Kirstie Sivapalan
Help. What is being helpful? I contemplated this after issuing another plea to people for help with advocacy who do not live with energy limiting/exertion punishing conditions such as M.E. and now Long Covid. I then posted a vent on Twitter with this analogy which I have since developed: Asking for help from a person… Continue reading Sink or Swim: How to help people with M.E, helpfully.
"What do you do?", you say I know what you want to hear - I am a this, I am a that, I am employed, valid, salaried, PAYED As you are. You want me to make sense to you. You want me to be part of the world as you know it. Yet my full… Continue reading My full time job
This month has been busy. Not that the month before was not, but this is a different kind of busy. An up in the air, juggling, planning, head-scratching busy. Because RSL Collective is changing. After over a year in Queens Parade, Willesden Green I have been blessed to connect with a number of complementary therapists… Continue reading Transformation
The multi talented Ann Theato, tarot reader, psychic and medium and creator of beautiful hand-made tarot bags and cloths (for starters) gave me this message today. It was one of those moments where it hits you that you knew this and you will also know this: "Lightworkers- You've been doing this work for many many… Continue reading Valuable
Do what you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life. This was one of my life mantras. My time in HR spent trying to find the ultimate "happy" fulfilling workplace. Occasionally I'd get there for a bit and love it then I would become dis-illusioned and the work would again… Continue reading Light work
That work work work was in full swing today: Pricing, sorting, sharing, enthusing, connecting, exchanging and practising. Not just me either, this was the buzz in the shop as people came and fully engaged with what there was to offer. At one point I looked over and smiled to see 3 ladies sitting on various… Continue reading Occupied
22. Celebration time as Mercury resumes its direct motion. The last one wasn't exactly smooth sailing but this one has been pretty choppy. It's been reminiscent of the astrological square aspect. Various energies not relating or understanding each other, causing friction, but building, always building. Staying the course and working through the conflicts to find… Continue reading Mercurial
I am blessed to have connected with some incredible Capricorn souls who are very active within the Collective. Two of these Saturn ruled sisters were with me today and we had our own healing sharing circle, exchanging energy and healing techniques. With love and a deep desire to support the other person's well-being and without… Continue reading It’s their kind of love
Shop day off today so since I missed last week's tidy and sort day due to travelling back from up north I made sure it had plenty TLC. It's always a lovely feeling getting the shop ready for the week ahead. It's "as above, so below" so the love, care and cleansing I give the… Continue reading The great adventure
Today has been the first day since before opening the shop that I've had one of those truly "veg out" days. A pyjama wearing, box-set watching, sofa snuggling day. Just me and the Aquarian. No thoughts, no to do lists, no poignant questions, just "lying like broccoli" enjoying our time together. (Can't remember where that… Continue reading Snuggled
Writing and M.E. 