Author: Vicki Butchers

The idea of ‘Spirit’ conjures up all sorts of images for us. Perhaps a special feeling of connection with nature, or a stirring inside when we listen to a certain piece of music.  Maybe an overwhelming awe when we walk

I find myself often quoting this lovely African proverb when trying to encourage families who struggle occasionally with the many demands and frustrations of bringing up children. We were never meant to try and do it on our own! The

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting trying to make sense of the crazy times we find ourselves in. I don’t mean sitting quietly for hours on end – life seems to have been busier than ever –

Acknowledging our feelings can be a challenge sometimes. Good, positive feelings are easy – we enjoy those and love sharing them with others. Facebook posts are testament to this; if we only looked there we could be lulled into thinking

The feelings of fear can be so irrational and yet so real! I can cope with spiders in my house, but ‘daddy long legs’…….! They are so small, they don’t bite, don’t make a noise, in fact they can’t do

This week has been hard! I don’t know why particularly this week, but the pressure to do more, be more, help more, change more, relax more, read more has been a bit overwhelming at times! Where has that pressure come

There seems to be two groups of people surviving lock-down in different ways. There are those spending lots of time being still reflecting, planning and even getting quite bored. Then there are those running around madly trying to balance the

My husband has a friendly nickname – Peter Plan! He like’s to be organised, and be ready for what’s happening next. And if I’m honest so do I – I’m just not always very good at it! This weekend coming

How are you doing? How are those hands? Twenty seconds of hand-washing is longer than you think isn’t it?! Just for a minute let’s think about other ways we can use some twenty second moments that may just help you

We’ve survived a week! We all deserve a massive Hug! Do you know, I think one of the hardest things I have found this week is not being able to hug people. So consider yourself virtually hugged! These next words