I'm just adding a few more images and videos to the mini course, but its ready for you to dive in and learn more about this incredible little plant. Just click on the classroom tab at the top and have a look 👀

I love the moment the sun peeps over my roof top 🥰

Who’s ready to spend the next 30 days saying hello to the sun? Together we’ll build a simple morning habit that combines nature, mindfulness and the science of circadian rhythm—all in just a few minutes a day. Inside the challenge you’ll find: ☀️ Daily 2–5 minute videos 🌿 Gentle morning practices 🌳 A beautiful printable Challenge Tree 💚 Daily community check-ins No pressure. No perfection. Just one small act of kindness for yourself each morning. If you’re joining us, let me know below with a ☀️

I'm very excited about this next offering here in Rooted in Nature. I am quietly creating it now and it will soon be ready. It's called 30 Days of Saying Hello to the Sun 🌿 This won't be about getting up at silly o'clock or watching spectacular sunrises every day. It's about something much simpler... Stepping outside each morning, taking a few mindful moments to greet the day, reconnecting with nature and discovering how just a little morning light can positively affect your mood, energy and wellbeing. There'll be gentle daily prompts, community encouragement and no pressure to be perfect—just an invitation to build a small habit that could make a big difference. I'm still putting the finishing touches together, but I'd love to know... 🌞 Would this be something you'd like to join? 🌿 What time do you usually wake up? I can't wait to share more with you very soon!

Do you practice meditation? Is it something you’d love to master? Or maybe it’s something you keep returning to, feeling like sometimes you’ve “got it”… only to feel back at square one again a few days later. Perhaps you meditate every single day, whether it feels easy or not. I’ve had a meditation practice for years now, but honestly, at the beginning of my journey it was not a kind thing I did for myself. It became another way to judge myself. Another thing I felt I was failing at. At the time, I was moving through an incredibly painful period in my life after the end of my first marriage and the breakdown of a close friendship. It was what eventually led me to leave the Midlands and move to Wales around 16 years ago. The whole experience left me with crippling anxiety that took a long time to move through, and during that year I tried every meditation and personal development technique I could find. My mind raced constantly. And every time I sat down to meditate and couldn’t “clear my mind,” I felt even more broken. Eventually I realised that what my body actually needed was gentleness. Gentle yoga helped my tense muscles soften. Time in nature became my meditation space. I was helping a lady poo pick horse fields early in the mornings, caring for my aunt’s chickens, my mum’s alpacas and Shetland ponies. I was safe with my family in Wales and slowly healing. What hindered my healing was trying to rush it. Over time things began to shift. I volunteered at the local community woodland and eventually met James, my husband. Around this time I also received an accidental ADHD diagnosis while working at a university as a Mental Health Mentor. I didn’t pay much attention to it initially, but it started turning the cogs around my own inner struggles and why traditional meditation had felt so difficult for me. I was now training to become a counsellor and doing a huge amount of supported inner work myself — which is an essential part of the training. You cannot ask someone else to bare their soul if you’ve never learned to do the same yourself.