Hello Reader,

Thank you for having me in your inbox and for choosing to spend 5 minutes of your precious time with me today. I can't tell you how much it means to me that you are here reading what I share.

I've just returned from a lovely connected, in person, meet up in my local town, Topsham. It's something I run once a month and it's another reminder of how nourishing it is to be part of a community.

After asking the attendees what it was that brought them to the meeting, I confessed something...

that if I didn't have to be there, I wouldn't have been.

Why?

Because I spent a good hour in the night, in a thought storm, about how I hadn't prepared for it and how I couldn't just rely on the feeling in the moment to kick the meeting off and all manor of other nonsense thoughts that seemed to be very alluring at 3am this morning!

You see, as humans we experience it all, no matter how much we understand the nature of thought and how all experience is created. It doesn't make us immune for being human, falling for thinking every now and again and feeling all of that!

The difference is that I just don't care as much when it happens.

Anyway, I entitled the email 'in and out of flow' because that describes my week. And perhaps all of our lives, even when we don't notice it. We are always 'in and out of flow' or in other words 'obsessed with self or not' or 'paying attention to thought or not'!

Since I last wrote to you a lot has happened. I had the sense that some giant plug had be pulled and water was flowing out of a blocked sink again.

For months there has been the experience of 'not much happening'.

And then, all of a sudden, in a gush of energy, I found myself setting up a Substack (for those of you who don't know - it's a platform for writing where I plan to share some of my longer musings instead of on Facebook, and to prevent me from bombing you with them every other day via a newsletter - which will remain a 'roundup' of what I'm seeing) AND a TikTok account.

I know! I'm nearly 50 and it felt time to possibly reach a different audience.

TikTok has been on my mind to create content for, for years. But fear, insecurity and a general lack of understanding how it works, has kept me away.

Last week was different. Those things were still there but it seemed there was less interest in old stories of 'can't' and thus, so far, I've created 4 little videos.

They will serve the purpose of sharing a 10 - 20 second 'truth bomb' or as I say in my strap line "Invitations to rediscover peace and freedom."

It's a learning curve. I've no idea what I'm doing but I'm playing and I'll continue to do so until it doesn't feel fun anymore. If you'd like a tiny little reminder to 'wake up' and notice what's true, then you'll find me there as vickimontagueauthor (ChatGPT's suggestion, not my idea!).

Finally, last week I appeared as a guest on a brilliant podcast created by Sam Goldfinch called Rebel Spirituality. The episode is called Waking Up Your Way and in it we talk about rebelling against spiritual rules, experimenting with intuition and waking up in your own unique and creative way. If you'd like to listen you will find it on all podcast platforms or if you click on the button below it will take you to the episode:

Upcoming events

Monthly In Person Meetup

We meet on the last Monday of every month to explore living from the 'heart' rather than the 'head', what's true and other such topics.

The next meeting is on Monday 27th April 12pm for a 12.30pm start until 2pm. Nancy Potter House, Topsham, Devon, Exe-ercise Meeting Room, upstairs. £8 per session.

Book and pay using this link.

Mindful/Intuitive Art Retreat: 15th - 18th May

Again I'm joining Lucy Sheffield to create a long weekend of connecting to nature and following intuition to paint and create in a field in Devon. There are a couple of spaces left. If you'd like one you can find out more here.

Nature Wellbeing Walk - Listening For a Feeling: 25th July 10.30am - 12pm

I'm teaming up with Rebecca Abrahams, a qualified therapist who has experience of connecting and restoring both nature and human health and wellbeing, to deliver a 90 minute guided walk on Woodbury Common, Devon. We will be encouraging a connection to both intuition and nature through deep listening and creativity.

The session is free but places are limited to 16 so if you'd like a spot reply to this email and I'll put you on the list before it is widely advertised.

Ways To Work With Me

The Intuition Experiment Community

This is my supportive monthly membership that you can join and leave at any time, to explore living more from intuition (or 'true self') than from conditioned, habitual thoughts. It's where I'm most active in supporting individuals to live a free-er life outside of my 1:1 work. If you find yourself wanting to live life differently, then join this lovely small community to transition to a new paradigm. One where more ease and flow is available, more of the time. Full details here.

1:1 Coaching/Mentoring

I have space for a couple of people in my 1:1 work. If you'd like more personalised support to live a life of freedom then book a free exploratory call to see if we might be a good fit to work together. The call itself may be enough to move you forward...

Until next time, happy exploring,

Vicki

Vicki Montague

​Founder Free From Fairy | Free From Limits​

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