21 September 2025 New Moon
I like to work with the elements, the seasons, and the stars. Nature’s wisdom is a mirror for our inner guidance, and the same wisdom lives within us. The elements — earth, fire, water, air, and ether — are the building blocks of everything around us, and I draw from them as a way of listening, sensing, and staying connected.
These elements live within us too. We are made of them, and the patterns we experience in life often reflect the balance — or imbalance — of these inner elements. When we find ourselves caught in unhealthy patterns or addictions, we can explore the elemental qualities behind them and begin to restore balance in embodied, grounded ways. This is the lens through which I often work with myself and with others.
Recently, a conversation with a dear friend brought me to reflect deeply on radical acceptance. She had returned to Crete for a short visit, and together we sat by the river — two women reconnecting, sharing stories, surrounded by the living pulse of nature. She spoke about her journey with radical acceptance, her struggles with self-judgment, and the challenges of her own addictions. Her words sparked something in me — an inspiration to explore how radical acceptance lives within our bodies and our daily lives.
Addictions, in all their forms, are something we can all relate to. Whether it’s substances, food, habitual patterns, or ways of seeking comfort, these addictions often arise from a longing to feel fulfilled, to be met in ways we haven’t yet learned to meet ourselves. They are our nervous system’s way of coping, protecting us from the overwhelm of stimuli, the constant bombardment of information, and the intensity of opening to spiritual understanding before we are grounded.
Without a pathway to integrate mind, body, and spirit, we risk approaching spiritual knowledge with our minds alone. The mind cannot fully grasp the loving, embodied states of spirit — this requires the body, the senses, and a gradual awakening of our embodied connection to love itself. When we lack this connection, our nervous system can become destabilised, and spiritual experiences can even feel overwhelming or threatening.
Our patterns, our addictions, serve as safety mechanisms. They are protective responses to a world that has often left us disconnected from the love we are, from our inner mother, from the ground of being itself. And yet, when we begin to see these patterns — to understand how they keep recreating the same challenges in our lives — we can fall into self-judgment, shame, and feelings of unworthiness. Without radical acceptance, insight alone can become a source of suffering.
This is why embodied experience is essential. Radical acceptance is not only about understanding; it’s about feeling, sensing, and integrating. It’s about opening our senses, embracing pleasure, and discovering spiritual understanding as a living, joyful experience rather than a painful initiation. True transformation comes when we allow ourselves to be our own guides, to give ourselves just the right medicine at the right pace, trusting the wisdom of our inner guidance to lead the journey.
I trust in this process, and in the profound intelligence of the human spirit. My role is to create space for the journey, to facilitate with presence and care, while honoring the pace, depth, and sovereignty of each individual. Radical acceptance begins here — with the love that is always present, and the courage to integrate mind, body, and spirit into a fully embodied experience of our own truth.