After talking in the team it was decided to share with you what could be considered controversial. Even scary.
Why?
Well because we always have a smile and always ready to help to talk about tears may not suit TheLondonflowerlover ‘image’. The image of peace may be shattered.
Yet we decided to share anyway. This and the next few Winter Solstice preparation posts will explain why.
We are in the arena of sharing wholehearted love and offer our gift of flowers in the process. Giving and receiving. We are in the bright and breezy business and are known for that. We are not in the let’s make you ‘uncomfortable’ business.
Yet sometimes when we do everything right, doing it all and never letting anyone see us sweat and nothing goes right.Mostly we let go of any wrestling within, any inner fight but we also do forget to feel the peace and feel the pain instead. A pain that leaves us unable to experience peace. If only temporarily, because we forgot our nature.
Well a month ago we got angry and it showed. Underneath that anger was fear. And it left us immobile. Then with our faces smarting with shame for having this anger publically wash over, like multiple tidal waves we felt the shame again. “Never good enough” or “who do you think you are” where the inner and external dialogue in the studio. We just had it. We kicked off and fell into a vulnerable heap.
Worsened by not getting the affectionate hugs expected from close one’s we felt ‘hysterical’ hurt again.
Yet it’s been the many friends from all around the world who stand by us in our struggle. It’s those who have helped us to come back to a sense of peace and find our way back to our heart. Back to each other. We thank you.
Wrestling and fighting about whether we are being perfect and bullet proof has not worked. Vulnerability and compassion have become our path. What we learnt this last two months is that going to face your challenges means facing shame and embracing vulnerability without wrestling with it. Yes shame and embracing vulnerability instead of running from it. Being willing to embrace both from a place of peace. That place that in stillness can embrace it all. No fight. Even if things on the outside do not seem to yield to your best efforts. Especially then.
We smiled
….a little
During this journey we came across a courageous ‘breakdown babe’ called Brene Brown. A darling sister, she speaks most compellingly about how ‘we’ all benefit from embracing our vulnerability as we experience emotional breakdowns.
So where are we now? In a different place. A very specific place of re-contemplation of peace as we invite you to share with us. After watching this short video you may like to consider bringing in beauty into your solstice time. Flowers of course are our gift, our focal point guiding us back into the deepest ocean of tranquil rejuvenation. You choose what to be your guide.
If you love and respect yourself as a ‘breakdown babe’ or support, encourage and admire ‘breakdown babes’, let us know in anyway you like. Whatever you do, these flowers are for you.
Most busy people struggle with knowing how to really give themselves the time they deserve for genuine self caring. They can get so lost in their daily responsibilities that they lose themselves. They can get sick, tired, or just lose their way. We provide self caring and self loving packages that make use of the natural relaxing abilities of tools like flowers, and so much more, all designed to give a reliable, regular, rebalancing booster, to recharge their inner batteries so that they can enjoy life again.
So welcome to this Floralicious universe, where you are the hero. Yes, that's right. We know that you have one clear desire. To be happy. We also know that something is stopping you from getting it. That is where we step in.a
Things get done because you allow them to. We are your guide florists who provide you with answers for that stress. We do this using baby steps, providing you with relaxing and beautiful flowers to help you connect with your wellness. In our baby step plans we combine flowers, with a holistic appreciation of what it takes for you to be free of your challenge. In our opinion you are a hero, not a helpless victim. It is our belief that no one needs to struggle with stress if they are guided properly.
We gently guide those who are stressed at work, at home or anywhere in between. We guide those who have declared that its time to stop dabbling with what they desire. And using those baby steps, we carefully guide those who are ready to experience a transformation.
We would never deny the fact that flowers for your birthday, holidays and special occasions are amazing to send and receive. Those florist that specifically specialise in that line of floristry are fantastic. Yet what we are doing here points you in another direction. It's deeper. It points your attention inwards. To self. To boost yourself up on a REGULAR basis. That's a part of how we guide you through to become free of your stress.
We invite you to see how life is breathing you and how you are part of life's nature. So what you uncover is really you discovering your own awesomeness. You learn how that is natural and not an exception. From that point of view , we are inviting you to let go of dabbling around . This process that aligns you with the truth of your nature,puts asleep those doubts that interfere with your desires.Putting asleep the elephant in the room and inviting you to discover your own process of moving from feeling stressed to calm, from feeling uncertainty to being confident, from feeling lonely to being in gratitude for the connections with others.
We recognise what you want. We know. We have been there ourselves. We know how it feels and that all you need is a guide, to give you a plan to help you win the day. So we invite you to take the next baby step. If we don't call you to take action, then we are not helping you and life will only stay the same. It will reflect an unexplored set of feelings about your self that could harm your future. Lets put those to sleep and be focused on what is awake within you. We invite you to go forward and take the first tinniest baby step now.
THE FLORALICIOUS PLAN
Step 1
Sign up to The London Flower Lover blog. Open up your Floralicious conversation about relaxation, perception and flowers of all kinds.
Step 2
Sign up for the empowerment plan that will work for you. At this stage are really ready to commit to your self caring. So choose your plan carefully.
Each plan makes you available to the mechanics of your personal wholeness because you allow yourself to. No one is forcing you. Each plan gives you a reliable schedule of activity to bring your attention back to yourself. These plans use a mixture of techniques to awaken you . Repeatedly offered through story, gratitude journaling and more as you reflect the life you desire to breathe life into. By using flowers, you experience the boost of beautifully inspiring collections of flower designs. All you need to do is to align with that feeling. This is what makes this package a personal attunement to your natural aliveness and abundance!
Step 3
You are now ready to use very specific flowers and self gifting to help you express yourself. You are ready to give yourself a licence to express yourself like never before. No longer intimidated by stress, you use flowers and self gifting to express the life that is breathing you. Your awesomeness is re-discovered, revealed and remembered.
We invite you into your own Floralicious universe as you unwind, relax and enjoy happiness beyond stress.
Christmas present…in fact, more than one Christmas present…
catnipoflife is bestowing two awards upon you today…The Very Inspiring Blog Award and my favorite the Don’t Do a Damn Thing Award. I Just Like Your Blog. Here is the badge for the latter:
I am presently working on the Inspiring award so check back later today for its posting and grab the badge.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, so much goodies here, no did not even notice the award from awakenings. Have a wonderful time to you all from us here.xxx
About Brené Brown Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. She spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and empathy, and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. She poses the questions: How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?
The London Flower Lover 
This month, I was in the same place you were… I send you that hug you didn’t get! Beautiful post x
Thanks from the team xxxxx
We can feel it and we are smiling!
Christmas present…in fact, more than one Christmas present…
catnipoflife is bestowing two awards upon you today…The Very Inspiring Blog Award and my favorite the Don’t Do a Damn Thing Award. I Just Like Your Blog. Here is the badge for the latter:
I am presently working on the Inspiring award so check back later today for its posting and grab the badge.
BTW Did you capture your STAR from Awakenings? http://awakenings2012.blogspot.com/2012/12/blog-of-year-2012-2nd-5th-star.html
Merry Christmas!
Sharla aka Catnip
Thank you, thank you, thank you, so much goodies here, no did not even notice the award from awakenings. Have a wonderful time to you all from us here.xxx
Hi, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the follow and wishing you all the best in this festive season. Cheer~ 😀
Thank you, our lips are curling up at the sides in joy.Thankyou
You’re very welcome~ 😀
Merry Christmas to you all!! Cheers~ 😀
About Brené Brown Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. She spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and empathy, and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. She poses the questions: How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?
We give thanks for this sharing.
Peace is its own reward.
We wholeheartedly agree. We give thanks for your comment.
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