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I have a lovely guided meditation for you this week, one inspired by a few different thoughts and musings Iāve been reflecting on.
The first thread of inspiration is this weekendās new moon in Taurus.
New moons are a time of planting seeds and setting intentions. And Taurus is of course a sign associated with the physicalā¦ the physical body and the physical world. And this is important, and youāll notice this thread woven into this meditation.
Because I see this new moon is not just asking you to set an intention, but to bring it down from the ether and into the physical world. To take a grounded step towards what you desire. Taurus is earthy and tactile, and this new moon asks for this same energy over a purely mental approach.
And then of course Taurus also brings themes of patience, of understanding timing, of being willing to work towards a dream with slow, steady and consistent dedication. Taurus reminds us that the most sustainable things are rarely built overnight. They are cultivated slowly, patiently, lovingly over time.
Taurus shows us the wisdom and beauty of tending to our dreams with love and devotion.
This new moon in Taurus is asking for something different than a set and forget intention which is thrown into the hands of the Universe with an attitude of āitās up to you now.ā
This is essentially planting a seed and then dusting off your hands, walking away and saying itās up to the Universe, or fate, to make sure it grows.
And perhaps sometimes, the conditions are just right, and it so happens that your seed does take root and sprout into life.
But what if you tended to your seed with love and care? What if you watered it, gave it fertiliser, made sure it got sunlight and good soil?
This is co-creation.
And this is what this new moon in Taurus is asking of us.
And this is not about chasing or forcing your dreams into existence. Itās about becoming an active participant in what you desire, rather than waiting passively for it to arrive.
There is a difference between planting a seed, walking away and handing it to the Universe to take care ofā¦ā¦.and frantically forcing a seed to bloom, digging it up each day to check its progress and feeling frustrated that itās not happening on your timeline.
Co-creation exists somewhere in the middleā¦. neither passivity or force.
It is tending to the conditions that allow something to flourish.
You plant the seed. You set the intention. You tend to it with patience and care. You trust that something magical is unfolding beneath the darkness of the soil. You keep coming back even when there is no visible proof or evidence of growth.
You, your dream, the Universeā¦. all dancing together under the light of the moon to create something beautiful.
So with that being said, I invite you to carve out a little time today. Pop on this meditation, and once you have moved through this journey, come back and reflect, or perhaps journal on the following questions because there are intuitive clues within your meditation experience that offer incredible insight and wisdom.
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What did your body of water look like?
For your consideration: Water represents the subconscious, the unknown, the unseen, intuition, emotion. The state of the water in your meditation experience could give you insight into your inner world. Was your water calm, still, gentle, crashing, turbulent, choppy, flowing, murkyā¦. What does this mean to you and how does it relate to your dream or intention?
What did the object you picked up look or feel like? What could this symbolise about your dream or desire?
For your consideration: Was the object heavy or light? Smooth or jagged? Easy to hold or uncomfortable? Small and subtle or large and impossible to ignore? Ancient-looking? Fragile? Beautiful? Ordinary? Perhaps this symbolises the emotional weight of the dream you are casting, or your relationship to it, or the fears attached to it. What is your object telling you about your dream?
What dream or intention are you currently being invited to nurture?
For your consideration: This may not be new, it may be a returning or remembering. Almost as if something has been knocking on the door of your heart for awhile and now you are finally ready to welcome it in.
What ripples might this dream create in your life, and in the lives of others?
For your consideration: In this meditation you were invited to notice the ripples in the water after casting your object. This is symbolic of the ripples your dream or intention could have in your life because of course nothing exists in isolation. Every action sends ripples, for you and others. What are the ripples of your dream?
What is one grounded action you could take to anchor this intention into the physical world and meet the universe halfway?
For your consideration: It doesnāt have to be big, in fact Iād encourage it to be small. Whatās important is the intention behind the action.
What would it look like to tend this dream patiently, rather than forcing it to happen more quickly?
For your consideration: Seeds do not sprout as soon as they are planted. You donāt dig them up every day to check if they are growing. You trust. You tend in what you canāt yet see. Can you bring the same approach to your dream? Can you trust its timing rather than rush its growth?
As always, if you would like to share your experience, Iād love to hear from you.
Until next time,
Alice x
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Hi loves,
I have another meditation for you this week.
I was initially planning on writing about Human Design but then when it came to sit down and write, what came to me was the idea for this meditation, so here we are.
This meditation is designed to help you tap into your heartās true desires, wishes, wants and dreams. This is the space where you can ask, and answer, the questionā¦.. āWhat would I be doing if nothing were impossible? What would I be doing if I could do anything? What does my dreaming heart want to share with me?ā
And itās funny because it wasnāt until after I had this idea that I realised what a beautiful time of year it is to be tapping into this energy.
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We are coming into the final week of Pisces season which brings energies of dreams, spiritual connection, mysticism, intuition, idealism, creativity. Pisces is also the last sign of the zodiac symbolising a time of endings and closing out cycles.
Pisces is less about logic and more about feeling into what is possible. This is a time when the edges softenā¦when the boundaries between what is and what could be begin to blur. A time when the dreaming heart has a little more space to speak.
And then of course we have mercury in Pisces at the moment. Which lends to the mercurial themes of communication, thinking, cognition and expression becoming symbolic, intuitive and emotional. And then when you add to the mix the fact that Mercury is retrograde in Pisces, this is asking us to revisit, review, reflect, remember (all the r words!).
Iāve heard it said that this is a time when the veil is thin which feels fittingā¦a time when intuition is heightened, emotional clarity strong, creative inspiration flowing, dreams vividā¦in other words, a beautiful time to dream the big dream.
We also have the upcoming new moon in Pisces on the 19th of March here in Australia, perhaps the 18th for you depending on where you are in the world. New moons are a time for setting intentions, planting energetic seeds and dreaming of the next chapter.
And then shortly after on the 20th/21st of March we have the equinox, the beginning of the astrological new year with the sun entering Aries and the end of Mercury retrograde.
If you were feeling hopeful about the Year of the Fire Horse, and perhaps a little disillusioned in feeling as if youāre off to a slow startā¦this could be the moment when the energies really shift and the horse is let out of the stables.
