I am once again remembering to be more accepting of where I am and what is possible, while also creating the time to do what is important to me. With a post partum brain that often can only plan one to two days ahead for practical things like grocery shopping and play dates, and with…
Becoming a life coach Following the birth of my daughter Olivia in 2015 and the journey of figuring out and supporting her allergy diagnosis, and then my husbands cardiac arrest and the two months he spent in hospital in 2016…I was burnt out, exhausted and with a deep knowing that I didn’t want to go…
I never thought of myself as courageous (especially with courage initially bringing up the image for me of someone riding into battle, sword outstretched…), but has become a word that I keep circling back to again and again. Seeing how I want AND CAN be courageous in how I live my life. Courage comes from the Old French…
I am sitting on my bed, with Noah asleep beside me, with the doors wide open to the garden watching the birds outside and reflecting on how it has taken me so long to get back to writing newsletters and blogs this year. I had many good intentions to write more regularly; and while holidays, Olivia…
Do you want to feel more in tune with your true essence? To feel flow and ease in your day? To create from a place of inspiration that allows your light to shine? One of the most powerful concepts I have learnt over the last few years is about nurturing my feminine side first, before…
Breathing is the flow of the divine, Where the rhythms of life turn into each other – The eternal exchange. Pour one breath into the other, Outbreath into the inbreath Into the outbreath. Awaken to equanimity, At peace in the play of opposites. – #41, The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche The Radiance Sutras…
“Outer to inner, Autumn is here” The wheel of the year is turning again, as we move from summer into autumn. Transitions (whether seasonal or life transitions) aren’t always smooth, but I find connecting to and honouring the changing seasons through the wheel of the year (alongside the moon cycle and my own personal menstrual…
Growing up in New Zealand where it is summer at Christmas time, results in a mash-up of seasonal traditions. We give each other Christmas cards with snowmen and reindeer on them, and have roast hams for Christmas lunch; while preparing holiday BBQs and packing for long stretches at the beach. We are welcoming the summer…
Here is an attempt to share some of my story, and my journey to here. So grab a cup of tea, and let’s dive in…. I’m Elanor Christianson. A soulful business strategist, certified coach and Qoya teacher. I am a quirky, nature loving, book nerd with a loud laugh. I love travel and adventure, and…