#18 SLOW DOWN: 5 books to cozy up with this autumn
In this episode I'm sharing 5 books that I highly recommend this season.
Light comes later in the morning now, darkness arrives more quickly in the evening. The days days rapidly grow shorter, and the air gets crisper, the notion of spending time curled up with a good book and a cup of tea sounds increasingly perfect.
I’m talking in depth about:
“ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR - The seven deadly sins and the price women pay to be good” by Elise Loehnen
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“MISTS OF AVALON” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
“THE RACHEL INCIDENT” by Caroline O’Donoghue
“CACOPHONY OF BONE” by Kerri ni Dochartaigh
“THE DREAM WE CARRY” by Olaf H Hauge
“MILK & COFFEE YEARS” by me, Eva-Maria Smith
#17 SOFTEN: Kind things you tell your child, that you should speak over yourself
As I was watching my almost two year old pull an espresso shot almost entirely by himself, this episode came through me.
The moment I realized with heaviness and quiet despair, how easy it is for me to embrace him and speak kindness over him and how hard it is to extend the same to myself.
So today, I want us to reflect on 3 wonderful things we tell our children, that we should also really be telling ourselves and the mothers around us.
#6 SOFTEN: Let go of these 3 things
A clenched fist cant receive and so it is important to work on that softening within us - very intentionally. A soft heart can give and receive freely and be of service to the world and open to the many wonders of the human experience.
Let go of these 3 things today in order to slow down and live more intentionally.
1. Stop using the word “should” to hurt yourself.
2. Stop using the very things that nourish you to punish yourself.
3. Let go of FOMO
Visualizations and meditations to help you along your way