Being human
I can appreciate this and still be struggling
A good moment does not have to explain the whole of a life.
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REFLECTIONS ON BEING HUMAN
On understanding ourselves, meeting one another
and noticing the life that is already here.
WELCOME TO FREE SPIRIT NOW
Free Spirit Now is a place for the ordinary, complicated business of being human: relationships, healing, empathy, self-understanding and the things that make us stop and wonder.
Psychology and grounded spirituality meet lived experience here. So do neurodiversity, questions of fairness, and the occasional raised eyebrow at a very confident spiritual claim.
You can enjoy something beautiful and still be struggling. Find meaning without being certain. Laugh at an idea while taking the person seriously. There is room for all of that.
FROM THE JOURNAL
Being human
A good moment does not have to explain the whole of a life.
Read the piece ↗Connection
Learning to care for ourselves can sit alongside receiving care from someone else.
Read the piece ↗Meanwhile, She…
Facebook’s busiest unnamed woman would like a word with the narrator.
Read the piece ↗HUMOUR HAS A HOME HERE
SHE, The Spiritual Warrior, SHOMO and The Empath meet the ordinary world. It doesn’t always cooperate.
Meet the cast & read the humour ↗THROUGH LEIGH’S LENS

THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORDS
My training and professional background include person-centred counselling and group therapy facilitation.
Free Spirit Now is where I bring that curiosity together with lived experience and photography. I’m interested in what helps us feel heard, what keeps us apart, and what we might notice when we stop rushing towards an answer.
Understanding behaviour does not mean excusing harm. There is room here for empathy, boundaries, honesty and accountability.
Curious, not certain.
Experienced, not expert.
Inviting, not instructing.
Sometimes noticing is enough.
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