a little bit of gentleness goes a long way

I don't often ask for much from friends and my community. I don't ask because I see myself as being pretty self contained and self reliant, and often pride myself on having large stores of energy and good stuff. I don't ask because I can always see the higher perspective, and give myself the rope to climb out of the hole.

I realised today that sometimes I don't ask as well because I'm afraid that if I do, I won't be given what I'm asking for. That I'll be vulnerable and lost. That I won't be supported and cared for.

I want to live with a little more trust than that. A little more bravery. A little more faith that we'll each be held up when we need to be by our communities of souls.

So today, I ask for bear hugs.
I ask for lit candles & prayers for healing for my beautiful brother-in-lawish Graeme who is intensive care after an accident. And I ask for lots of love, grace & women sister strength to my amazing sister Rebekah. I love both of these souls so much, and only want good for them.

If you feel called to give, I so gratefully receive, for me & my family.

Imagining & seeing candles lighting up the world with their songs of healing & hope,
and having faith, trust and belief in the heartfelt asking,
Leonie

 
 

Hola gorgeous souls,
Thank you for all your entries in my art print competition I was running through the month of August. I pooled all the entries together in a spreadsheet, and got a random number generator to pick between the 82 entries I received...
Our prize winning Goddess for the day is Liz Kalloch!
Congratulations honey!
And congratulations to all of us...
for being the amazing Goddesses we are :)
Bright blessings,
Leonie

The print chosen by Liz - Dream Bigger.
May we all dream bigger, wilder and lovelier than we once thought possible :)

 
 

I so love creating these!
I've got a few more being finished up at the moment, and winging their way across the sea. If you'd like to order one for your own gorgeous self, check out my Soul Story commissions page. Oh and I'm sooooo keen to create some more sacred Goddess in You paintings  if you get called that way!

This weekend the women {and their amazing children} will be gathering in the mountains for a day filled with delight at my retreat... miracles happen when women gather... add a native american tipi, a bush labyrinth, creating, sharing, circling and laughter... and I can only imagine the beautiful joys that are going to be birthed on Sunday.

In Gladness & gratitude,
Leonie

 
 

I'm so excited to put together these Soulful Goddess Resource Packs. I wanted to put together a set of art prints for all the soulful, spirited, sacred goddesses out there creating a life well lived & loved.

If you've been waiting for the perfect time to get a Goddess Leonie art print, this is probably it ;). The Soulful Goddess art print pack is a special price - you get three prints for the price of two.

This set includes the You are a Goddess art print to remind you that you are a divine soul on an amazing journey, to inspire you and support you. A Circle of Women shares about the beauty of tribes and communities, of women gathering together to learn and share. It is a print to celebrate the circle you already have, or set the intention to draw your own circle into your life. And Meditation for Grounding is an illustrated meditation of the grounding visualisation I use in my retreats and circles that you can use in your own soulful daily practices. Like a Soulful Retreat in a pack!

It's also a limited edition set of 25 - so get in to get your set before they are sold out.

Order your own Soulful Goddess set from my Etsy store.

(If you already own one of the prints, you can swap it out for any of the other prints in my Etsy store. Simply notify me in the comments when you order through Etsy.)

Big, bright, colourful love & light to you today...
sparkling between our spirits ~~~
Leonie

 
 

My Joy eLetter for Amazing August has just been sent out, filled with joy & inspiration from my studio.
If you haven't signed up already, sign up below to be in the running to win one of my art prints.
If you've already signed up but haven't seen yours in your inbox, let me know :)

Wishing you a sparkling gorgeous day! ****

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This past week has been filled with so many deep miracles and blessings that I am filled up, dancing in the joy I can scarcely believe it, and yet, of course I can. It has been a week of just what I dream and desire: divine living, sublime adventure and absolute possibility. A life as divine as the Goddess inside me. I feel so blessed with all the love, connections and openings in my life right here, right now.

An inspiring new friend asked me last week how I was. I replied "I feel like I am in the middle of one long universal orgasm. Each moment feels delicious and profound." The leaves, the road unfolding before the bus, the awakenings. The friendships, the reality of dreams come true, love like an eagle soaring into my life.

