L E T T E R from Jac – On Resistance and Flow – Part 1
What I have learnt about myself is that I sort of held on to some old Catholic beliefs that it […]
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L E T T E R from Jac – Spirituality
Sri M is one of my favourite teachers, for he combines the richest of spiritual knowledge, with practical modern living. I […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Follow Truth
It’s so tempting to want to look to others to figure out what to do. I have always admired Krishnamurti’s teachings, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Micro Sabbatical
When I was in government quarantine, Instagram was a life line for me, to my friends, students and the outer […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Love Everything
One of my favourite teachers Ram Dass, was taught by his guru above all other teachings to ‘love everything’. It […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Eliminating the non-essential
‘Misogi’ is a Japanese term meaning ‘eliminating the non essential’. Editing out what’s not important or relevant anymore. In the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Stormy Weather
There are so many storms emotionally for us all at the moment. Big fronts come bearing down on us, unexpected […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Resistance
On Friday I hosted our live online The DOJO, 90 minute session on Resistance and Surrender, and we explored many verses of the Tao […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Letting Creativity Flow To You
Life is a combination of making it happen (ends up being a small percentage) and things outside of our control […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Planet Sabbatical
Yesterday Arran and I bumped into a friend Dan, who owns a cafe here in Byron with his wife, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What’s None Of My Business
In truth, this has been a really vulnerable time for me, I’ve shared more than before, heart of my sleeve, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Sweet Joys
The feeling of getting out of government quarantine was truly something else. I have truly realised how relative time is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 4
Hands up who wants resilience? Hands up who also would prefer to not do the dirty work to get it? Resilience […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 3
I have found that trusting the universe is an easier task when things are ‘going my way’. I delight in […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 2
We have been through some stuff in our lives, Arran and I. For some it would mount up a life […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 1
I thought I would share some of the beauty in what I am learning personally, and what I am learning […]
L E T T E R from Jac – To Live A Simple Life
Over 4 years ago, Arran and I gave away and sold almost all we owned, including all our furniture, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Spiritual Hurricane Lamp
Anne Morrow Lindbergh writes in her beautiful book Gift From the Sea, “I want in fact – to borrow from […]
L E T T E R from Jac – To Despair Or Not Despair
The Mother, Aurobindo’s teaching partner teaches beautifully on despair and it has been something I have really learnt into. Her […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Surrender
In a 1979 lecture by Ram Dass he says, ‘Just look at your life and think how many preferences you […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Instructions for Living a Life
I’ve found myself pouring out a lot of words at the moment, raw, un-hemmed words, loose threads. I know they […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Redefining Luxury
One of our students forwarded this Letter that I wrote back in December of last year and I thought that […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The True Teachers
We all have teachers in our lives, that have helped us, taught us. It’s what I do for my living, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Can You See The Moon?
Trauma is such an interesting experience, the brain seeming to be sliced into multiple parts. You can go through the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Easter Bunny
I completely forgot about Easter, until my daughter asked me a week ago would it be cancelled. How utterly sad, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Getting On With It
I work one on one with a lot of people around the world, usually immensely successful people locked into a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Being Like Bamboo
Bamboo is quite incredible. It can be used to build entire buildings, makes for cups and mugs to drink from, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Surrender
I’ve told this story many times, and want to share it again now, as I feel it’s so relevant. There […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Will You Honor
A lot of students that I teach and mentor are having the exact same challenge right now, caught between agonising […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Are you joining The DOJO?
