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Something soul nourishing is coming very soon for sensitive women... ✨

Something soul nourishing is coming very soon for sensitive women... ✨

"Because the truth is, these fears are not signs that you're not meant to be a healer, teacher or guide; they are signs that you're *absolutely* meant to be a healer.”

~ Nicole Barton

I remember the feelings that came up when I first truly began to feel and let myself acknowledge the call to becoming a healer, teacher and guide. 

I remember the terrifying fear of not being 'good enough', of feeling like if I stepped in, I'd surely fail. I remember the fear of judgement - the anxiety that if I honoured this strange call to more magic (which I couldn't even really trust myself to know if it was even real), people would think I was mad.

Is your own worthiness getting in the way of you becoming a healer, teacher or guide?

Is your own worthiness getting in the way of you becoming a healer, teacher or guide?

"If your soul is calling you to this path, listen to it. Follow your heart - your soul knows. You can create your soul desires.  And you are worthy of creating your soul desires. You're worthy of this support."

~ Olivia Roff

Is your own worthiness getting in the way of you becoming a healer, teacher or guide?

One of the most common objections I hear from my women is their deep sense of unworthiness to soften and live from soul, and step into something more meaningful and magical.  They often feel they are here only to live life for others, rather than to create their dreams.  I know this one well, because I have struggled with feeling worthy in my own journey, and I know how hard this particular fear can feel to choose past.

“But I can’t” = a call to your magical power as a healer, teacher or guide…

“But I can’t” = a call to your magical power as a healer, teacher or guide…

" I am here to help you create a life that is in total soul alignment with the healer, teacher or guide you were born to be - and ironically, I see that creating abundance happens as a direct consequence the deeper we step into alignment, but it’s a byproduct and bonus of the deeper richness of truly living your purpose."

~ Nicole Barton

"But I can't" = a call to your magical power...  

Musings on the common money fear magical women who are here to be healers, teachers and guides often feel…

I hear so many women say "I feel so called to this... But I can't". And oh my heart do I understand that feeling more than you could believe.

I've felt the lack of possibility, the hopelessness, the trappedness in my life. I've felt the lack of belief in my own power. I've felt the mistrust in life and the need to micromanage and stay as I am. I've felt the tension, the tightness of the contraction.

And sometimes I still do.

Going into the sensitive wisdom of the body…

Going into the sensitive wisdom of the body…

"I had no trust, back when I had a paralysed face, that I could heal myself (even though I had done it before, a million times over, and healed others) - and yet, taking the deepest plunge yet into trusting my body wisdom, even when it was terrifying had me not only heal my supposedly ‘incurable’ face, but it was also the initiation that had me discover my deepest purpose…  These portals often are."

~ Nicole Barton

Unfurling into our body wisdom...  🌹💃

Today, I remembered back to a time three years ago when, despite  having a great deal of wisdom about listening to my body (it’s been a lifetime’s initiation for me), I was still unconsciously choosing to ignore it - and it left me with an entirely paralysed face on the right side.

It was mid-pandemic and I was about to give birth and I’d been pushing and forcing my way through life, despite knowing that there was a deeper intelligence to life - a universal wisdom in my body - that was growing my baby.  

I was still ignoring the wise nudges of my body saying “slow down, please”.  And because of that, my body manifested numbness (quite literally).

I am woman- I am *all* faces of the Feminine

I am woman- I am *all* faces of the Feminine

“I realised I had some resistance to showing up as the tender, soft pinkness of the Rose, because when I started this journey into my power, I rejected parts of myself that I called "Pastel Swan" - for the parts of me that were wilder. And this week, I realised - I am the union of them all. And even Rosa herself is the alchemy of her seeming opposites of thorns and softness, into a third way. “

- Nicole Barton

I've been feeling a lot recently into how soft and gentle Rosa's energy feels - and how different she feels to some of the other "faces of the Feminine" Archetypal Remedies we serve. Shes vastly contrasting to Naja's fierce truthfulness, and she will feel different again to Luna's magic and Aurum's power and She-Wolf's wildness.

You see, each of the Archetypal Remedies we serve in this path have their own unique medicine.

Their own personalities. 🎭

⚡ And each of these Archetypes is within us already - awaiting our activation and invocation.

Manifesting our heart's desires, magically- by working with Archetypal Rosa's soft, opening healing

Manifesting our heart's desires, magically- by working with Archetypal Rosa's soft, opening healing

"I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and laughter till they bloom. Till you, yourself, burst into bloom."

~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Yesterday the scared 'Secret Witch' in me (who doesn't know her own power and magic) had been feeling some contraction, some fear, some uncertainty. She was full of self-doubt and sadness, grief and loss because there's a lot to hold at the moment. I know we all feel that, collectively.

And a few years back I'd have just either spun deeper and deeper down, or bypassed how I was feeling entirely.

I found myself reflecting, later, on what was different about how I hold that now, and I started to honour the powerful part of myself.

Firstly, instead, I cancelled anything I'd planned for the afternoon to simply sit in the garden listening to the birds, journaling, journeying with my inner child. Letting my tears fall, feeling, healing and alchemising by being with what was there.

Being with my little girl.

An invitation into deeper connection to yourself...

An invitation into deeper connection to yourself...

“Luna’s energy - first and foremost - represents MAGIC - she is part of the unexplainable mystery of life, which is so often rejected in our society.  Magic is really a word for all that can’t be explained ‘yet’.”

~ Nicole Barton

One of the invitations I often make to women who are feeling trapped in their mundane lives, burned out in their careers, numbing themselves to cope with the pain of being a sensitive woman who is stuck on the dull, busy hamster wheel of life, is one that equally (for some) also comes with some deeper (understandable) resistance.

