How is it that 20 days have already passed since my previous email?! Either you or I had been having some fun somewhere, or we've just been super busy with more on the plate that we could really manage. Or both! 

"Both" has certainly been the case for me. I've attended the last few fabulous Meta Consciousness classes, making progress in the veggie garden, been to the stunning Canterbury Cathedral and Sissinghurst Gardens, and spent time with friends of Andrew's from his school and University days. Apart from the usual things like running this business that I love so much! 

Don't plant more than you can handle! 

Even though we processed about 10 kg's of strawberries (over and above what we ate), so much of the crop went to waste because we didn't have capacity to pick and preserve all of them. The same is starting to happen with our pea-crop (sugar snaps and mange touts). We have way more than we can reasonably eat (we already eat them 2-3 times a day!)

So the past 2 weekends I've picked and frozen 2 kg's of these wonderfully tasty veggies. We love them lightly steamed. Freezing them works well, so we can enjoy them for another few months. 

It's quite a process: picking, washing, blanching/steaming for just 2 minutes, letting them cool and dry, and then individually freezing them in flat layers (there are 2 layers in the 2nd pic), before putting them into bags in the freezer. Then it's easier to take out only as many as we need for meals. 

I always look for applications of what I learned in nature in other places in my life, too. 

Where are we overwhelming ourselves by taking on too much, or saying yes to more than we have bandwidth for? 

I was on a webinar about Conflict through a Strengths-Lens last week. The host was very experienced in Strengths work, and told me "It's like HSP's have a million nerve endings, while he (with very different strengths, being 'un-sense-itive') have only 3. And you don't have enough bandwidth to process all the sensory input." 

"Yes", I wanted to shout - "that's exactly what it's like!" 

And therefore, we have to keep in mind our capacity when we agree to things, or take more on, or buy yet another course, or put our hand up to help. 

It's also true that we can build our capacity to handle more, and we need to keep in mind that happens slowly, over time... Especially when we process some of the traumatic, difficult things in our past, we create more space inside. It helps us to have calmer reactions to the input from outside of us. 

Today I have 2 invitations for you: One around case-studies I need to complete for my certification, and the other an opportunity to connect in an intimate, safe group around our health issues. The latter will reach you in a day or two. 

On a Business Note: 

Our Health is Important

"If you achieve all kinds of things in the material world, 
but you lose your health or your peace of mind, 
you get little or no pleasure
from your other accomplishments." 

Brian Tracy

I'd love to let you know of 2 opportunities to get support for a current health challenge you may face. One is in a group, the other 1-1 for case studies. Lookout for another email this week for the group Meetup. It will be safe, intimate and helpful.

Meta Consciousness: 8 Case Studies

If you're interested to get to the root cause of a health issue, this might be helpful to you. 

I've completed a 3-month Meta Consciousness programme. I need to complete 8 case studies over the next 7 months. I'd love to invite you to apply. 

My case studies need to satisfy specific criteria and cover a range of issues. This might be right for you if you want to:

• explore the mind-body-emotion connection of your symptoms
• understand how your body responds to specific emotional stresses in a biological way
• understand what your body is trying to tell you
• explore how to support your body's innate wisdom and natural healing process
• release the fear of your dis-ease through understanding the process your body is going through

This is what I'll need from you: