L E T T E R - Move Your Arse
I think this quote is such a great follow on from yesterday and I believe it so much. I had […]
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L E T T E R – When Two Waves Collide
When you stand on a sandbank in the ocean, on certain tides, the waves wash in from the breakers and […]
L E T T E R & a G I F T – A Mothers Gift
I adore this piece by Kahlil Gibran On Children. For it’s so easy to get caught in the grit of […]
L E T T E R – Anxiety
I have one rule for our meditation students and that is that they never apologise for not meditating. Being […]
L E T T E R – Choices
When we were in Los Angeles we went to a small, lesser-known private art gallery, and the gentleman working there […]
L E T T E R – The Disturbing Truth
This took me a LONG time to get my head around when it came to spirituality and creativity. I enjoyed […]
L E T T E R – R E C O V E R Y
We are all recovering from something, whether it be grief, the ego’s grip, addiction, perfectionism, heartbreak. There’s deep recovery, and […]
L E T T E R – The Journey
Sometimes the most frequently referenced quotes and lines that are by now cheesy, are the most true, such as the […]
L E T T E R – To Tread Lightly
I like to think of this not just as treading the earth lightly, but whilst treading, being ultra aware of […]
L E T T E R – Soul Search
Not often are we encouraged in the West to renew our spirit and our spiritual thinking. I’m writing this from […]
L E T T E R – Our Last Act
What if today was the very last day of our lives? If tomorrow we never woke up. I like entertaining this line […]
L E T T E R – Inside Out
It’s tempting to think that all the answers lie outside of us. It allows us to hold others responsible. To […]
L E T T E R – Empathy
We get mean when we feel scared. It’s pretty simple yet we forget this all the time. The difference in […]
L E T T E R – Just Now
Future Projecting is something I teach and talk about a lot, as it’s a huge rut we get stuck in. […]
L E T T E R – Present Moment Awareness
Have you ever been driving your car and thought to yourself, I can’t remember driving through the last 2 suburbs? […]
L E T T E R – What Is Happy?
If you’ve had an upbringing remotely similar to mine, you may have found yourself with an ingrained belief that you […]
L E T T E R – Perfecting The Fundamentals
Continuing on from yesterday’s letter, I wanted to talk further about commitment. I study karate and it’s mind-blowingly frustrating because […]
L E T T E R – What Is Compassion Actually
As I referenced the Dalai Lama yesterday, I thought it might be nice to kick off today’s letter with a […]
L E T T E R – Recovery Time
I had an experience years and years ago, where I went to see a friend of mine who is a […]
L E T T E R – Commitment
Have you ever found your self ‘sitting by the door’ in life, always having one eye on your nearest exit? […]
L E T T E R – Our 10,000 Teachers
Just for today, imagine that every single person in your life, is there to teach you something. Something small, something […]
Wishing Won’t Work
Sometimes the intellect can be so defined, that we forget we must apply it. Like a tool that sits in […]
So Much Opportunity
Such a simple shift in mindset occurs when reading this. I like the word opportunity. It means gift, which sometimes […]
The Real Miracle
I honestly am not sure I can contribute any more to this beautiful quote, except to provide it as a […]
It Takes Two To Tango
I was terribly bullied as a little kid and again as a teenager. And now teaching meditation to lots of […]
Help Without Judgement
Years back I read the most fabulous book called The Art Of Asking By Amanda Palmer. Yes she did a […]
No BS Gratitude
Gratitude is a buzz word right now and almost everyone in one way or another has had some involvement with […]
Where Are You Now?