It’s an invitation to begin to get in tune with the moon and her rhythms - and to begin to open to your power to manifest magic.

Wildling Magazine Feature: Pregnancy During a Pandemic

Wildling Magazine Feature: Pregnancy During a Pandemic

“Cells upon cells are just intelligently collecting and arranging themselves into a new human being, urging our bodies to adapt, and this offers us a real-life, living proof that truly anything is possible.” ~Nicole Barton

It wasn’t until the first week of lockdown that panic started to set in. I’m not usually one to look outside of this moment right now - for this is the only time we really ever have - but there’s something about being 5 months pregnant during Covid-19 that has felt, at times, more turbulent and overwhelming than usual.

Kindred Spirit Magazine Feature: What It Really Means To Be In Love

Kindred Spirit Magazine Feature: What It Really Means To Be In Love

“Being in love isn’t really about the hearts and flowers of Valentine’s day; this is a very ‘outside-in’ way of looking at love.” ~Nicole Barton

When we get too attached to this consumerism-driven celebration, not being in a relationship can leave us feeling alone. Feeling that love had disappeared is some of the deepest suffering I’ve experienced – but it also taught me a lot; I saw that if we just look a little deeper, we can see something different.

Kindred Spirit Magazine Feature: 3 Ways to Embrace the Art of Doing Nothing

Kindred Spirit Magazine Feature: 3 Ways to Embrace the Art of Doing Nothing

“What if we could find freedom from all of our suffering by simply embracing the art of doing nothing?” ~Nicole Barton 

I’m here to share exactly how we can do that, offering three ways we can begin to reconnect to our inner wisdom, instead of looking outside of ourselves for even more ‘to do’ in order to feel better.

Ditch Self Help and #DoNothing This World Mental Health Day October 10th

Ditch Self Help and #DoNothing This World Mental Health Day October 10th

As World Mental Health Day October 10th approaches, I explain why it’s time we all ditched self help and #DoNothing…

In an age where our society is deeply suffering with uncertainty; with the social illumination of issues like #metoo, increasing suicide rates and mental health challenges such as stress, anxiety and depression at an all-time high – not to mention the prevalence of huge political and environmental unrest, we are constantly living in our heads. 

Thrive Global Feature: What We Can Learn About Suffering from Trees As Autumn Ushers In

Thrive Global Feature: What We Can Learn About Suffering from Trees As Autumn Ushers In

“Look deeper into nature, and then you will understand everything.” ~ Albert Einstein

As the dark evenings drawn in earlier, and the leaves begin to change colour, and it gets just that little bit colder, we can begin to get jittery; and it’s not just because we are heading towards winter, either.

Wellbeing Writer Feature: Why it is OK to Experience Suffering, and How to Find Freedom

Wellbeing Writer Feature: Why it is OK to Experience Suffering, and How to Find Freedom

“Suffering is not holding you; you are holding suffering” ~ Buddha

Someone challenged me the other day in a way that I didn’t expect. They asked me if I ‘suffered.’ At first I had a lot of resistance to suffering.

Tiny Buddha Feature: Why I Stopped Trying to Fix Myself and How I Healed by Doing Nothing

Tiny Buddha Feature: Why I Stopped Trying to Fix Myself and How I Healed by Doing Nothing

“Everything in the universe is within you.” ~Rumi

When I was twenty-three, I lost my job through chronic illness. I thought my life had ended, and I spent the next few years an anxious, panicky mess—often hysterical.

Tiny Buddha Feature: How to Face Uncertainty: Why We Don’t Need to Press the Panic Button

Tiny Buddha Feature: How to Face Uncertainty: Why We Don’t Need to Press the Panic Button

“This time, we are holding onto the tension of not knowing, not willing to press the panic button. We are unlearning thousands of years of conditioning.” ~Sukhvinder Sircar

This morning I awoke feeling uncertain about the direction my life was taking. Was it what I wanted in all areas?

Simple Reminders Feature: Why 5 Steps to Achieve Happiness Aren’t Going to Serve You!

Simple Reminders Feature: Why 5 Steps to Achieve Happiness Aren’t Going to Serve You!

“The thing is, there aren't steps to happiness, less stress, more love, more peace, or anything else. Why? Because the truth is that these things already exist within you. These things are your innate, default state.” ~ Nicole Barton

Everybody’s always looking for 5 Steps for tackling stress, anxiety (or whatever else it is they want to ‘fix’).

Sivana East Feature: Why ‘Freedom’ Is An Illusion

Sivana East Feature: Why ‘Freedom’ Is An Illusion

“We are already free; we just don’t always see it” ~ Nicole Barton

We all want to feel free. Whether that’s roaming the globe, working as a digital nomad, having independence – or simply just choosing when we can have a yummy matcha latte.

Having Time Feature: Trust Your Heart - How to Connect With Your Inner Wisdom

Having Time Feature: Trust Your Heart - How to Connect With Your Inner Wisdom

“I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy this messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of life.” ~ Nicole Barton

How often do you discount your inner wisdom?

Soul Analyse Feature: Why Affirmations are So Much More than Just ‘Positive Thinking’

Soul Analyse Feature: Why Affirmations are So Much More than Just ‘Positive Thinking’

“There is nothing to fix; you are perfect as you are.” ~ Nicole Barton

The world has come to love affirmations – who doesn’t want to feel joyful in the midst of self-doubt, low mood or anxiety? We soften try and push these feelings away…

Wellbeing Magazine Feature: Reconnecting to Authenticity: Why we aren't our stories

Wellbeing Magazine Feature: Reconnecting to Authenticity: Why we aren't our stories

“Inner peace is always within – it is our innate nature – it just happens to be underneath all our layers of thinking” ~ Nicole Barton

As I sat near the top of Mount Batur at around 6am, in Bali…