From Davenport to Rivers...

I have a lot to celebrate, give myself credit for and give thanks for.

So do you. You always do, it's just that we forget to stop and take stock.

The earth knows how to live in balance and create wildly abundant growth so we do well to follow her blue print for success. I used to believe success only came from pushing, using grit and determination to 'get through' but success doesn't have to be about will power and pushing - when you are aligned with the right work/ goal and using the cycles then action and success come with more ease and balance.

A crucial part of the cycle of healthy growth and success is celebration. Taking some meaningful time to acknowledge what is good, what has already grown and what has been learned. It's part of the fuel for the next cycle of growth.

I'd love to share and celebrate with you my new name. I've created a lot of new things in my life and the new name is a celebration of my new family with a new partner in our new home. I decided to choose a new name as I no longer wanted to keep the name I'd taken in marriage, nor did I want to take another man's name, nor did I want to return to a name from the my earlier life (although I'll always be a proud member of my family). And so I've chosen to be Angela Rivers. I'm still growing into the name and I'll continue to do so for the rest of my life. I've launched this new website too, that has lots of growing to do but you'll already find courses and resources on here.

My life has radically changed over the past few years. I loved my single life with my daughter in our small pretty home but my heart always longed for family in a bigger way. I loved the film making I used to do but my heart always longed to devote my life to work that helped people live with more ease and joy and less stress and in our one precious life. I loved being in a relationship with myself but my heart always longed for a partner that supported and adored me. And now I keep the best of what came before and live this new life in an incredible new home, wonderful new children, and an aligned business that is now my full-time work. Angela Rivers has more to give and I'm excited to see what the next years of growth will bring, but everything will happen in the right season. No force needed.

And so, happy Summer Solstice to us all! What will you give yourself credit for and celebrate? What will you give yourself permission to want?

If you want to harness the season take some time today (ideally with your feet on the earth and the sky above you) and take stock (writing with pen and paper is best). How have you spent the first half of the year? What's gone well? What have you done well? What are you proud of? What are you grateful for? What could be better? What do you want more of? This is the season of time and energy - let's use it for what is actually important. You need no one's permission but your own inner knowing about what matters most.

We overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can do in a year.

What is one small win you can do today towards what you want? One small win every day will build very nicely towards that 'bloody hell this is amazing' feeling.

May all your endeavours be fruitful. May life be vibrant. May your heart's desires bloom.