n

In my previous post I introduced the idea that rest doesn't always have to equal sleep and started to explore the different kinds of rest we can embrace as creatives to help us to restore and replenish mind, body and creativity. I talked about physical, mental and sensory rest and in this post I'm going to introduce you to four other types of rest: Emotional Rest Emotional rest is one of the least visible, yet most important, forms of rest, especially for sensitive, creative

January has a way of raising our expectations, don't you agree? There are so many messages that tell us, it's a New Year, New You, set your resolutions, go back to work, back to doing, doing, doing.... But you know that for me, living more seasonally aligned, I realise that we are still in the depths of Winter and that I will ignore societal programming and wait for my new year in Spring. And I will continue to do what we should all be doing in winter - resting. This is the