But this isnāt to say this time should be overlooked or wished away. This is the dreaming phase before the new beginning. A time to imagine, dissolve limitations, reconnect with your heartās true desires and set the trajectory of your heart so that when the energies shift, you have know where you are goingā¦. not where you think you should go, not where others are goingā¦.where YOU want to go.
So with that being said, I invite you to make yourself comfy, settle in, listen to this meditation and carve out a little time to listen to your dreaming heart.
With love,
Alice x
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I have a lovely meditation practice to share with you today, one that offers an invitation to tune into your energetic state and then allow nature to support a gentle recalibrationā¦.either meeting you exactly where you are, or reminding you of what else is possible.
This weekās meditation supports you to:
* Notice and connect with your energetic state without judgement
* Reconnect with the natural world as a source of wisdom and balance
* Allow your energy to gently recalibrate through presence and awareness
* Remember that nature can both mirror how we feel and show us new possibilities
As always, if there is anything on your mind, or heart, you would like to share, Iām always more than happy to hear from you. You are welcome to leave a comment below or send me a message.
And if there is someone who you think might also enjoy this meditation, you are welcome to share it with them.
With love, and happy listening,
Alice x
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As we come towards the final week or so of the Year of the Snake, Iāve been reflecting on what Iāve shed, released, transformed and let go of in the last year.
Labels, identities, patterns, layers of myself that no longer fit.
And alongside these reflections on shedding, Iāve also been thinking about capacity.
Long before I found out I was a Projector in Human Design, I had this feeling that there was something wrong with me for being unable to cope with life, particularly work, in the way others could. Working as a midwife I saw my colleagues doing overtime, double shifts, permanent night shift, and even going out after work (I feel my fellow Projectors will understand when I say this has always been unbelievable to me.)
And something you hear often in the wellness and personal development space is the sentiment of needing to expand your capacity. But for me, this didnāt feel expansive or supportive. It quietly fed the sense that I was under-resourced, falling short and lacking the ability to cope.
But as many Projectors do, I pushed myself to keep up. I tried to prove my worth through doing, I overworked and forced myself to keep going when every part of me wanted to stop. And of course this led me to fall into a period of physical, emotional and mental burnout, an unfortunately common life experience for Projectors.
When I learned I was a Projector and what this means, suddenly everything made sense. It reframed my entire relationship with capacity as not something I lacked, but something I had been overfilling and viewing from the wrong perspective. I could see that I wasnāt incapable of coping with life but had been pushing myself to live and work in a way that Iām not designed for.
I experimented with my design, understood my patterns of conditioning and made choices to live in alignment with my true nature.
But in the last few weeks Iāve felt the pressure, conditioning and old patterns creep in. Working more. Saying yes when I want to say no. Taking on too much. Overfilling my days. Too much doing. Not enough space.
And I wonāt lie, there is part of me that feels guilt for this. A sense that I should know better by now.
But what Iāve come to realise is that sometimes you need to go back to what you let go of, shed and said no to.
Not because the no was wrong but because returning confirms why it was necessary.
The first no protected you while you were still inside the experience.
But time and distance change the lens. And when you revisit something from this changed place, youāre not undoing a decision or failing, youāre meeting it again as a different version of yourself.
And my experience of falling back into old patterns, while humbling, has also been deeply validating. Itās confirmed my intuition wasnāt wrong. Itās confirmed my Projector nature. Itās confirmed the value of Human Design and why I love it so much.
It showed me that returning to what we once said no to isnāt failure but part of the shedding process itself.
It showed me that sometimes we donāt truly understand what weāve shed until we try to carry it again.
And it showed me that this isnāt actually a problem of me not having enough capacity. I donāt need more capacity.
We are all already holding plenty.
The last couple of weeks especially have shown me that I can hold a lot.
But it has also shown meā¦. I donāt want to.
And that feels scary, but important, to say.
And itās not that I donāt want a big, beautiful, full life, but itās more that I donāt want my life to be full of what drains me. I want spacious days, free time, slow mornings and expansiveness.
So what if the issue isnāt that we need to stretch ourselves further, widen our nervous systems, optimise our resilience and expand our capacity so that we can hold more?
What if the issue is that we are all holding far too much?
What if your capacity doesnāt need to change?
But whatās inside it does.
What if this is less about becoming someone who can hold more and more like becoming someone who holds only what is essential?
What if instead of expanding your capacity, you let go of what is no longer serving you?
But as I say this, I donāt want you to mistake this for an invitation to let go of what doesnāt matter so you can add more of what does.
No.
Let go of the noise. Let go of the clutter. Let go of what is weighing you down.
And keep the spaciousness youāve created free.
And I think youāll find that this is when your nervous system will finally soften and quietly thank you.
With that being said, I have created this meditation to support you in these final days of shedding, releasing and letting go before we cross the threshold into the Year of the Horse.
And if you feel called to, you might like to journal on these questions to deepen your reflections:
* What does your capacity feel like at the moment? Spacious, overfilled, cluttered, noisy, free, balanced?
* What have you shed and released this year?
* What are you still holding onto but feel ready to let go of?
* Where have you returned to something you once said no to? And what did that return teach you?
* How can you create more spaciousness in your life?
With love,
Alice x
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This meditation practice is called Loving-Kindness meditation, also known as Metta. And this is a beautiful Buddhist mindfulness practice which I was introduced to at a yoga class last year and instantly resonated with. And so this week, I felt called to share it with you.
And as youāll see in this meditation, this practice involves extending love and compassion first towards ourselves, then to someone in particular, and then to all.
And what I love about this practice is that it starts with you. There is recognition and understanding that before we can extend love, compassion, kindness and be of service to others, we first need to do the same for ourselves. We come first.
And in many ways this is opposite to what so many of us are conditioned to believe. For women, and mothers especially, there is such strong conditioning and societal expectations to be self-sacrificing, to look after others at the expense of ourselves, to put others first, to do what will please and what will make others happy.
