Helen Dillon-Cottee
The thing about cracks...
The first 'reform' journey I went on was in my faith. I had hit a point where there seemed so many 'cracks' in the faith of my youth that...
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Helen Dillon-Cottee
writing
This is where I share my writing - poems, essays, and thoughts on life and how we can create something new and better in the world.
Click here to look at my published books.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
Stop being who you should be; start being who you are.
For 35 years, I lived my life being who I was supposed to be. Much of my ‘supposed to’s’ came from spending my formative years in the...
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
The world is changing
Something is happening around us. This ‘something’ is happening in our world, in our countries, in our institutions, in families and...
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
How to Turn the Volume Down on Gaslighting
Many of us have adopted these poor beliefs about ourselves from comments thrown out by people we thought we could trust.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 24, 2021
- 7 min
My story of deconstruction
Deconstruction is a hard road: it can be scary and you can feel like you're risking everything.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
The anniversary after
In the past the 'form' of today was celebrating love with one man; today I celebrate love in all the ways it shows up in my life.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
A different kind of hard
Staying in something toxic is hard, leaving or reforming is just a different kind of hard.
Helen Cottee
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
What a five year old taught me last week
Keep moving. Keep changing your mind. Keep evolving forward. The 'you' who will exist in ten years' time will thank you for it.
Helen Cottee
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
Learning to create a life giving rhythm
My plate was way too full and I had little time left at the end of my day for rest or play or downtime.
Helen Cottee
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
The good darkness
Good darkness is about rhythm and season and knowing that we can let loose on control a little so that things can die, and others can live.
Helen Cottee
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
The gift of crisis
ifting through crisis brought me to a place where I shook out much of the toxic beliefs and behaviours in my work, life and faith.
Helen Cottee
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Caves
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” Joseph Campbell
Helen Cottee
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Longing
'The soul often speaks through longings'. Sue Monk Kidd.
Helen Cottee
- Nov 3, 2020
- 1 min
I don't have what it takes
I have a big decision to make: I find myself hiding and shrinking from making steps forward because the potential impact feels like a wave
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