Henny Flynn

Hey lovely Reader Have you ever wondered how resilient you are? Or felt it being tested and thinking you should be... more, in some way? Research tells us emotional resilience actually improves as we age - we handle things better, bounce back faster, aren't as floored by difficulty. I'm aware of that in myself. And I've noticed something else too. I'm not going to say much more here - it's all in the podcast, and this time it's become a Field Note in the blog too. Simply that this is a...

Hey lovely Reader When you think about the idea of 'beginning again' what comes up? Our experiences in life, our family system, the culture we're born into, they will all inform how this phrase lands within us. We might have learned that we just have to grit our teeth and keep ploughing forward... We might believe that beginning again is a form of weakness - an admission that something has failed. We might sense an uncomfortable vulnerability in adopting the 'Zen beginners mind' And/or......

Hey lovely Reader Full disclosure: I forgot to do this week's podcast episode. Oops. I don't think I've ever done that before and in the past, I would have been in agony about not showing up. I would have rushed to get it done and prove how reliable I am. But this time I chose to let it go. And I trusted that was okay. However! I was thinking today about how that decision to be ok with not showing up feels at such odds with a story I have held for the majority of my life - that 'the show must...

Hey lovely Reader Have you ever been curious about what happens when your nervous system gets activated - and how best to support yourself? If that sparks your thoughts, come and join me and my wonderful co-host, Grace Loveday, for Nourishing the Nervous System, this Saturday 23 May 10.30-3pm, online. Through a beautifully crafted day, we'll be exploring... The science behind Polyvagal Theory Practical tools to support you Creative ways to discover what anchors you If it calls you, come and...

Hey lovely Reader This episode is the story of what happened in New Zealand, standing on a swing bridge, about to begin the Kepler Trail. Once more I'm recording from hospital, though hopefully, hopefully for the last time. It's a reflection on energy, connection, the natural world and our humanity. So, just a few light topics... Rather than repeat what sits inside those themes, I invite you to settle in and listen on the Henny Flynn podcast. And see where the episode takes you. I hope you...

Hey lovely Reader I love how things can arise to support us, in the moment we most need them. I'm holding some complexity in my life right now and over the past few weeks I've experienced great kindnesses and moments of profound gratitude. Things that have helped (and continue to) resource me, so I am able to continue attending to the things that also call me. It's this balance in life that speaks to the reality of our experience. Finding our own ways to hold the joy and the pain, with...

Hey lovely Reader You may have noticed there was no podcast last week - this episode is a brief reflection that speaks to why that was. It also explores the importance of this work of compassionate self-enquiry in order to resource ourselves for when we have to face into the hard stuff of life. When life is flowing smoothly, it can feel easier to be calm and thoughtful. But when the curveball comes? That's when we see how the work we continue to do in the quieter moments can hold us. The...

Hey lovely Reader Something has been unfolding in my own life over the past several days. It's tender and painful. It's not just my story and so I can't share it here but it has been at the heart of my attention since it happened. That this has happened as we step into The Field is not lost to me. This special place for holding space for all that change brings: the joyful excitement of creating changes your heart desires, the complexity of navigating change when things shift and sway, the...

Hey lovely Reader The Field opens tomorrow. As that threshold beckons, I've been thinking about my personal experience of being in those in-between, liminal places where change happens. And I have a visceral sense of how it can be so many things: excitingly inviting, immensely joyful and, of course, deeply complex. However change feels for you, The Field is a place where you don't have to do it alone. Not because we'll solve each other's problems or give each other answers. But because...

Hey lovely Reader This week I opened The Field. It's been sitting quietly in my heart for a very long time - five or six years, if I'm honest. And what I've learned through nurturing this idea is that sometimes the most important work happens when we stop pushing and allow something to ferment in its own time. The Field is a held space for people navigating change - whatever that change may be, wherever you are in the process. It's not a course teaching a methodology. It's not a programme...