But I canāt help but see this contradiction here because on one hand this is what society expects from us. But then on the other hand, we hear surface level sentiments and platitudes about putting on your own oxygen mask before others or the importance of filling your cup first. And these platitudes can almost be like water off a duckās back and have very little impact when trying to go against the grain of deep societal and subconscious conditioning, across many generations, that says otherwise.
And of course while there is a much bigger societal conversation to be had here, I also see that this is where it starts at a grass roots individual levelā¦..with practices like this meditation where you embody and remind yourself that it is not only okay to be loving and kind to yourself, but it is necessary. And it comes first.
And this is ultimately at the crux of the work I do when supporting women with hypnotherapy and Human Designā¦.. it is a reclamation of self. An exploration of who you are beneath the conditioning, labels and layers and a reconnection to what you truly desire. A journey of cultivating the self-worth to put yourself first and build a life that is authentic to the core essence of who you are.
So I hope you enjoy this practice and as always if youād like to share your thoughts or experience, Iād love to hear from you.
And if there is someone who you think would enjoy this meditation, you are welcome to share it with them.
With love,
Alice x
Hypnotherapist | Human Design Guide | Midwife
www.alignwithalice.com | @align.with.alice | [email protected]
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Welcome to 2026!
Before we dive in today, and if you havenāt already, Iād encourage you to first listen to last weekās meditation and read my Substack where I shared what I see to be the missing piece of the puzzle of this new year portalā¦.reflection.
I know there can be an eagerness to leave the past behind and focus on the future, particularly if you, like me, found 2025 challenging. But please do spend some time in reflection first as itās only by understanding where youāve been that you can make more intentional decisions about where youāre going.
And then when you feel ready, this meditation practice is here to support you in creating an intention for 2026 and stepping into the new energy of this year. This is a slightly different meditation practice which is designed to be interactive, so make sure to have a journal and pen handy as there will be opportunities throughout to write from your heart in this beautiful meditative state.
The energetics of 2026
While 2025 asked us to shed, transform, let go and close chapters, 2026 asks us to move.
Of course the Year of the Snake in the Chinese Zodiac will continue until February which means that we will continue to feel this final push to shed over the next 6 or so weeks before we move into the Year of the Fire Horse. But to give you a little glimpse of what to expect, the Fire Horse brings an energy of forward movement, taking action, momentum and freedom.
The Horse brings their incredible energy and unstoppable nature backed by their ability to endure and persevere. Itās associated with enthusiasm, drive, courage, authenticity and a desire for freedom and adventure. And then the fire element brings the energy of passion, dynamism, energy and leadership.
There could be a potential with this energy to say yes to everything, to overextend or to chase momentum and so the invitation here is to let the wisdom gained in the Snake year guide the direction of your movement so that speed doesnāt come at the cost of alignment.
At the same time, numerologically, 2026 is a 1 year, the beginning of a brand new cycle. A 1 year carries the energy of new beginnings, a fresh start, initiation, identity and creation. Itās the seed moment. The point of origin. The blank canvas full of possibility.
And this isnāt about creating something perfect, but more about experimenting. It isnāt about looking around and seeing what other people are painting and blindly copying, but about creating something unique and true to you, no matter what it looks like. This isnāt about conforming but about self-expression, experimentation, innovation and the courage to try. There is also a strong theme here of self-discovery, identity, independence, moving out of your comfort zone and taking a risk on something new.
And itās funny as Iām writing this I canāt help but be reminded that in many ways the 1 year brings a similar energy to teenagehood. A time which can be laden with the pressure to conform or risky behaviour, but also a time which is deeply focused on self, finding your place in the world, craving independence, experimenting, individuality and self-expression.
Together, the Horse and 1 year combination is a powerful new chapter. And what makes this pairing especially potent is that your experience of 2026 will be deeply informed by the energetics of 2025.
The Horse doesnāt want to carry excess weight.The 1 year doesnāt want to repeat old cycles unconsciously.
So anything that wasnāt released, integrated or acknowledged in 2025 may continue to make itself known this year. And of course not as a punishment, but ultimately for your highest good and evolution.
So now that you know a little more about the energetics of 2026, I wanted to share a few thoughts on this new year portal.
Firstly, there is no pressure to have ācompletedā 2025 and you havenāt failed if you are still in your process of reflection and working out exactly what your intentions are for the year ahead.
Sometimes it can take time to settle into the new energy of the new year. And remember that the zodiac year doesnāt start until the March Equinox/Aries season and the Chinese New Year doesnāt start until February.
And particularly if you are in Australia, and I know even more so for parents, it often feels like the new year doesnāt really start in full force until school starts back after the summer holidays.
So while it can be lovely to lean into the celebration and symbolism of the new year, if you are feeling rushed or pressured in any way, here is your invitation to take the pressure off. Give yourself time. Allow yourself space to process, reflect, consider, contemplate and sink into the new year.
You donāt have to launch in.
You can ease in gently.
Secondly, at a time of year when there is so much focus on the future and whatās coming next, on setting SMART goals and writing resolutions, on creating a vision boardā¦..it can be all to easy to lose sight of the present moment.
And Iāve come to realise that an antidote to losing yourself in āwhatās coming nextā is ritual.
Rituals are something that Iāve really leant on heavily this past year and in many ways they have been my anchor and source of stability in a year which has otherwise felt very uncertain. And to give you a little idea as to what I mean by ritual, these are some of the rituals I have leant on throughout this new year portal.
* Meditation
This probably comes as no surprise to you as I obviously create and share my weekly meditations here on Substack which I love. But after listening to a podcast with Buddhist monk and meditation teacher, Gelong Thubten, Iāve been inspired to incorporate a silent meditation practice rather than always opting for guided meditations. And this is already bringing me a huge amount of calm and clarity to start my day.
* New Year Letter
I started this ritual last year where I wrote a letter to myself to open on the 1st of January 2026. And this was actually a really lovely practiceā¦.and also very interesting to see how much Iāve changed over this last year and read the things I thought I wanted which I now see were actually not true or authentic. And of course after reading last years letter, I put pen to paper and wrote this years to open on the 1st of January 2027.