We all seem to know this, that being present reaps the greatest rewards as a human,but very little do we […]
Fear
Hi everyone, This is Emily, I am a meditation teacher here at The Broad Place. I have been working with Jac […]
When Things Go Wrong
This week, let’s actively make choices to either gently flow in the direction of what is going right, and if […]
The Heart
I often ponder why it’s so hard to follow our hearts and even harder sometimes to hear what they have […]
What Would It Look Like
What would it look like if you had a year to live? What would you read? What would you stop […]
Staying Afloat
Makes sense doesn’t it? Why do we encourage our ego to engage with that which in our heart of hearts […]
Selective Feedback
This is such a huge topic that I might visit it a few times more!!To begin with, ensuring we only […]
Every Bit Counts
I really am so blown away by all the kind and encouraging messages I have been receiving to these little […]
The Burn
Years back I had to really ask myself why were the unimportant things and people in my life getting so […]
The Connectedness of It All
The other day, I wrote about the concept of letting something go, in order to invite something in. To empty […]
Time To Trim
So for today’s tools on how to experience a higher grade life, the key thing is to EDIT. When something […]
Are You Brave Enough To Audit
High Grade Living is about living the best life we can, with the tools and knowledge to grant us access […]
Combatting Overwhelm
This time of year is supposed to be all about fresh starts, and new beginnings and a ‘wealth of opportunity’ […]
A Daily Commitment
As we begin to dive into into 2018, I wanted to share a mantra, a daily commitment to move beyond […]
Resolutions vs Intention Setting
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas/Festivus/Whatever You Celebrate and time to nourish and renew. Emily spent the time settling […]
When Did It Get So Hard To Say Sorry
Yesterday Arran and Marley were arguing over something small, and I stepped in with an opinion and completely overrode what […]
The Need To Disconnect To Connect
It’s the time of year when I am at my most engaged. We have all our meditation courses before the […]
The Medicine For Modern Living
Seth Godin popped into my inbox with “Are there places do you feel like you’re falling behind where there’s actually […]
A Remedy For Shame
When I first started writing these little letters to our students, I felt the deepest shame. Who the hell was […]
Hell Is Just Resistance To Life
On the weekend just been I had too much to juggle and responsibilities I didn’t want to fulfill and I […]
The Perfection Of It All
“Thus, this supremely perfect order of the Universe goes on all around us. But the structure is so vast, and […]
A Bumper Issue of Goodness
We have returned from India, the place of chaos and calm, inspired, refreshed and thrilled to be home. I can’t […]
All Those Thoughts – Which To Choose
In a sea of 80,000-90,000 thoughts a day it’s challenging to know which are helpful, real, genuine, creative and which are crap. […]
The Futility Of Plans – What Choice Will You Make?
We have been soaking in life in India with its every detail since we arrived. Literally soaking, as it hasn […]
Diwali Evening at The Broad Place
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” Martin Luther King, Jr. […]
Q. What Will The Future Look Like?
A. The Best Parts Of The Present I read this moving article over the weekend. My little brother is seriously disabled, and […]
The Little Moments
Yesterday Jeff arrived from LA, and we had a Group Meditation Meeting and spoke of how nature is at all […]
Our Daily Work
‘Living a Non Monastic Life (with emails and other dreaded tasks)’ Memories back to my recent time in the redwood […]
So Many Things
Hello my friend, I have only just 36 hours ago returned from the most incredible 6 weeks away. I can […]
It Might Be Easier…
Marley and I sat in a Parisian cafe this morning. We had orange juice, coffee (well for me), baguettes and […]
To Be Where We Are
Today I feel like having a little bit of a rant. And then suggesting something to follow that I hope […]
The Smaller Moments
We just landed yesterday from Los Angeles, and I’m only home for a few rich days before I head to […]
Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows
We know this to be true; where we place our attention, energy will flow. So awareness of where we place […]
Comfort Zones
Comfort zones would have to be one of the most boring places to hang out in for extended periods of […]
We Are What We Think
I love this quote. So many woes we all have, so many of them imagined. The mind is a pretty […]
Are You Ready? I Am VERY Ready…
Arran and I are right now in Tokyo, leaving this evening after our last minute, very fulfilling trip here. We […]
A List To Contribute To Creativity and Inspiration
I am a huge consumer these days. No longer of stuff, products and things, but of information, knowledge and experiences. […]
It’s All Spiritual Work
Travel is my spiritual work. I detest car travel and air travel. I find it pushes all my buttons. The […]
Some Mind Bait To Catch Bigger Fish
This week I am including some juicy bits and pieces to keep your mind trained on expanding, staying creative and […]
Is It A Frog Or An Eggplant?
There is a a Zen Buddhist fable I have heard a few times that goes along the line of this. […]
Indignation Or Creativity; What Will You Choose?
Oh my have I had my battles with indignation. It’s a tricky emotion. Essentially it’s a response of anger or […]
The Strange Cruelty To A Very Small Tree
Arran bought me a bonsai for Christmas. I love it so. We chose a tiny Japanese maple together, and the […]
What If You Only Had 2 Hours
I was listening to the Tim Ferriss Podcast as he was listing the ‘Impossible 17 Questions That Changed My Life’ […]
What Lies In The Shadows
This year I was dedicated to refining the difference between judgement and discernment. They really are poles apart. It’s a […]
‘You Are Welcome Here’
Diving back into my Zen studies this year (a hilarious concept really as you can ‘study Zen’ you just need […]