Tonight, my love brought me warm buttered popcorn while I was having a shower. It is these tender miracles that my life has been... these tender miracles and more:

* travelling to sydney on a random and divine adventure
* meeting and photographing the amazing author and oracle card creator lucy cavendish
* going to the australian premiere of "you can heal your life" with my gorgeous goddess sister sone
* meeting the INCREDIBLE louise hay and seeing just how much she radiates love to everyone around her
* giggling hilariously with sone when we meet someone we TOTALLY did not expect to... the country singer lee kernaghan! he was absolutely endearing and beautiful.
* doubling on the back of sone's vespa across the city at night... feeling totally wild and more than a little blessed that we survived... hee hee hee!
* journeying back home to be snuggled in our big bed with my love and charlie-dog for a night
* heading off with my mermaid sister kayles to a reiki healing retreat run by our wise woman sister gini eagle
* spending two days at healing "bush university", learning healing in tipis, by lakes, rivers and mountains
* walking golden fields with deep breath
* having a steaming bath in the moonlight... next to the lake, a fire lit beneath the claw footed bath tub to keep the water at temperature perfect degrees celsius. just one month ago i wondered how beautiful it would be to have a bath outside, then here i was, with some of the loveliest souls i know, having baths in the moonlight, gasping at the exquisiteness of it all
* home again, to count all the thousands of blessings in my life.

May I always remember just how deeply blessed I am, and how possible my dreams really are. May I always remember the love, light and laughter that surrounds and saturates my spirit.

May I always remember popcorn in the shower,
may I always know just how perfect and sweet this moment right now really is.

Love & Possibility,
Healing & Happiness,
Glory & Gratitude,
Leonie

 
 

Opening Heart Goddess art print available for purchase here.

for all of us transforming, opening, cracking, breaking, blooming right now... for all our precious hearts...

OPENING HEART GODDESS
A little bit broken
a litle bit open
a tiny crack in your heart appears...
a little bloom folds through
unfolding its its golden green leaf wings...
"grow, grow," it whispers to you...
"Let your loveliness unfold,
like a wish, like a dove,
like a promise made true.
You are remarkable,
you are loved,
you are love."
And so it is.

To see more of my prints & order your own, visit my Etsy store.

 
 

I'm SO incredibly excited about the release of SARK's new book "Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper" - not just because I relish and devour anything she creates - not just because it's a book to inspire writers - because there's also a three page interview with yours truly in there!

If you had told me eight years ago when I first found her incredible & life-changing books that I would be interviewed in one of them... I'm not quite sure what I would have done. My heart would have filled up to within an ounce of overflowing, and I would have wrapped my arms around anything that showed signs of moving. I tend to be a Hug Bear when I'm thrilled to my heart and spirit... it's like all that energy needs somewhere to go!

So I'm feeling very blessed and joyful. Once my copy flights its way across the sea to me, I'll be able to show a few more pictures :)

If you're a new reader that's found me through the book... a wild and happy HELLO! to you. I'm so heart-glad to meet you!

Welcome to my online abode!
This is my website sharing my art, photographs, retreats & soul stories with the world... This is me dancing in the snow this week for the first time in falling snow. Colour me delighted :)

And these are my two of my favourite boys in the world...
my amazing love Christian & our spirit puppy Charlie (Charlie is also a book demi-god, with mentions & photographs in three books now! hee hee hee)

To help you find your way around my online abode...

* This page is my blog where I update regularly with new art, photos, inspiration, stories of my life adventures & living a goddess life.
* My store where you can buy my Goddess art prints is at: http://goddessofleonie.etsy.com
* You can order Custom art from me too! Check out my Custom art page for more information, pictures and to order.
* I run retreats & workshops in the countryside around Canberra, Australia. Visit my Retreats & Workshops page for more information on what retreats I am currently running.
* I write Inspiration articles & Resources for Creative & Soulful Goddesses on my Inspiration page.
* See more information about me on the About Leonie page.
* To keep in connection with me, and find out more when miracles & new joys are created, sign up for my Joy eletters. If you sign up in August, you'll also be in the draw to win a Free Goddess Leonie Art Print!

*Happy sigh*
Thank you so much for being here...
thank you for celebrating miracles with
and thank you for being you :)

Bright rainbow blessings & love,
Leonie

 
 

I thought I would do a little set of Soul Story artworks on the amazing places I have travelled to around this gorgeous globe.

The first one is Uluru ~ the spiritual heartland in the middle of Australia's desert... a place of heart and soul.

Words on print say:
"She found her heart in the desert...
in the mulla mulla grass,
on an ochre dune at sunrise
just east of the Great Rock...
the heartbeat of the Earth whispered songs of love to her."

If you'd like more information on Uluru, check out the entry on Wikipedia.

You can order the print at my Etsy store: http://goddessofleonie.etsy.com

Deep desert blessings to you today & always,
Leonie

 
 

For the first time
ever
in our lives
we stood in falling snow.

Dancing white flecks falling on our
bare feet,
noses
in the backyard.

We drive in our Jeep further into the mountains,
and dancing in the beds of white.

Listen, my love tells me.
Listen to the sound of falling snow.

And we did,
and it was the softest, quietest miracle I have ever known.

Wishing you white, bright blessings,
Leonie

~ More snow white bliss photos at my Flickr photostream. :)