18/06/2026
Conscious steps to healing.
As I am galloping towards my 60th this year, Yes , the year of The Fire Horse...I am approaching my health & healing from a different angle.
I HATE cold water...... that has been my mantra most of my life. But I cannot hold that as part of my vocabulary anymore after plunging into the cold winter ocean as part of my new Sauna Swim routine.
After just One hour of spending time in the most amazing local beach Saunaora ... with a range of calming essential oils on the coals, then a jog to the water for an ice cold refresh and reset, it is truly, THE best thing to do right now for my body and mind.
But I realised that I was yearning, yes yearning to get down to the cold water yesterday and was visualising myself calmly strolling in and swimming once it hit my waist. My mindset had changed after just one full sauna session.
I now LOVED cold water, no longer hated it, that feeling of negativity towards something so uncomfortable for me, had disappeared. Where did it go? I must have healed that part of me that felt so uncomfortable with something so natural.
The most fundamental layer of any healing trajectory is the body itself, and the most fundamental things you can give it are also the most basic: sleep, real food, movement, and time outside.
Sleep comes first. The body does its deepest repair work while we rest, and if sleep is consistently broken or insufficient, everything else becomes harder to sustain. Before anything else on this list, sleep deserves your honest attention.
On food: there is a tendency in wellness spaces to reach for powders and supplements and elaborate protocols, and some of these have their place. But your body is genuinely designed to draw nourishment from real food. Whole proteins, fibre, vegetables, foods that have not been heavily processed or stripped of what makes them alive. Supplements can fill gaps, but they cannot replace the intelligence of a real meal. When in doubt, eat something recognizable.
Movement matters too, even when it is gentle. A slow walk, a careful stretch, whatever your body can honestly manage today is enough.
And then there is my most favourite thing, nature, which is so greatly underestimated as a healing force.
Sunlight, fresh air, green or blue spaces, the ground under your bare feet if you can manage it. Sand, grass or cold water.
These things calm the nervous system in ways that are difficult to manufacture indoors. If you live near water, go there when you can. Nature has a way of reminding us that we are part of something larger than our diagnosis, and that reminder has genuine value.
These might seem like small and simple things, but they are in fact, foundational.
Below is a short writing exercise (10 minutes) which will ask you to reflect on where your body is in this moment and help you begin to turn your healing trajectory into an actionable plan.
1. Reclaim Your Direction Instead of asking “What’s happening to me?”, gently shift the question to:“Where am I going?” Write down 1–3 ways you want to feel in your body and life over the next few weeks and months (e.g. calm, energized, supported, peaceful).
2. Choose One Foundational Support Look at the three foundations (Sleep, Nourishment, Movement/Time in nature) and ask yourself: “Which one of these does my body need most right now?” Then choose one small, doable action you can begin today.Examples:
Go to bed 30 minutes earlier
Eat one nourishing, whole meal
Take a 10-minute walk
Step outside and feel the sun or air on your skin
3. Make It Real Complete this sentence: “Today, I am choosing to support my healing by…”
Keep it simple and kind, and most importantly, keep it doable.
This is your first conscious step in a new direction.
