by Nicky | Oct 16, 2020 | Nicky For Life
It’s Autumn and in the Five Elements, steeped in the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Autumn is the season of letting go, of grief. We see it in nature, as the trees let go of their leaves. From green, to browns and reds, to nothing, just the bare bones of the...
by Nicky | Apr 7, 2020 | Nicky For Life
I had a serendipitous moment with the beautiful Hanna Sillitoe a few weeks back. I received an Om & Ah London newsletter where Hanna shared her skin story. It’s an inspiring one where through her skin journey something good has come; she’s not only cleared her...
by Nicky | Jun 10, 2019 | Health and Lifestyle
If you follow me on Instagram you’ll know that I love a bath. For me a bath used to be very functional. And it definitely is when I get the kids in the bath at the end of the day.But as I’ve gone deeper into my self-nurturing practices having a bath has become...
by Nicky | Mar 25, 2019 | Health and Lifestyle, Nicky For Life
How often do we try to fix ourselves? Berate ourselves for all the things we are not, for all the things that are still left to do, for all the things we want to achieve?But what if we’re OK exactly as we are, in this moment? What if we let go of the longing to be...
by Nicky | Mar 8, 2019 | Recipes
This time last year I went on a transformational retreat with Nicky Clinch and what I didn’t expect to change as a result was how I responded to food. I’ve always been the queen of smoothies, quick, nutritious, and for me, the perfect breakfast at any time of the...
by Nicky | Feb 11, 2019 | Health and Lifestyle
It’s supposed to be the day we celebrate love but it brings up so much in so many of us. If you’re on your own it can bring up resentment, fear, longing for something you don’t have. If you’re in a relationship the expectations can be high, and often unmet. There are...
by Nicky | Dec 30, 2018 | Nicky For Life
At the beginning of the year I was pondering on whether or not to do a speed reading course. You see I love books and I love reading, but I’m a slow reader. However it didn’t feel quite right, to rush through beautiful books. And then in February I started my...
by Nicky | Jul 2, 2018 | Health and Lifestyle
Yesterday I went to see Jack Kornfield in London, Jack trained as a Buddhist Monk in Thailand, India and Burma and now teaches Buddhist psychology and meditation all over the world. Yesterday he ended with this “Everything you need is within you.” So often...
by Nicky | Jun 18, 2018 | Health and Lifestyle, Nicky For Life
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” Thich Nhat Hanh The saying goes “be yourself, everyone else is taken” by Oscar Wilde. But why is it so hard sometimes to show up as we...
by Nicky | Apr 17, 2018 | Family Life, Health and Lifestyle
When my Mum died I felt like I was the only person in the world who had lost her Mum and going through grief – even though I knew that wasn’t true, not only was my sister going through this but one of my friends had lost her Mum a few years before too. But...