So often, spiritual teachings are left to hover in the air, an intellectual pursuit, that is segregated and separated from […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Inspiration for Success
Isn’t it an amazing time? In the thick of all the awfulness – all the paradigms and societal beliefs we […]
L E T T E R from Jac- Exploring What’s Next
Have you noticed a truly sharp difference in how you consume and what you consume once in quarantine? Is it […]
L E T T E R from Jac – All The Dreams
There is a Jewish story, that is also told in many traditions with varying tones. The essence of it is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Heart At Peace
Some questions for you to ponder… What is your source? What will you return to? What will you be tolerant […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Truth of Resilience and Innovation
This situation at the moment is really dismantling a lot isn’t it. Us as people, our friends, our family, our […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Happens Today Is A Choice
At the moment I can feel myself firming up, more grounded every day. Becoming stronger, more resilient, and I can […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Embracing The Gaps
I woke up yesterday, and for a brief moment, forgot all that had been happening. I stretched, I listened to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Choice We Get To Make
We can truly lean into the current situation of the pandemic as a way to discover the truth of ourselves. We might […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Some Sweetness For You
I keep saying WOW out loud in a voice that resembles Owen Wilson, because seriously it’s a truly insane time to […]
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 […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Suffering Is Optional
I do love this quote by Murakami. A man who also wakes at 4.30am every day and writes furiously until […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Panicking
When everyone around us is either panicking, or dismissing heavily everyone that is panicking, it’s hard to stay on solid […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Changing Teams
I was to travel to Japan as my little treat post my Australian tour. I was going to Kyoto myself […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Returning to Flow
I always come back to this quote, as a reminder to get myself realigned. I tend to lean into anxiety, […]
Thought Of The Week – Mind Nutrition
Consider that what you eat is also what you are. Consider this for your mind. What you consume mentally makes […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Boosting For Needed Times and Travel
I try to eat well, exercise, and meditate and do all the high-grade living things I can to keep myself […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Welcome to our weekly musings
Well, this feels enormous. I know it shouldn’t really, it’s just a Letter isn’t it, but we have had such […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Holding our friends close
I sat writing this Letter to you in a cafe in Selfridges in London, munching down a huge salad and […]
L E T T E R – EDIT Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Today before journaling I want you to sit for a moment with your eyes closed and ask, what does the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Opportunity Cost of Being Scared
As a creative in my early twenties, rejection was just part of the game. Trained as an Interior Architect, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Evolution Of The Broad Place
I am deep in work on refining how we offer The Broad Place to the world!! Our commitment is to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Cultivating Qualities Through The Trivial
‘I was having team with Master Han in his office when the mailman arrived with a letter from the master’s […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Workings of Consciousness
Moving into higher states of consciousness means that we can have deeper relationships, are calmer and centered, are less involved […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Thinking Patterns and the Power of Choice
Here are some examples of common low grade thinking patterns that you might recognise; “God, bad things always seem to […]
L E T T E R – CLARITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Ohhh Clarity is one of the pillars of The Broad Place and a deeply laden intention to hold this week. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Backing Yourself
The High Vibe Challenge is kicking along and I love getting all the feedback from students within the Private Facebook […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Asking For Help
Frequently, we are very good at giving help. Generous, unbounded in our ability to help others. Why? Because helping someone […]
L E T T E R – Are You Joining Jacqui on our February/March Australian Tour?
In 6-7 weeks I board the vverrry long flight from London to Australia and I am so excited to connect […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Training in The Art of Peace
My homeland of Australia is in a turbulent time. It’s not unique to Australia, many, many countries are in a turbulent time. It brings […]
L E T T E R – DEPTH Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week’s intention is DEPTH. I know this sounds strange at first reading, but I feel for it so strongly. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Passport To Freedom and Love
I’m not sure exactly what happened a long time back, it was likely having a small child, being a single […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Repeating Things
Pema Chodron speaks of this with such clarity, ‘Life’s work is to wake you up, to let the things that […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; How Can I Help?
