Henny Flynn

Hey lovely Reader For the past few weeks, I’ve been working quietly on some new offerings. You might have heard me touch on this in the podcast - including thinking I was ready to emerge… and then returning myself to the imaginal cells in the goo of the creative chrysalis. Change is like this at times, of course. We begin, we retreat, we begin again. Well, I’m finally ready to begin to share.It’s exciting and a little scary, as these things so often are. Holding ourselves lightly All of these...

'Tis the season to be... Hey lovely Reader When you think about Christmas and the coming holiday season, what arises for you? I'm so thoughtful about all the different responses we can have - maybe one strong feeling... or maybe many apparently opposing feelings simultaneously. As a child, I loved Christmas: a big noisy family, foods we didn't usually have, wrapping paper everywhere. And. As the adult I am now, I recognise there could also be tension, tears, disappointment and unease at...

Patience is a Practice Hey lovely Reader I'm stepping into my fallow time; sinking in, falling back, resting for a while, which feels perfectly apt as winter approaches. So, there'll be no more new episodes of the podcast for a little while now. Yet, I also notice that my familiar 'get things done' driver is tugging at my attention. Do you find that? When part of you calls for rest and another part calls for action? It can be a beautiful exercise in discernment, to see what is truly needed....

Finding the silence within Hey lovely Reader Earlier this week, the podcast quietly passed its 200th episode - a milestone that makes me want to say YAY!, and fills me with gentle gratitude. Thank you for being here, for listening, and for walking alongside me in this space. Perhaps fittingly, this final episode of the series explores silence - not as an absence, but as a deep, grounding presence. Recorded from the warmth of my kitchen, before I head off on a silent Buddhist retreat, it’s a...

Opening the door to the temple Hey lovely Reader Welcome to this quiet reflection on the intertwined nature of grief and belief. There's something about the alliteration of these two words that I enjoy (aren't words wonderful things?) and... for me, there is a relationship between them that I find beautiful to explore. It's important to say too that this isn't about belief in a formalised religion sense (though it can mean that, if that's right for you). Rather, I mean how we can have a...

The threads we weave Hey lovely Reader This week’s episode arrived without a plan - simply a choice to allow what wanted to come through. What emerged was a flowing reflection on connection, endings and love - and how these invisible threads shape our lives. In this gentle, meandering episode I explore: The beautiful web of connection that links us across time and space - and the breadth of people across the world who listen to the podcast (it feels astonishing to me) How our bodies hold the...

The choice to choose... Hey lovely Reader Something landed the other morning: If you choose to do something, do it with love. So, even as I write that I see layers and layers within it. And that thought led to lots of other thoughts... some not yet fully formed but (for me) all worthy of some degree of exploration. As always, this isn’t about perfection or rose-tinted spectacles. Or a performative appearance of love. It’s about dignity, safety and belonging; about noticing where duty or habit...

If you're a practitioner or curious about this training... read on Hey lovely Reader I’ve been thinking about creating a new live training for practitioners - people like coaches, yoga teachers, nutritionists, teachers, acupuncturists, therapists, mindfulness guides, or anyone who supports others - who’d like to bring Flow Journaling into their client work. It would be a practical introduction exploring: the research that underpins the practice and how it can help clients deepen...

The choice to choose... Hey lovely Reader Back in March I recorded a beautiful conversation - and then lost it in a tech transition. Today, in a sudden flash of inspiration, I found a way back in… and here it is. I’m delighted to share a gentle, resonant conversation with Janet Ettele - musician, author and student of Buddhist teachings - whose book How Joyous Effort Works draws on Shantideva’s Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. We talk about mindfulness as awareness with accurate understanding, the...

The tipping point of change Hey lovely Reader Today’s episode is a shorter one - a pause to share a poem from My Darling Girl and a reflection on what it means to step toward change. Sometimes change begins with a simple, succinct decision At other times we linger in the space of ‘in-decision’ - not stuck, but actively deciding And often, it is surrender that finally opens the way The poem reminds us surrender isn’t about giving up. It’s about releasing resistance so that we can move forward...

TWO THINGS... 1) Apologies - I included the wrong link in my previous message. To find out more about Immerse: The Heart of Change, please go here 2) The final space has now been taken - October's cohort is full (yay!) The programme will run again in February, and spaces are already being booked. If you’d love to join us, I’d love to hear from you. PS: The (corrected) email is below if you missed it -----♡----- In brief: Immerse: The Heart of Change begins next Friday, 10 October,...