* Cacao ceremony
I sat a beautiful New Years cacao ceremonyā¦..while cacao has been something Iāve dabbled in this year, I feel the definite pull to make this a deeper, more regular and intentional practice and so I have signed up to a membership with twice-monthly ceremonies and I am so looking forward to deepening this ritual over the coming year.
* 13 wishes
This is a new ritual which I started this year and have loved! Starting on the summer solstice here in Australia (winter solstice for my Northern hemisphere readers) I wrote 13 wishes and burnt one each night for 12 nights symbolising me releasing them to the universe to take care ofā¦.and the final wish remaining is my personal responsibility.
* The Beach
The beach has been, and I think always will be, my most consistent and most loved ritual. The ocean is my ultimate source of wisdom, love, connection and belonging and I donāt think words could ever describe the gravitational pull I feel towards it.
While some of these rituals are more ceremonial and grand, there are so many other little rituals that I incorporate into my day-to-day life to bring pockets of presence and mindfulness. Whether this is lighting a candle and setting an intention before a client session, pulling a card or enjoying a cup of tea in silence. And in fact I often find that itās the small simple seemingly unimportant moments which can be easily overlooked or rushed through which have the greatest potential to make a difference to your day when come to with presence and intention.
So a gentle invitation for you today to bring a little more ritual into not only this new year portal, but also your daily life.
And perhaps one of these rituals could be to create a cosy space, make a hot drink, listen to this meditation and pull out a journal. And here Iād encourage you firstly to just brain dump and free-write any words, visuals, feelings, thoughts, intentions which came to you during the meditation. And then if you feel called to go deeper you may like to consider the following questionsā¦.
* What wisdom are you carrying forward from 2025?
* If you allowed yourself to start without needing certainty, what would you begin?
* What feels like a true, aligned first stepā¦.not the whole plan, just the first step?
* Where in your life do you feel a desire for more freedom, movement or expression?
* What simple ritual could support you in staying connected to yourself this year?
I hope this meditation brings you the opportunity to ease in gently to the shifting energetics of 2026, and as always, Iām here if there is anything youād like to share.
And if there is someone you think will enjoy this meditation, you are welcome to share it with them.
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With love and gratitude,
Alice x
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As we approach the end of the year it is all too easy to get swept up in āNew Yearā energy. Whether this is setting resolutions, starting to plan for the year ahead or setting goals this is a very obvious time where so much of society is looking to the future. And while there is nothing inherently wrong with this, and I actually think it is a beautiful time of year to call in this new energy and set intentions, I see there to be a missing piece of the puzzleā¦reflection.
And so this meditation practice is here to support you in pausing, slowing down and reflecting before jumping straight into the new year.
Because the truth is we live in a heavily future-focused society. A superficial example of this would be the hot cross buns for sale on Boxing Day but it also goes so much deeper than this. Collectively we are conditioned to always look ahead to the next milestone. Itās not unusual to feel impatient, to want time to go more quickly, to want to fast-forward to the next chapter, particularly if our current chapter is difficult. And while this often is well-meaning and comes from a place of anticipation for whatās to come, if we are not careful it can start to feel like youāre just hopping from one task, milestone, or even year, to the next. Almost like your mind is always ten steps ahead of what is right in front of you believing that peace or happiness, or whatever you are searching for, lies just on the other side of the next hurdle.
But as Iām sure youāve come to realise, this is ultimately an illusion. The finish line keeps moving. Itās a never-ending cycle. When one milestone, or year, has been and gone, the next one will present itself. And to some extent, this is perhaps human nature. It is evolutionary. We are designed to look forward and reach for more. But I worry that perhaps it has been taken too far and we are so focused on what is coming next that when the thing comes that we had been wanting, we donāt fully appreciate it. We just ask, once again, āwhatās next?ā
This constant sprint through life not only depletes your energy but also robs you of the joy of being in the present moment. The mindset of always waiting for the next thing and of always looking toward the future makes it hard to recognise and appreciate how far youāve come and all that you have already achieved. When youāre perpetually focused on whatās next, you miss whatās right in front of you. And over time, this way of living can leave you feeling burned out, disconnected and yearning for something that seems forever out of reach.
So today we are going to take some time to slow down and reflect on 2025.
The energetics of 2025
In all honesty, I started and journeyed through most of this year having no idea that is was the Year of the Wood Snake in the Chinese Zodiac and a 9 year in numerology. And part of me wonders if I had, whether this would have made the hard times (of which there were many!), feel any less hard. Because when I finally realised and read about the energetics of 2025, I felt a huge sigh of relief knowing that it wasnāt just me. It wasnāt bad luck. It wasnāt anything I did wrong that created such a difficult year. It is simply part of the cyclical process. And while it shouldnāt be surprising, I love the synchronicities that these two systems, the Chinese Zodiac and Numerology, offer.
In the Chinese Zodiac the Snake is a symbol of transformation, rebirth, intuition, intelligence and wisdom. This is a year that asked us to shed layers, labels, identities, and anything that we have outgrown and which is no longer serving us so that we can transform and step into our truest version of self. And this is not a quick process, this is a slow unfurling that happens when the pain of staying where we are is greater that the fear of what may lie ahead.
Of course the Chinese Zodiac doesnāt run alongside the calendar year and will continue until February which means that we will continue to feel this final push to shed over the next 6 or so weeks before we move into the Year of the Horse.
According to Numerology, 2025 is a 9 year, the final number in the cycle. Nine carries the energy of completion, integration and letting go. It asks us to reflect on the chapters that are closing, the lessons that have been learned and what is ready to be released so that a new cycle can begin in 2026 with a 1 year.
Together these energies created a year that hasnāt been about pushing forward but about letting go, shedding, completion, closing chapters and endings. A year for clearing space, emotionally, energetically and practically, so that what comes next is rooted in truth rather than conditioning, momentum or obligation.
A personal reflection
I know Iāve shared a little about the challenges of this year on my Substack and podcast but in brief, the themes of this year - completion and shedding - couldnāt be more fitting if they tried. This year has shaken the foundations of everything I thought I knew and has had me questioning my identity, asking āWho am I?ā and shedding labels Iāve held for as long as I can remember.
