“Conversations from my Duvet”

Change of plan. In our 2018 “Conversations from my Duvet” bubble, the next parallel entry in my journal isn’t dropping for another couple of days (and you know how I LOVE that I am publishing the entries exactly 2 years to the day they were written!) These next 3 episodes are my story of rebirth. I NEED TO STRESS: this is my birth story, so there are explicit details in there. If you are not a fan of birth stories, wait until the episode called “Woodbridge by the River”. Part 2 is the episode which comes with emotional trigger warnings, and those are explained. Please decide whether or not you are ready to listen. This podcast is my truth. All of it. And this birth story is crucial. Lots of love to you, Sophie xxx

There’s always a space where I reassess how I am going about things. The aim is to live in my flow state. What is this? (I hear you clamour) This is when the way you live is so aligned that you feel held through the various parts. Like floating, like it’s meant. This is not some marshmallow wish, this is real. And this is an exercise is presence. So when I have been journaling, it’s generally first thing. I commit to waking up a little earlier than my kids and I write. Sometimes they wake up earlier, and there is noise all around. This episode is an exploration into what ways we employ in our lives and whether they ‘suit’ our circumstances. Do we force them to fit? Or can we find a more flowing way? Also, some mornings, I prefer to spend time breathing (meditating) over writing. So there’s a philosophical aspect to this episode too, for those of you who get turned on by that kind of thing... isn’t the act of writing a sort of meditation? Join me today and share. Share your thoughts. I know they are bubbling up within you. Don’t assume I don’t care. I do. Thank you for your ears and for inviting my voice into your life every day. Sophie xxx

Short and sharp. In and out. Mum life, real life. With nought taken out. As they say in Yorkshire. I know you’ll feel this one. Have yourself a nice cup of tea, you’re doing amazingly. One day at a time. Sending you a ton of love, Sophie xxx

Yes, this is me, back in 2018, pondering, musing, questioning, and delving. Where were you back then? And where are you now? Are you asking questions of yourself? My guess is, if you are listening in, then, you are. And I’m grateful of your attention. Back then, I sat in gratitude that the life I lived was aligned (as opposed to living a square life that I was trying to fit into a round hole) and at that moment in time - the clothes fit. Incidentally, right here, in 2020 - right now, I’m just about to step into some different clothes. Clothes that are me, but evolved. Because that is LIFE, my friends. How are you choosing to evolve through your life? So much love to you xxx. PS: do you prefer the podcast itself or these little love notes??? Do let me know... [email protected]

Adventure of a Lifetime by Coldplay is one of those songs where I only HEARD the lyrics after hearing the song loads of times. “Turn your magic on, to me she'd say, everything you want's a dream away

We are legends, every day... I feel my heart beating, I feel my heart beneath my skin, I feel my heart beating. Oh, you make me feel...Like I'm alive again”. What’s your adventure? Where are you willing to go? What are you clinging on to that is stopping you from reaching, reaching? Do you see that you have to let go to make the space to reach? Does anyone read the show notes? If you do, I’d love for you to show your love on a review please....! Either on Apple podcasts or... tag me on the socials @therestgirl This is me. My story of 2018 brought to you in the land of 2020 when the world stopped. And suddenly you actually felt your heart beating.

Welcome back to the parallel universe space that is recording a podcast in 2020 on the EXACT same day that the script was written in 2018. Universal wisdoms and musings. Today we are talking rebranding my daughter’s name (that’s pretty funny) then another dream sequence from Police Force - the yoga musical, a bit of cancer philosophy, culminating in how we need to get on board with the now. Immediately. It’s the only reality. Oh, and... IF this podcast is hitting a nerve with you and calling you home, PLEASE LEAVE ME A REVIEW... it’s really easy to do on Apple. If you are on a platform where this is not possible, but you follow me on the socials (@therestgirl) Copy and paste the episode page and tag me in to a story with your thoughts. That will be the best present ever xxxxx

This one is a retrospective, introspective journey on the ways and times, in my life, when I have been offered the opportunity (the key) to look within for answers. There’s a game of “Who are You” in there which you may be intrigued by and wish to try out for yourself (or with me... send me a message). I also share how while in the police, after failing my Sergeant’s board, I took up an NLP session (neuro linguistic programming) to identify the overall feeling in that situation and going into the recesses of my brain to pin point a key moment I felt that way too. This turns out to be a memory from being 6yrs old which I had long forgotten - and the way the situation had been dealt with, upon exploration, explained to me why I felt so nervous, silly, stupid in situations of having to ‘perform’ years after it. This also showed me that I also took on the way I had been dealt with as my response to people around me who didn’t ‘get on with it’ and how - I know this is not ME, but the environment. You have the power to visit times and places and stories of yours and rewrite them. To see what is bullshit and what is you - your value, your essence. You can totally do this - keep going xxxx

I’m just keeping it real ok? I know lots of you are either starting journaling or asking yourselves questions over life in general. Please know, this is a roller coaster ride and I choose to give you the unfiltered version. Some days it’s fluffy, some days, it’s fuzzy. Just like you. That’s why these are universal words. Some days, I fart on the page.

“I write about me. It’s from me. Without the need to compare, to be like the others.” People: speak your truth, speak from your heart. The rest will follow. We all connect to purity, no filters required. Bird song, blue sky, grey sky, laughter, that stuff is for free. This episode will give you a kick up the arse. Bare up.

Woah woah woah. Stop for a sweet minute and appreciate the art at work right here. In this episode, which is a journal entry from May 2018, I deem it important to allow for a dream vision to be recorded on paper - because deep down, I know there’s my inner wisdom speaking to me from another realm. Fast forward to now, May 2020, when a shit load of us at the moment are having wild dreams (because we have a lot coming through) and I wonder - what and how do you treat your dreams? Dismiss them? Love them?