Sandra HiltonApr 296 minWhat's In Your Toybox?April 2022 Soul Notes “So much of what delights and troubles you Happens on a surface You take for ground.” writes John O’Donohue in his...
Sandra HiltonMar 255 minPatienceMarch 2022 Soul Notes Photo by Andrew Lloyd-Seetim As spring nudges those of us in the northern hemisphere into the world, how many of us...
Sandra HiltonFeb 115 minWhat Binds Us...The theme of this month’s Soul Notes looks at what binds us. This piece ponders the question as restrictions loosen in the UK...
Sandra HiltonJan 145 minI am no longer waiting...January 2022 Soul Notes Thanks to Andrew Lloyd-Seetim for this image Mary Anne Perrone’s poem reminds us that life is for living. That...
Sandra HiltonDec 17, 20215 minA Letter to the JudgeDecember 2021 Soul Notes “This is the season to go home far within” …… “as I wrap myself in winter silence and curl into its rooty...
Sandra HiltonNov 5, 20214 minSalsa in the Time of CoVidAutumn 2021 Soul Notes This week, I returned to working face to face with some of my therapy clients. It’s been a plan long in the...
Sandra HiltonOct 1, 20216 minThe Naming of ThingsSandra muses on the Naming of Things and shares wisdom from the imitable Aldous Huxley.
Sandra HiltonJul 23, 20215 minManaging Loss and Inevitable TransitionsTwenty five years ago, I travelled to the cave city of Uplistsikhe, one of the earliest urban settlements in Georgia in the Caucuses....
Sandra HiltonJul 23, 20214 minTime to PlaySandra poses some deep questions about about the longings within, and the antidote to the narrowing of life since the pandemic.
Sandra HiltonMay 20, 20214 minLoving All the PartsIn this edition of Soul Notes, I explore what it’s like for us all to emerge from our home cave and back to a life of hugs and socialising.
Sandra HiltonMay 3, 20216 minChanging Your Perspective on Middle Age and the MenopauseAdolescence and middle-escence have much in common. A transition where we move from one life stage to another.
Sandra HiltonApr 23, 20216 minThe Second Half of LifeApril 2021 Soul Notes There’s a time in our lives when we feel overwhelmed by our hormones. The familiar shape of what we feel to be our...
Sandra HiltonMar 19, 20215 minMaking Friends with our AngerThis month's Soul Notes is devoted to our anger. Often seen as the emotion to be fearful of...I invite you into the angry space...
Sandra HiltonFeb 23, 20216 minUsing Your Dreams to Guide You Through the MenopauseThere’s me, my mum and my daughter. We’re on a wasteland, littered with fallen supermarket trollies. A giraffe wanders through the middle
Sandra HiltonFeb 19, 20215 minThe Alchemy of LongingMany of my conversations these days start something like this….”I just wish that I could ….” followed by a simple longing
Sandra HiltonJan 15, 20215 minWhat Does Hope Taste Like?January 2021 Soul Notes Ironically, in spite of the “sameness” of the shape of my lockdown days, I don’t quite know what to expect of...
Sandra HiltonDec 15, 20205 minHow to Survive a Covid Christmas with Your Mental Health Intact“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” sings Bing Crosby over the radio. And it is. Just not as we know it.
Sandra HiltonDec 4, 20205 minShowing Up and Showing OffDecember 2020 Soul Notes “you are not everything but everything could not be everything without you” These lines from poet and...
Sandra HiltonNov 6, 20205 minLetting Go, Letting ComeNovember 2020 Soul Notes Like many of us, I’ve been working out of a small room at home for the last 8 months. My desk is set up in a...