This has been hugely influenced, and I think heightened, by my ever-deepening journey with Human Design as my personal experience of shedding could also be described in Human Design language as deconditioning. And just as a snake has to shed its skin to survive, the same is true for us. Yes we could continue moving through life as our conditioned self, wearing layers upon layers of labels, identities and stories that we adopt and force ourselves to wear but eventually it will become so constrictive that it becomes a chokehold. Itās only through this process of shedding, letting go and deconditioning that we are able to reveal our truth and move through the world as our authentic self. But this isnāt to say it is easy. Iāve found this process, and this year in particular, to be incredibly destabilising as I realised that of all the labels Iāve held, very very few are actually authentic to me. The truth being they were essentially protective measures I developed to survive in a world that didnāt support my natural way of being.
As I said earlier, I canāt help but wonder if I had known about the energetics of this year earlier whether I would have approached this year differently. I spent so much of this year trying to do the opposite of what this year asked forā¦.trying to push, force and move forward. And then of course wondering why I wasnāt moving, why everything felt so hard, why everything I thought I knew was falling away, why the ground beneath me felt so unsteady, why I was questioning everything I thought I knew.
But this perhaps leads me to something else I wanted to share, the difference between dwelling and reflecting. Because if Iām not careful, and I know this is what past versions of me would have done, Iād get stuck dwelling on the hardness of this year. Stuck in the challenges. Stuck in the struggle. Stuck in the search for the answer to the question of āWhy?ā
Dwelling vs Reflecting
I used to be a Queen of dwelling. Like a song on repeat, my mind would run through an experience Iād had, something I did or didnāt do, or should or shouldnāt have said, over and over and over again. If you too are familiar with dwelling youāll know how torturous it can feel stuck in this endless loop. Dwelling keeps you tethered to the past emotionally, mentally and sometimes somatically. Instead of observing the experience, youāre inside it and living it again and again and again. And of course, dwelling is often riddled with undercurrents of judgment, regret or self-blame.
This is where reflection is different.
Reflection is spacious, intentional and compassionate. Itās the act of looking back from the present moment, with awareness and curiosity. Reflection allows you to gather insight without losing your footing in the now. I find that reflection often brings a sense of clarity, relief or closure even if the experience itself was challenging.
Reflection is a way to honour the past without living there whereas dwelling keeps you bound to it. And especially in this year of completion, I see the decision to let go of dwelling and instead opt for reflection to be the ultimate act of wisdom and self-compassion.
Reflection is essentially a process of taking stock. A process of seeing the wood for the trees. A process of getting clear on exactly where you are and how you got there because itās only then that you can you move forward with clarity and intention.
A metaphor I love to use here is that when you enter your destination in maps or your GPS, in order to calculate your route, you also need your current location. The GPS is unable to work out how to get you where you want to go without knowing where you are right now. And I see this to be a little like that. I donāt see how you can set your destination, your intentions, your goals for 2026 without first knowing your current location.
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So while your instinct may just be to jump straight into where you want to go in the year ahead, I encourage you to pause and reflect. This is your opportunity to acknowledge the experiences and lessons that have shaped you, to consider both the highs and the lows, recognise the challenges youāve overcome and celebrate the progress youāve made, no matter how small it may seem. Reflection is where you gain valuable insights into whatās working in your life and what isnāt. It gives you the chance to assess your habits, choices and patterns and to identify what aligns with the person you want to be and the life you want to live and what may be holding you back.
And remember that this isnāt about labelling the entire year as good or bad, but recognising that there would have been highs and lows throughout. Perhaps you, like me, found this year challenging in ways you never expected. And if so, reflection can help you see that while it may have been unbearably hard and perhaps you didnāt think youād ever get through, you did. Youāre here. You made it through. And itās important to acknowledge that. But just as this year may have brought hard times, it would have also brought pockets of good. And reflection helps you remember this too. To remember the highs, the moments of joy, happiness, fun and connection, and of course see the lessons in these as well.
So I encourage you to take some time today, and over the final few days of this year, to listen to this meditation, reflect and if you feel called to, you might like to journal on the following questions:
* Looking back on 2025, what are you able to see now that you couldnāt at the time?
* What feels complete in this season of your life?
* What are you letting go off and leaving behind in 2025?
* What challenges did you face? What lessons did you learn through these?
* What brought you the most joy? What lessons did you learn through these?
* What felt most supportive for you this year?
Next week Iāll be sharing the third meditation in this series which is all about setting intentions for the year ahead, so make sure to subscribe and keep an eye on your emails. But I canāt stress enough, please do spend some time in reflection first as itās only by understanding where youāve been that you can make more intentional decisions about where youāre going.
As always, Iāl love to hear your experience so please do share.
And if there is someone you know who will enjoy this meditation, you are welcome to share it with them.
With love,
Alice x
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As I write this we are in the lead up to Christmas, a notoriously busy time of year for so many. A time with a layer of pressure to finish projects or wrap up loose ends, more social commitments, more tasks on the to-do list, perhaps gifts to buy, meals to plan and prepare. But on a deeper level this time of year often brings up big emotions, perhaps a by-product of spending more time with family, feeling over-stretched and under-appreciated, perhaps a reminder that another year has passed, and for some, maybe a feeling of sadness or grief that you are not experiencing the festive spirit and family connections that you may be seeing around you.
All of this to say, if you find this time of year hard, for whatever reason, youāre not alone. And this meditation is here to help you carve out a little time to come back to yourself, time to pause, turn inwards and return to a state of balance and calm.
And as I was leaning into the idea of this meditation and what I wanted to create for you, I was reminded of a snow globe, something that we often see at Christmas time.
And of course when you shake up a snow globe, this causes a flurry of snow to swirl throughout the globe. And then with a little time left in peace, quiet and stillness, the snow will eventually settle and fall to the ground as the globe clears.
And I was reminded that this is how our energy can often feel, particularly in December, but to be honest at any time of overwhelm. It can feel like this flurry of heightened energy swirling throughout our body, clouding our vision and making it hard to move forward with clarity and calm.
And so just like this snow globe, sometimes we too just need an opportunity to be still and allow the energy to settle so that we can come back to ourselvesā¦. and so this is what this meditation is designed to support you with.
