by Liza Stead | Aug 20, 2020 | Journal
Greetings from Johannesburg where South Africa is now in Covid-19 Lockdown Level 2. Living Essence is permitted to re-open for guests and we will do so for individuals and small groups with all the physical distancing and hygiene protocols in place. We have plenty of...
by Liza Stead | Jan 30, 2020 | Journal
Early last year my husband and I moved into a beautiful new home in a leafy suburb, charmed by trees, flowers, bees, butterflies and birds. It was the culmination of a dream in me that started to germinate until it was something that could no longer be ignored. What...
by Liza Stead | Feb 10, 2013 | Journal
Today’s writing is inspired by a conversation with an extra-ordinary friend. I quoted another conversation I’d once had with someone when I was in my late twenties when I said: “I was not made to live an ordinary life.” I hadn’t meant it with arrogance, nor could I...
by Liza Stead | Apr 27, 2012 | Journal
Sometimes walking away hasnothing to do with weakness, andeverything to do with strength.We walk away not because wewant others to realize our worthand value, but because we finallyrealize our...
by Liza Stead | Mar 12, 2012 | Journal
What does love ask of us? Everything.Love asks us to speak up where we would be silent because we are afraid. It asks us to be silent where we would fill the stillness with empty words. Love asks us to see the other in their beauty, even when they are angry or...
by Larahatton | Nov 6, 2011 | Journal
Is it possible to say I’ve come through this transition phase? If we’re committed to a life of transformation, ongoing personal growth and consciousness, then all of life is a transition, but in other ways, the steps and actions we apply to reach certain goals and...
