Lucy's Blog — Lucy Paget

Sing a song

Take a listen. My version of ‘Splendor in the Grass’. My family’s anthem for the next years of travel.

CreateLucy PagetAugust 7, 2018Comment

Intuition or Imagination? Meet the cast of characters

Meet the main characters in my novel. For each I have meditated and discovered where they come from; learnt their secrets and super powers; felt their strengths and weaknesses… These come like revelations. They feel real. Is this genius?

CreateLucy PagetMay 23, 2018

My Garden Confession...

When we moved to Canada in 2007 I had ideas of living on a ranch and becoming 'one with the wilds' and maybe even getting draught horses to plough the land on the patch I was going to farm…

NatureLucy PagetMay 9, 2018

Healing and Mountains

It was as though the mountains came alive. It wasn’t a visual sense, like ‘Oh aren’t they magnificent’ – it was a full on ‘Wow, those mountains are really watching us, and they are powerful’.

NatureLucy PagetMarch 23, 2018healing mountains, creative writing, meditation

Going on Retreat

Why did it take me so long to go on a retreat? I think there are 3 big reasons. And here are 2 of my wild retreat adventures: Getting bombed in Sinai and being served heroine tea in a bedouin village.

CreateLucy PagetFebruary 23, 2018retreat, creativity, writing, honouring your creativity, writing retreatComment

My Creative Process (Schedule. Research. Meditate. Write.)

I’ve come to see that coming back to writing has been a journey of recovering my imagination and, little by little, learning a craft I’d not tended to.

CreateRobyn HounjetJanuary 22, 2018writing, author, scheduling, time management

Turn Your Coffee Into a Superfood Drink (without sugar or dairy)

This recipe will produce a creamy tasting cup of coffee - and the added ingredients make it a bona fide elixir!

Beautiful and Fun Ways to Say Grace

When I sit down to a meal, it sometimes feels like there’s something missing if we don’t give a word of thanks for the food we’re eating.

NourishRobyn HounjetJanuary 11, 2018blessing, grace, prayer, give thanks, gratitude, family dinnerComment

Writing The Community Table

My mum was a cook. Growing up, at the dinner table we analyzed what we ate. It was a game we’d play; a curiosity about flavour.

Nourish, CreateRobyn HounjetDecember 7, 2017The Community Table, recipe, gluten-free, sugar detox, home cookingComment

Growing-Up Fishing

I was born on the twelfth of August. An auspicious day if you are from Britain, born into a family that hunts and fishes. It’s known as ‘The Glorious Twelfth’ because it refers to the start of the shooting season for red grouse, and ptarmigan.

NatureRobyn HounjetDecember 6, 2017fishing, hunting, England, ScotlandComment

Full Circle: Creating & Selling My First Business, Intrinsi

This story began at the British School of Osteopathy in London. It’s where my husband and I met and studied for four years, both of us coming to osteopathy after previous degrees

Recovery. Expression. Freedom.

Movement gives me two things: recovery and expression. And in both there is freedom.

MoveRobyn HounjetDecember 6, 2017recovery, expression, freedom, aerial, strength, graceComment

Beyond Belief

I believed I would never be stretchy enough to do the splits. And I was quite okay with that.

MoveRobyn HounjetDecember 5, 2017dancing, aerial, trapeze, yoga, splits, get movingComment

How to Make a Medicinal Salve

Salves (or ointments) are made of beeswax, herbs and vegetable oils. Once you’ve made a medicinal oil, it will take you no more than 15 – 20 minutes to make a salve.

NatureRobyn HounjetNovember 28, 2017medicinal salve, nature as medicine, plant medicine, ointmentsComment

How to Make a Medicinal Oil

In the spring and summer, I gather medicinal herbs, berries, barks, roots and flowers from the woods, river banks and fields. Here's how I turn them into medicinal oils.

NatureRobyn HounjetNovember 28, 2017medicinal oil, nature as medicine, herbs, plant medicineComment