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Come and join my #tinyautumnpoem ten minute poetry challenge – starts today

How I juggle all the things (hint: I don’t do all the things)

Four years since Wabi Sabi came out. Over 200,000 copies sold. And not a visionboard in sight. Wait, what?

🍃 Join me on retreat! ❤️ Registration now open for SoulBusiness 2023 with Kelly Rae Roberts and me 🦋

I have a confession to make…

The song line by Jewel that stopped me in my tracks, and had me singing in a field

How to cope with the guilt that comes with doing what you love

The Way of the Fearless Writer – Cover reveal + free writing course when you pre-order!

It’s here! The book that will transform your writing life.

In my new book, THE WAY OF THE FEARLESS WRITER, you will discover the secrets to fearless writing (and living) that have been hiding in plain sight for over two thousand years.

As you travel with me on a sacred journey into the heart of writing, drawing on ancient wisdom from Japan and China, you will learn how the deep connections between mind, body, spirit, breath and words can help you access your true voice and release it onto the p...

Love writing? Spare 10 minutes to complete my research questionnaire and you might win a prize worth £500

I need your help! If you love writing, or love the idea of writing, I would be so grateful if you could you please spare 10 minutes for research for my next book. As a token of my gratitude, I am offering a giveaway prize worth over £500, for one person who completes this short research questionnaire.

The book is called ‘The Way of the Fearless Writer: Ancient Eastern wisdom for a flourishing writing life’ and it will offer a unique approach to writing fearlessly, rooted in ideas from centuries-...

Lessons from the forest. Or how to do forest bathing (森林浴 shinrin-yoku )

It’s not often I find myself lying face-up on a snow-covered forest floor, tracking bird flight while listening for the distant sound of water. Above me, the trees are silhouetted against a sky the colour of stonewashed jeans, the tips of the smaller branches silvered by the late-winter sun.

I am in Takashima, a small town on the edge of Lake Biwa, treating myself to the grounding experience of shinrin-yoku (森林浴 forest bathing) – a term coined in 1982 by the Director General of Japan’s Agricult...