After listening to this meditation, you may like to journal to deepen this practice and reflect on questions such as:
* Where in your life do things currently feel āshaken upā or overstimulated?
* What emotions tend to surface for you at this time of year?
* What boundaries or practices would support you in feeling more grounded over the coming days?
* How does your body feel after allowing yourself this moment of quiet and calm?
* What is becoming clearer for you now that the āsnowā has had time to fall?
I hope this meditation brings you a pocket of calm that you can carry with you as you move through the holiday season, and as always, Iām here if there is anything youād like to share.
And if there is someone you know who will enjoy this meditation, you are welcome to share it with them.
Next Sunday Iāll be sharing the second meditation in this series where I guide you through a process of reflection on 2025 so make sure to subscribe and keep an eye on your emails. Iām looking forward to sharing this with you!
With love,
Alice x
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Anyone who knows me knows the beach is my place.
And itās funny, as I wrote that sentence I was going to write happy place. But the truth is, the beach isnāt just my happy place. It is the ultimate space holder of all my big feelings and life questions. It holds me in the depths of sadness and grief and is also where I feel my purest child-like joy. Itās where I ask questions, and find the answers. Itās where I feel most connected. Most me. Most true. Most seen. Most held.
So with that being said, this meditation practice is inspired by my love of the beach and the wisdom it offers me.
Join me as I walk you through a guided visualisation practice to help you quieten the mental chatter and tune into the wisdom within.
I donāt have any specific journal prompts for you today, but if you feel called to, I encourage you to spend a little time afterwards reflecting and free-writing on your experience.
As always, if there is anything on your mind, or heart, that youād like to share, Iām here and always happy to hear from you!
With love,
Alice x
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Untangledā¦ Untangled is for the times when you catch yourself thinking, āI wish someone would just tell me what to do.ā Not because you need someone elseās answer, but because you need support finding your own. Untangled it a deep, powerful 2 hour session designed to move you from confusion to clarity. Human Design provides understanding of your innate way of decision-making and energetic flow while conversational hypnotherapy helps untangle the mental loops, emotional charge and resistance that keep you stuck so that you can reconnect with your own inner knowing. Find out more and book HERE.
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Todayās practice is designed for those moments where you can feel yourself getting stuck in the weeds, zooming in on the little details and getting so caught up in the minutia that you lose sight of the big picture. This meditation is here to support you in gaining perspective and remembering (in a good way!) that you are but a blip in the expansiveness of the universe. But of course, at the same time, you are a universe unto yourself.
And I find that my biggest reminder of this is nature, particularly the ocean. I live in Byron Bay, a beautiful spot in Northern New South Wales and the most easterly point of Australia. And if youāve ever been here, or perhaps if you visit one day, a must-do activity is the lighthouse walk. And whenever I do this walk, I am reminded of perspective. I look out into the vastness of the ocean that extends as far as the eye can see before it slowly merges into the blueness of the sky above. This is particularly magic in whale season as I see these magnificent mammals breaching, and even they seem small in comparison to the magnitude of the ocean and the expansiveness that surrounds us. And I feel tiny. My problems shrink. My worries seem miniscule. My looping thoughts fade.
And this isnāt to dismiss the human experience, but more that it serves as a gentle reminder and invitation to zoom out and see the bigger picture. And in this moment of zooming out, I am always reminded of a few things.
Firstly of our interconnectedness and connection to something greater than ourselves.
Secondly I find that this act of gaining perspective brings more connection, more softness, more clarity, more presence, more compassion to myself and to the people in my world.
And thirdly the bigness of the world serves as a reminder of hope and possibility for all that is available.
So with that being said, I hope you enjoy this meditationā¦ it was a lovely one to create for you and I hope it brings you what youāre looking for.
After listening to this mediation, you might like to journal on the following to deepen the connection and reflection:
* What object or item did you choose in your environment as your point of anchor and safety? What is it about this that feels safe to you?
* When you tuned into your body, which part did you choose as your internal anchor? Why do you think this part of you feels safe?
* What compassion or love would you offer to others when you see the world in this zoomed-out way? And how can you offer a piece of that to yourself?
* What possibility feels alive for you right now? This may be big or smallā¦ where can you soften to meet it?
As always, if there is anything on your mind, or heart, that youād like to share, Iām here and always happy to hear from you!
With love,
Alice x
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Untangledā¦ Untangled is for the times when you catch yourself thinking, āI wish someone would just tell me what to do.ā Not because you need someone elseās answer, but because you need support finding your own. Untangled it a deep, powerful 2 hour session designed to move you from confusion to clarity. Human Design provides understanding of your innate way of decision-making and energetic flow while conversational hypnotherapy helps untangle the mental loops, emotional charge and resistance that keep you stuck so that you can reconnect with your own inner knowing. Find out more and book HERE.
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I usually share these guided meditations to paid subscribers only but I felt called to share this one freely and publicly. Because in the busyness of this time of year, I feel we could all do with a little more calm and presence. So I encourage you to set aside some time for yourself today, get comfy, listen and enjoy.
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This meditation is inspired by The Secret Garden, one of my favourite childhood books and a story I recently revisited when I found myself watching the film. In the film, thereās a scene where the children run through the garden and it shifts and responds to them. When their inner world turns dark, the flowers droop and the leaves begin to die. When the energy is joyful and high, the flowers bloom and lift towards the sky.
And that scene stood out to me.
Because Iāve always felt that nature is one of my greatest mirrors and teachers. It meets us exactly where we are, without judgement and somehow offers up just what we most need.
Some days I go to the beach and the darkness of the sky reflects the state of my soul. And as I cry, the clouds cry with me.
Other days the sun shines bright and this reflects the hope and optimism rising within me.
Nature reminds us of our ever-changing-ness, our seasons, our cycles, our capacity to shed, bloom, rest, renew. It reflects back our inner landscape with a quiet kind of honesty.
And so todayās meditation is an invitation into that reflection.
