March 2020 is proving to be a challenging month for many people, businesses and communities, as we navigate our personal and collective responses to the coronavirus.

And yet, if we look deeper, this time foretells a potential global shift in consciousness through the confrontation of enormous and urgent issues. These may not be the ones that seem most obvious, but rather those which are hidden beneath the headlines.

As we offer ourselves greater connection, self-care and nourishment, we will naturally come into balance with the Earth. And vice versa.

Eric Berne, the founder of Transactional Analysis, wrote about hungers at the core of every human being.

You can think of these ‘hungers’ as needs - essential biological and physiological needs to enable each person to grow and thrive.

Meeting these needs in healthy ways helps each person feel authentic and empowered in how they interact with the world.

I feel a rising in the feminine energies in the world, within each person and in the consciousness of humanity as a collective. 

This is also a potent time of year (in the Northern hemisphere) for the Earth element in Chinese Medicine -  a time to connect to our roots, come into harmony with nature, and honour the rich food sources available to us when we look after the environment.

Since moving back to Oxfordshire, UK, I have come across a company which currently serves East London, Oxfordshire and all the way in between. I have been lucky enough to receive complimentary juices courtesy of The Healthy Juice Company and have supplemented my diet for 2 days to try them out.

Warning: Contains nutritional content!

I go through phases with food. Do you?

Last week, tucked away at the back of the cupboard, with some dates and lentils (long past their best before date) I found some pumpkin seeds. Actually two bags. Yum...?

The importance of protecting your energy cannot be underestimated if you identify as highly sensitive. 

The term Highly Sensitive People comes from the research by Elaine Aron, and is estimated that 20% of the population, regardless of country or culture, are biologically hard-wired to be more sensitive to their environment.

HSPs will notice things that other people do not, are likely to feel more deeply, and to think and process thoughts and emotions in greater depth. This could be in relation to their environment, the people around them, their workplaces, children, and so on.

And with so much information, always-on technology and busy lives, it is more important than ever that HSPs protect their energy.