A Tender Practice for Mother's Day (S16E7)

​Hey lovely Reader​

So, we're diving straight into this one... Mother’s Day can feel complicated.

While the world is full of cards and flowers, many of us are carrying something else - grief, distance, mixed emotions, or tender memories.

In this week’s podcast episode, I’m exploring what's often left unsaid - and sharing a practice that can bring comfort when things feel challenging: writing an unsent letter of love.

Whether your relationship with your mother is full of warmth, woven with complexity, or shaped by absence, this gentle act of writing can offer a kind of healing that doesn’t require anything to be fixed or resolved. It simply asks us to bring compassion to what’s true for us.

​Letters of Love: Navigating the Tenderness of Mother’s Day (S16E7)​

Listen to the episode

I also read an extract from Letters of Love. You'll hear it sparks my emotion. And I share a beautiful piece from My Darling Girl, a reminder we are the constant thread through our own life.

If this episode speaks to you, I hope you’ll find a quiet moment to settle in and listen.

May you be happy, safe and well. May today be filled with ease.

With love

PS: Just a couple of weeks before we begin our live course: Connect with Your Hopes and Dreams: A 5-Week Journaling & Coaching Journey. We begin 17 April - I'd love you to join us.

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