As you explore your inner garden throughout this practice, notice the state of it. Notice what it looks like, feels like, represents. Perhaps it is flourishing and bright. Perhaps it is sparse and bare. Perhaps it is organised and manicured or wild and untamed. The way your garden appears is not an accident. Itās a message, a mirror, a whisper from your inner world.
Your garden may show you where you are craving rest. Or where you are craving freedom. Where you need more structure or more softness. Where you are blooming or what you need to let go of.
Let this meditation be an opportunity to meet yourself with curiosity, compassion and presence. To see what nature is showing you about yourself. And to receive whatever message your soul is sending.
After listening to this meditation you may like to journal on the following to deepen the connection:
* What did the garden in your visualisation look and feel like? Describe everything you noticed such as colours, textures, seasons, the general atmosphere etc.
* What did your garden reflect back to you? What message did you receive?
* How can you bring a little more of your gardenās wisdom into the way you move through the next few days?
* If your garden were to shift into its most balanced, nourishing state, what would it look like? And what would need to shift within you to mirror that?
This will be such a beautiful meditation to return to regularly and you may find that your garden shifts and changes as you shift and change. Or you may receive different reflections, themes or messages depending on what is present in your life.
As always, if there is anything on your mind, or heart, that youād like to share, Iām here and always happy to hear from you!
And if there is someone you know who will enjoy this meditation, you are welcome to share it with them.
With love,
Alice x
If youāre looking for some 1:1 support in creating your aligned life, you may be interested in booking a session with me.
1:1, Mother:Child and Family Human Design readingsā¦.your opportunity to dive deep into all things Human Design and uncover the insights that matter most for where you are right now. Expect to walk away breathing a sigh of relief feeling deeply seen, validated, understood and with clarity on who you are and how to create more ease, flow and alignment in your life. Find out more and book HERE.
Untangledā¦ Untangled is for the times when you catch yourself thinking, āI wish someone would just tell me what to do.ā Not because you need someone elseās answer, but because you need support finding your own. Untangled it a deep, powerful 2 hour session designed to move you from confusion to clarity. Human Design provides understanding of your innate way of decision-making and energetic flow while conversational hypnotherapy helps untangle the mental loops, emotional charge and resistance that keep you stuck so that you can reconnect with your own inner knowing. Find out more and book HERE.
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Todayās practice is designed to help you settle and come back to yourself in moments of heightened energy. Moments when your mind is racing, your body is humming with leftover adrenaline and thereās this feeling of energy circulating throughout your body. It might come after a busy day, an emotionally charged conversation, a buildup of stress or even something beautiful that left your system a little overstimulated.
Iāve come to describe this feeling as āfizzyā, sort of like a bottle of soft drink that has been shaken. Everything feels a little too activated, the bubbles swirling, rising, fizzing and circulating around your body creating a sense of urgency or restlessness. And sometimes in these moments of heightened emotion or energy it can be helpful to move. We know that emotion is energy in motion and so sometimes this energy needs to be physically released from the body through movement.
But then there are other times when you just need to let everything settle. You need calm. You need stillness. A pause. A moment to let the bubbles rise to the surface and be released. Because just as a shaken bottle of soft drink will settle when itās left undisturbed, so too will you.
So with that being said, todayās practice is to support you in settling. In coming back to yourself. In allowing the fizzy energy to fizzle out of you as you recalibrate your nervous system and return to a state of balance, calm and groundedness.
After listening to this meditation, you may like to journal and reflect on questions such as:
* What does āfizzy energyā feel like in you body? Describe it in detailā¦sensations, metaphors, colours, textures.
* What tends to trigger this elevated or heightened energy for you?
* When you feel activated, what does your body usually ask forā¦movement or stillness? And how do you know?
* What helps you come back to yourself when you feel scattered or overstimulated?
As always, I hope you enjoy this meditation, it was a lovely one to create for you!
With love,
Alice x
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This meditation is a visualisation practice to clear, cleanse and renew. To let go and wash away what feels heavy so that you can step into what feels light, aligned and true.
Because life has a way of accumulating residue. Perhaps small disappointments, unspoken worries, outdated stories, grievances, irritations, unhelpful habits, unfounded fears, resentments that cling to us over time and accumulate a feeling of energetic grime.
And anyone who knows me, knows that I love the water. And so I wanted to share with you today a version of a cleansing ritual or practice I often imagine when I dive into the ocean.
Because water, in its natural wisdom, knows how to flow and cleanse without resistance. Water is deeply healing. Calming. Soothing. A balm for the soul.
After listening to this meditation, you may like to journal to deepen this practice and reflect on questions such as:
* What feels heavy or stagnant for you right now?
* What are you ready to release and let go?
* Once youāve let go, what would it look like, and feel like, to swim in the spaciousness youāve created?
* How do you want to feel on the other side as you emerge?
And of course, if you have access to water, whether the ocean, a lake, a pool. I encourage you to take this practice with you. Dive in, let the water wash away your worries, cleanse your soul and emerge feeling renewed as your true self.
With love,
Alice x
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This weekās meditation practice is designed to help you cultivate and tune into the emotion of awe.
This meditation was inspired by the fact that awe is one of my favourite feelings, it is just such a beautiful, profound, expansive, inspiring and soul-healing emotion.
And interestingly, but not surprisingly, there is a growing body of research exploring the science of awe and how it shapes our wellbeing, sense of connection and even our physical health.
If this is something you are curious about, Iād encourage you to read the paper The Science of Awe by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley which you can find HERE.
Personally, like many, I feel most filled with awe in nature. Whether itās the way the afternoon sun beams through the trees, the magical swirls of pink and orange that fill the sky at sunset, sitting on my surfboard surrounded by a pod of dolphins in the early morning sun, spotting whales breaching in the distance, walking round the corner of a rocky path to the glimpse of the most stunning beach with turquoise blue waters that glitters under the light of the sun.
So what is it about awe which is just so wonderful? And what is it about certain moments which stir this feeling of awe within us?
My thoughts are that there are a few contributing factors:
The first is an element of surprise.
