Fly with the feminine
The sudden turning of reality The beginning of this month was pretty intense for me on an emotional level. I am certain that I am not the only one to have wondered about the US election and its influence on all of … Read more
Self-imposed stress Last month I went through a period of emotional stress because I wanted to give myself the gift of celebrating my 50th birthday in an appropriate way. What is appropriate? Well for me it means travelling to a new place where I … Read more
Summer: a time to visit my parents In August this year I took my elderly parents on holiday to the seaside for two weeks to give them some respite from the city of Turin where they live all year round. I did this … Read more
Summer: the symbol of motherhood Since we are in Summer I thought to talk about a subject that for women can be very sensitive and painful. Summer corresponds to the ovulatory phase in a woman’s cycle which is when a woman can conceive, … Read more
I was a city dweller for a long time … I was born half a century ago in Turin, a big city in the North of Italy where I lived continuously till I was 32, except for holidays. After working in the Maldives … Read more
It feels like a long time since that morning in July 2014 when I woke up and heard my inner voice saying “Start a women circle!”. Immediately I thought “Who is this?” and soon after I realised that I had heard that voice … Read more
Sometimes in life lessons come in the most unexpected way … It was a nice sunny Sunday in April and my partner and I decided to have a short break on the Isle of Wight, as it is quite close from where … Read more
This month I gave myself the gift of attending a Vipassana meditation retreat for ten days in Herefordshire at Dhamma Dipa. I had heard about Vipassana for the best part of thirty years and every time it crossed my path I noticed it, … Read more
We are in February, the month of love ‘par excellence’ and of course a very big commercial opportunity. I remember when I was a teenager and then later on a young woman how I felt when St Valentine’s would approach. All my uncertainty, self-doubt … Read more
We are in the month of goal setting frenzy and year review and everybody seems to be so willing to change everything in their lives … I wonder though, is it the right time to do this?This is what the outer landscape can … Read more