‘The perfume of sandalwood,Rosebay or jasmineCannot travel against the wind. But the fragrance of virtueTravels even against the wind,As far as […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Do Not Fear This Time
Let’s read this second quote, “Once more we are in a period of uncertainty, of danger, in which not only […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows
Years back, I had to really ask myself why the less important things and people in my life are getting […]
L E T T E R – COMPASSION Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
It’s a volatile time on the planet right now. As we scroll through horrific images one after another, anger brews […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Choosing A Direction
When we experience extreme stress or trauma, the fight-flight response is triggered. When this happens, our brain tells us we […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Moving Through the Drama of our Lives
I mean is this not a brilliant quote? I have this little pocket book of notes from Pema Chodron, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – At What Cost
I scrawled this sentence down in a notebook in India when my friend Jeff was doing a lecture, and just […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Working With Emptiness
‘We join spokes together in a wheel,but it is the centre holethat makes the wagon move. We shape clay into […]
L E T T E R – The Tiny Teachers In Their Hundreds
Each of us has a unique set of codes within us, that are our little teachings, a personal gift from […]
L E T T E R – ENERGY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Energy is a huge focus for me always, through my meditation, yoga, karate, and qi-gong training as well as understanding […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Are you Ready to Shift your Energy Throughout January?
In 10 days time with hundreds of people from all over the world, we launch into the January 2020 High […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Honeyed Reinstating Of Ones Soul
Being a big fan of Nick Cave and his immensely creative processes, as well as his raw vulnerability and sharing […]
L E T T E R from Jac – BOOM and it’s 2020!!!
Welcome to 2020, what a freaking amazing day it is! Whatever happened until the very moment you read this, is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Your Doctor Called And Asked Me To Share This With You…
Let’s get really clear on what 2020 is going to be for you. What will you introduce, what will you […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Remembering Ram Dass
One of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time, Ram Dass, passed away last week. Ram Dass has been a huge […]
High Vibe Challenge January 2020 with FREE Program Early Bird Offer until midnight January 1st Only!
I cannot explain how excited I am to launch our highly evolved High Vibrational Challenge into the world!! It has […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Finding Strength
I don’t know about you, but my thoughts at times can be utterly awful. A doomsday riot of negativity, doubt, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Gifts Not Under The Tree
Have you ever received a present and thought, ‘weird, and certainly not what I want’ yet it’s gone onto be […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Happy Day To You From Us
Christmas is a funny time, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s joy-filled and fun. Other years it’s a time to get together […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Getting on with the Living and the Loving
I want us all to ponder, how often has holding onto my resentments paid off? How many moments have I […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Redefining Luxury
I read a brilliant article in the FT Weekend by Lucia Van Der Post. She says that luxury is shifted […]
L E T T E R – CLARITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This weeks intention is HUGE. We are finishing a year as well as a decade. So you might want a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Is It You’re Really Looking For?
I know when I feel anxious, challenged or I feel I have lost sense of the deep inner trust that […]
L E T T E R from Jac – How To Take Accountability For Your Emotions
It can be a really emotional time at the moment, can’t it? Family situations, work coming to a crunch period […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Giving Freely That Which Counts
Our daughter had a huge upset of late within her football team (soccer for all the Australians) that was a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Do You Really Want To Transform?
“Most of us don’t want to change, really. What we do want is sort of modifications on the original model. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – ACCEPTANCE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Someone sent me a link to a very high profile guy on Instagram, who was literally SCREAMING at millions of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – How To Communicate Boundaries With Family At Christmas
I felt this was timely, as it’s something that students ask me about SO OFTEN, how do we set boundaries […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Nature Is Whispering Your Name
In most spiritual lineages, nature is considered an extension of people, and something to be nurtured and cared for, loved […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Lonely Mountain Path
But not many people can be bothered with walking up the mountain to see that path. Down in the valley […]
L E T T E R – Gift One, Receive One; An Education of Clarity, Creativity, and Consciousness this Christmas
We take education and experiences very seriously here at The Broad Place. Arran and I have always gifted each other […]
L E T T E R from Jac – All The Parts Of Us
In December, we all get pretty full up in our Calendars. The other day I was trying to find time […]
L E T T E R – COSMIC Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Do you sometimes feel life is moving so fast you are losing your connection to the whole? That daily we […]