It is unexpected. Seemingly out of the blue. It catches us off guard. It exceeds expectations of what we thought possible. And there is something beautifully child-like about this, which I think is why it is so captivating for us as adults to experience. Through a childās eyes there is so much newness, wonder, delight, surprise and awe to be found in the world around them. But as we get older, the world becomes more familiar and less becomes new. So when we experience awe as in adulthood, I think in many ways, it brings us back into this child-like state of experiencing the joy and delight of surprise.
The second is these experiences offer a reminder of perspective.
The expansiveness of our surroundings tend to remind us, in a good way, that we are but a blip in the vastness of the world, the cosmos, the universe. The feeling of smallness and insignificance in relation to the bigness of our environment. Research refers to this feeling as the āsmall selfā - that humbling yet liberating recognition of our place within the greater whole.
And thirdly is an element of connection.
And this connection may be with the person or people that you are sharing the experience with. But even if you are physically alone, there tends to be a sense of connection with Mother Nature, the universe or something bigger than ourselves. Even when we are alone, awe reminds us that we are never truly separate. We are one.
So I hope you enjoy this meditation, it was a lovely one to create for you. And after you have listened, you may like to journal to deepen this connection.
You might reflect on questions such as:
* When was the last time you felt a sense of awe? Describe this moment and consider what it was about this experience which made it meaningful for you.
* What environments, people or moments tend to evoke awe for you? Is there a common thread?
* How does awe feel in your body?
And while this practice is beautiful for tuning into the feelings of awe and wonder when we may not have immediate access to this in our everyday life, my invitation to you is to go out into the world and allow yourself to be open to wonder and beauty. And not from a place of searching for awe, because as I touched on above, one of the magical things about awe is that it tends to find us when we least expect it. But in order to experience these moments at all, you do need to be out in the world and open to receiving.
With love,
Alice x
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This meditation practice is designed to support you in tuning into your body and listening to the wisdom it wants to share with you.
Because so often our minds can be very noisy. So much so, that they almost drown out the whispers from our body. And for many it can feel like the mind and body are disconnected or in conflict with each other. Many harbour feelings of confusion and frustration as to what is going on in their body and why.
So this meditation is an invitation to pause, soften and tune in. Itās a gentle reminder that your body is not your adversaryā¦.it is a wise, intuitive ally that holds a profound understanding of what you most need.
As you move through this meditation, notice that this is not about fixing but rather itās about listening. About asking: What are you telling me? What do you need from me? How can I honour you? When we approach our bodies with curiosity rather than criticism, a dialogue begins. Perhaps a tight shoulder reminds you that youāve been carrying too much, a flutter in your stomach signals a need for nourishment, tired eyes whisper the need for stillness, sore feet remind you to slow down. Whatever this might be for you, each sensation, each message, is a form of intelligence and an opportunity to respond with love, kindness, care and compassion.
After listening to this meditation, you may like to journal to deepen this connection. You might reflect on questions such as:
* What part of my body did I feel most drawn to during this meditation?
* What message did it have for me?
* How do I usually respond when my body communicates in this way?
* What is this part of my body asking for?
* What small, kind action could I take today to support this part of me?
* What resistance comes up when I think about listening to my body?
You might also experiment with offering gratitude to your body. Even if there are parts that feel tense, tired or strained, try acknowledging and thanking your body for all that it allows you to do.
You are of course welcome to return to this practice whenever you feel called to. Because the more we practice listening, the more we learn that the body is never working against us. The body is a beautiful source of guidance, an ally in living fully and a companion on your journey of self-understanding.
With love,
Alice x
P.S. As always, if there is anything on your mind, or heart, you would like to share, Iām always more than happy to hear from you. You are welcome to leave a comment below or send me a message.
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Something I hear often from my clients is that they struggle with control, or perhaps more accurately, they struggle feeling like they donāt have control. Particularly when there is something they desire, something they are working towards, a dream, a vision or manifestationā¦.that seemingly isnāt coming to fruition.
And they are doing all the right things, they are visualising, manifesting, trying, planning, preparing, taking action and yetā¦.it still doesnāt happen. The dream isnāt here. And this is where there is a tendency towards self-blame, which might sound like āwhat am I doing wrong?ā Followed shortly by an attitude of wanting to knuckle down and commit. To push harder. Do even more. Force. Ultimately all in an attempt to control and guarantee an outcome.
But the truth is, in gripping so tightly to your dream, you end up in this pressure cooker of anticipation where every waking thought is consumed by what you donāt yet have and what you could do differently or more of to achieve it.
And so this meditation was born for those moments of grasping. The moments where you feel yourself gripping, clutching, pushing, striving. This meditation is designed show you what it feels like to let go and to show you that this is safe.
Because when you grip tightly to a desire believing that your happiness or worth depends on it, ultimately you create resistance. But when you release that grip, even just a little, you begin to soften and open yourself up to receiving.
But please know, letting go isnāt about giving up. Itās about remembering that life moves through you and for you, not because of you or to you. Itās about allowing space for grace, for unexpected blessings, for divine timing, happy coincidences, synchronicities and to receiveā¦.to allow what is meant for you to flow in.
But rememberā¦.you first need to open your hands to receive.
With love,
Alice x
P.S. As always, if thereās anything on your mind, or heart, that youād like to share, Iām here and would love to hear from you.
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This mediation was created from the realisation that so many teachings, philosophies and wisdoms from all different cultures, backgrounds and times, at their core, all come back to one simple truth: love.
But in todayās modern world there is a tendency to think that love is something we get, something we earn, something external, something outside of us that we are gifted by others when weāre good enough or worthy enough.
But what if it isnāt that simple? What if the love you feel from someone else isnāt only theirs? What if itās a reflection of the love already within you?
And so this meditation practice is designed to cultivate this inner feeling of love recognising that this love within you is representative of both the love you offer to others and the love you receive from others.
Because love is emotion. Emotion is energy in motion. And so love is always in motion. Always moving. Flowing. Circulating. Being shared, offered, given and received.
When you nurture love within yourself, it naturally ripples outwards and then returns back to you.
But it starts within. It starts with you.
And this is not about finding love but more about remembering it. About reconnecting to the truth that you are love.
So this is your time to settle, breathe, receive and come back to this truth.
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With love,
Alice x
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