How do you feel about what you see in the world?

We live in extraordinary times - remarkable technology, information at our fingertips, catastrophic effects of climate change, warfare and refugees, extreme poverty and super wealth, and abuses of power.

Many of these humans have faced throughout our history. Now we also have a planet on the brink of environmental collapse and global awareness like never before.

How come there are so many people walking around today with unhealed emotional wounds?

In the process of human existence we are all hurt emotionally to some degree. Some people wear their wounds like badges of honour; others hide them away until they are out of sight.

It is time for a transformation - to turn suffering into freedom.

The world is like a maze of mirrors, reflecting back to us our true self.

Every person, relationship or situation will hold up a mirror to you - revealing a piece of who you are, a piece of your shadow, and a piece of your soul.

In the past month I have committed myself to a new daily practice, one that is simple, short and sweet.

It is an amalgamation of various practices I have learned or read about over the years.

Engaging in personal development and exploring new parts of yourself, can introduce you to wondrous opportunities and techniques for healing. This is one of the most creative and exciting aspects of the healing process - discovering what works for your body, system and spirit.

However, I am writing today to remember - and champion - some of the essential aspects of healing. 

The process of learning and evolving is continual throughout life.

We move from one successive goal and, after some consolidation, find that there is a new goal awaiting us. From one life challenge... we find there is another lesson to be learned.

There are a great number of ways to connect to the spark of life: Art, Science, Nature, Prayer.

It does not matter what your word is or how you connect. What is vital for your spirit, your wholeness and the alignment of your being, is to invite this greater power to fill your life.

In Brené Brown's book Rising Strong she talks frankly about what happens to us after we "fall down".

I don't know many writers, or researchers, who discuss so openly the real difficulties of showing up as authentic in our lives.

Brené talks about authenticity as stepping out into the arena - being vulnerable, opening your heart, entering into your emotional world. It is inevitable that if you step out and show up, that sometime you will "fall down".

This is a delicate subject, but one I think about often.

Life can seem too hard sometimes, especially with the many tragic events that have happened recently in the UK.

People are struggling to find peace.

In my work I witness people who have trauma trapped in their souls, and I enable them to release, heal and integrate.

This is not a concept discussed in the mainstream, nor culturally acceptable.

However I have seen, and continue to see, that the soul itself carries the trauma of previous life events.