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How Listening Deeply Can Transform Our Lives

How Listening Deeply Can Transform Our Lives

“I hadn’t known it, but all I had really ever needed was nothing more than someone to hold my hand and deeply listen.”  ~ Nicole Barton

About 5 years ago, I was deeply suffering in a life that didn’t feel like it was my own, but felt more as if it were a bad dream.  I remember feeling a sense of hopelessness, and much of the time it manifested as anger. 

Unravel a Life You Love in 2020 - without New Year’s Resolutions

Unravel a Life You Love in 2020 - without New Year’s Resolutions

“We have been conditioned to look outside of ourselves for answers for many years instead of looking at the fact that we have all the wisdom already within us.”  ~ Nicole Barton

Aren’t New Year’s Resolutions so old school?  I have grown up in a society that sees fixing, changing and ‘doing’ as critical to our existence.  But what if in the new decade, we could see something different about this that offers us freedom?

Kindred Spirit Magazine Feature: 3 Ways to Embrace the Art of Doing Nothing

Kindred Spirit Magazine Feature: 3 Ways to Embrace the Art of Doing Nothing

“What if we could find freedom from all of our suffering by simply embracing the art of doing nothing?” ~Nicole Barton 

I’m here to share exactly how we can do that, offering three ways we can begin to reconnect to our inner wisdom, instead of looking outside of ourselves for even more ‘to do’ in order to feel better.

Ditch Self Help and #DoNothing This World Mental Health Day October 10th

Ditch Self Help and #DoNothing This World Mental Health Day October 10th

As World Mental Health Day October 10th approaches, I explain why it’s time we all ditched self help and #DoNothing…

In an age where our society is deeply suffering with uncertainty; with the social illumination of issues like #metoo, increasing suicide rates and mental health challenges such as stress, anxiety and depression at an all-time high – not to mention the prevalence of huge political and environmental unrest, we are constantly living in our heads. 

Thrive Global Feature: What We Can Learn About Suffering from Trees As Autumn Ushers In

Thrive Global Feature: What We Can Learn About Suffering from Trees As Autumn Ushers In

“Look deeper into nature, and then you will understand everything.” ~ Albert Einstein

As the dark evenings drawn in earlier, and the leaves begin to change colour, and it gets just that little bit colder, we can begin to get jittery; and it’s not just because we are heading towards winter, either.

Wellbeing Writer Feature: Why it is OK to Experience Suffering, and How to Find Freedom

Wellbeing Writer Feature: Why it is OK to Experience Suffering, and How to Find Freedom

“Suffering is not holding you; you are holding suffering” ~ Buddha

Someone challenged me the other day in a way that I didn’t expect. They asked me if I ‘suffered.’ At first I had a lot of resistance to suffering.

Tiny Buddha Feature: Why I Stopped Trying to Fix Myself and How I Healed by Doing Nothing

Tiny Buddha Feature: Why I Stopped Trying to Fix Myself and How I Healed by Doing Nothing

“Everything in the universe is within you.” ~Rumi

When I was twenty-three, I lost my job through chronic illness. I thought my life had ended, and I spent the next few years an anxious, panicky mess—often hysterical.

Tiny Buddha Feature: How to Face Uncertainty: Why We Don’t Need to Press the Panic Button

Tiny Buddha Feature: How to Face Uncertainty: Why We Don’t Need to Press the Panic Button

“This time, we are holding onto the tension of not knowing, not willing to press the panic button. We are unlearning thousands of years of conditioning.” ~Sukhvinder Sircar

This morning I awoke feeling uncertain about the direction my life was taking. Was it what I wanted in all areas?

Simple Reminders Feature: Why 5 Steps to Achieve Happiness Aren’t Going to Serve You!

Simple Reminders Feature: Why 5 Steps to Achieve Happiness Aren’t Going to Serve You!

“The thing is, there aren't steps to happiness, less stress, more love, more peace, or anything else. Why? Because the truth is that these things already exist within you. These things are your innate, default state.” ~ Nicole Barton

Everybody’s always looking for 5 Steps for tackling stress, anxiety (or whatever else it is they want to ‘fix’).

Sivana East Feature: Why ‘Freedom’ Is An Illusion

Sivana East Feature: Why ‘Freedom’ Is An Illusion

“We are already free; we just don’t always see it” ~ Nicole Barton

We all want to feel free. Whether that’s roaming the globe, working as a digital nomad, having independence – or simply just choosing when we can have a yummy matcha latte.

Soul Analyse Feature: Why Affirmations are So Much More than Just ‘Positive Thinking’

Soul Analyse Feature: Why Affirmations are So Much More than Just ‘Positive Thinking’

“There is nothing to fix; you are perfect as you are.” ~ Nicole Barton

The world has come to love affirmations – who doesn’t want to feel joyful in the midst of self-doubt, low mood or anxiety? We soften try and push these feelings away…

Wellbeing Magazine Feature: Reconnecting to Authenticity: Why we aren't our stories

Wellbeing Magazine Feature: Reconnecting to Authenticity: Why we aren't our stories

“Inner peace is always within – it is our innate nature – it just happens to be underneath all our layers of thinking” ~ Nicole Barton

As I sat near the top of Mount Batur at around 6am, in Bali…

Metro Feature: What it’s Like to Live with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Depression

Metro Feature: What it’s Like to Live with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Depression

“I want people to know that there is absolutely hope of recovery, as well as acceptance that you are perfectly whole even though you are ill.” ~ Nicole Barton

Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME (myalgic encephalopathy) is estimated to effect 250,000 people in the UK.