L E T T E R from Jac – Writing The Script As We Go
This feels powerful as we feel powerless doesn’t it, I am truly taking solace in it. It took me a […]
This feels powerful as we feel powerless doesn’t it, I am truly taking solace in it. It took me a […]
Outside of comfort is where we grow. This means being uncomfortable is essential for our own evolution. Part of us […]
I do love this quote by Murakami. A man who also wakes at 4.30am every day and writes furiously until […]
When everyone around us is either panicking, or dismissing heavily everyone that is panicking, it’s hard to stay on solid […]
Nature is all about evolving, moving forward, growing and changing. These movements can happen through creation or they can happen […]
The High Vibe Challenge is kicking along and I love getting all the feedback from students within the Private Facebook […]
There is a Pali chant, a Buddhist chant that is often used with meals; ‘Sabe lokami Ye satah, Jivanta hara […]
Click HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2. Rushing for me is a guarantee for being in a […]
Integrity was once beautifully described to me as doing the right thing even if no one was looking. I feel […]
Taoism is a beautiful philosophy I have been studying now for decades, and it still eludes me, catches my curiosity […]
In Ayurveda, there are three dosha’s and the Vata dosha, when out of balance, can cause anxiety, sleeplessness and restlessness. Which is […]
There’s something very plain, very simple that I adore about Zen, being that nothing is special AND everything is special. […]
Our beliefs define us. Like scratches and smudges on a pair of sunglasses that we have become so used to […]
In today’s society, which is riddled with muddled messaging, knowing how to hold oneself is becoming increasingly challenging. Sayings such […]
There are over 100 billion stars and there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all […]
Morning everyone! As a new chapter opens for The Broad Place I wanted to take the time to put the […]
The question I get asked from students often is ‘How will I know if it’s the right moment to do […]
I would like to spend some time this week (within the gift to me, that is these Letters, as I […]
There is a system within the Vedic lineages called ‘tapasya’ which is essentially the renunciation of something we enjoy, in […]
I know I bang on and on about Values, but I truly see them as anchors for our souls. When […]
This reminds me of something my friend Sam from Cloud Hidden Tea told me about tea ceremonies; work with the […]
The brighter you shine the more blinding it will become for those not attuned to it. I was recently chatting […]
When Emily or I teach Integrated Meditation, we both drill into our students to not chase perfection. You will never […]
This is the time of year we all sit back and start to either feel incredible gratitude for the year […]
Consciousness is defined in so many different ways, sometimes as a state of awareness, or the quality of that awareness. Sometimes as […]
I used to play a game many years back, that I nicknamed Ram Dass Roulette. I listened ferociously to Ram […]
I still remember reading The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand’s pivotal book. I was maybe 21 at the time and it fried […]
Around this time of year, Arran and I start formulating our ideas for the following year. 2018 was massive for […]
We have been preaching this from the rooftops for years, it’s a tool within our 7 Day Mind Cleanse and […]
I often ponder why it’s so hard to follow our hearts and even harder sometimes to hear what they have […]
I used to have a terrible aversion to saying no to people. I had, (and still do) a big fear […]
This quote is for me literally something to live by ‘Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything […]
Wow, this weeks’ Letters seem to have really triggered a lot of thought and reflection from many of you!! So, […]
If you haven’t read the first and second part of this Letter series, you can check Part 1 and Part […]
Arran, Emily and I get so exhausted by all the ‘Be Fearless’s self-improvement mush that is shoved down everyone’s throats […]
In Buddhism, Dukkha, which is originally a Pali word, is translated most frequently as suffering. Specifically the suffering of the […]
Photo from our India Retreat in Rishikesh Oh my lord is it excellent to be home! So emotional! So wonderful! […]
Having a teenage daughter, the essence of telling the truth is really up in our grill at the moment. And […]
If you missed yesterday’s Letter, Part 1, you can see it here. After changing my flights and wrapping up the […]
Our recent trip to India took a year to plan. The major component was our Broad Place Retreat which had […]
The only thing we are really trapped by is our thinking mind, with its limitations and prejudices and biases that […]
We can’t help it a lot of the time. It’s automatic. Our egos are constantly sizing everything up against that […]
A student messaged me last week saying she felt disgusted with herself and angry, as she still longed to buy […]
If you’ve ever been working on something and loved it, then over thought it, then doubted it, then felt ill […]
Yesterday, I wrote in the Letter about re-framing spirituality and you can read it HERE. It’s a big topic and […]
There is so much confusion when we decide to live ‘spiritually’. It’s really a nonsense idea because everyone is trying […]
Being a recovering control freak and perfectionist, OCD, a Virgo and aaaall the other labels I could apply to my […]
In the Vedic view, there are three things present at all times. Creation, maintenance and destruction. The Vedic view of […]
This Letter today stems from the Letter I wrote to you a few days back, What Might You Be If […]
Years back I had to really ask myself why were the unimportant things and people in my life getting so […]
Educating ourselves is fascinating and frustrating at times, as the more you learn, the more you realise you don’t know. […]
I couldn’t agree more that curiosity in all aspects of life is needed for creativity and flow. Arran told me […]
Before I left for India, I sat with my friend and student, Uyen, in Whale Beach drinking tea and we […]
There are days when I sit to write these Letters to you and I feel physically ill. I am overcome […]
Well, this week’s letter’s have certainly taken on a slightly serious tone! I didn’t mean them to, but they do […]
There is so much programming involved, in how we think we should be living. Paradigms created by so many people […]
I got a text from a friend the other day, reporting something insignificant on another friend that I had a […]
READ I adore this book by our friend Josh, his approach to creativity and consciousness continually inspires me. I interviewed Josh […]
We have a huge tree in our garden, and when we moved in became very fond of it as throughout […]
Some people come to learn meditation because they are keen to be their best selves, they feel unreal and want […]
For you to try . . . EAT We are eating mostly plant-based at the moment, and 75% of the […]
Time is something that expands and contracts, as it’s all a perception. Stay with me, I know it sounds a […]
Our daughter is doing a speech for school and had to incorporate a bunch of keywords including resilience and respect. […]
My dear friend Jen was recently telling me a story about a conversation she had with her teenage son. He […]
As a recovering perfectionist, I have had intense experiences around making mistakes. It makes no sense as part of the […]
I was once taught an analogy that I have carried around with me since from Taoism. It is that when […]
Life is so fragile. We never know when it will come to a close. As humans, we can be bitter […]
Picture a large majestical tree. We could just acknowledge a single leaf, and fixate on it, cooing over the leaf, […]
At the karate tournament last week, I saw a man with one leg compete. He stood on the side of […]
I was ordering my coffee the other day, and our lovely friend who makes coffee Andre asked how I was […]
When we are building something, a business, a relationship, our spiritual development, our education, our parenting, it’s so easy to […]
As someone that used to work in advertising, marketing and PR, our whole purpose was to make people believe that […]
I’m heading this morning from Sydney to a karate tournament in Okinawa. It has been a dream of mine since […]
Sometimes one of the challenges of being self-employed is that you are always working to a degree. Even if you’re […]
Pinterest and Instagram and all the other platforms I don’t even know about are such an incredible source of inspiration. […]
I have sat on this quote for some time. There seemed to be so many moving parts to it, each […]
Clarity is an interesting concept when it comes to learning, as the more we learn, the more we realise there […]
I really love Jane Goodall and I really love this quote. I also believe in a spiritual power higher than ourselves […]
In essence, this quote means to surrender to what is, with full acceptance. One of the most challenging things to […]
There’s something so wonderful about discovering things about yourself, having realisations and seeing tangible results from doing self-development or spiritual […]
I still remember many years back, over a decade ago, standing in a bookstore in New York, and picking up […]
I love it when slightly delusional ‘creative’ people or artists claim they don’t need order, they fly by the seat […]
No human is born with resilience. Babies are small, vulnerable and incapable of doing anything at all for themselves, unlike […]
This is one of the greatest gifts of transcendence that our meditation technique gifts us – moving beyond one’s thoughts. […]
It’s hard to believe at times, that nothing happens to anybody which he is not fit by nature to bear, […]
I love this quote. Because the ego will tell us otherwise all the time, and ensure we are terrified of […]
Today I wanted us to all gain clarity around this essential truth. Have you ever felt rested, calm and full […]
Meditation teaches us so much, and in particular Vedic meditation, where we are taught so many amazing things that become […]
Fear drains vitality. There’s always some lurking fear around everything – that is getting the wrong diagnosis. I have had […]
Authentic and inspired educational teachers, spiritual teachers, coaches, and mentors have so much to offer us. Yet they are not […]
There is an old Zen story that I really like, with many versions of it, rendered slightly differently, but I […]