on garden borders reflecting life & business
the ones that blend beautifully, the ones that take over and the ones that are the stunning centrepiece of it all
Hello you,
It’s one of those ‘proper’ old fashioned summer mornings where I feel blissfully comfortable outside in shorts at 7am. It’s not too hot, although it might be later; after weeks of chill winds, I can’t help but soak up these moments of the perfect temperature.
The boys aren’t yet awake, it’s just me, the dog and the four cats, each of us pottering along our random (or pre-destined, who knows) paths around the green space, six threads weaving and pausing through the endlessly evolving garden.
The garden I planted 5 years ago when the house was brand new, surrounded by bare soil, the kind builders leave behind and call “topsoil” when they really mean “dead brown dust”.
The garden I dedicated hours to, digging in compost and alpaca poop, visiting the plant wholesalers and filling my car over and again with hundreds of pots that barely scratched the surface of the borders I had to fill, planting throughout the winter and hoping desperately that everything survived.
And the garden I look at now and can hardly compute it’s the same space.
The word tapestry comes to mind.
And in the same moment, I think of my business.
I’m thinking a lot about my business just now, the shape of it, the variety of it. How I can grow it in different ways to deeply support and nourish me, mentally and financially, and creating a tapestry in my diary.
I’m thinking about how some things got a bit big and prickly in the past and had to be dug out… things that leaned on the more delicate and began to crowd them out. Just like these thistle-like echinops that start out manageable and turn into hard-to-control thugs (this one is going as soon as the bees have had their fill; I won’t mention what it is that I dug out of my diary!)
I’m thinking about the tender and beautiful collaborations that Just Work effortlessly, are easy to manage and bring sooo much joy - like the new Women’s Circles I’m hosting with Sara Williams, local spiritual healer. And this subtle but no less gorgeous combo of Johnson’s Blue geranium and Walkers Low nepeta (cat mint, and yes they do love it but only when I cut it back, weird…)
And then there’s the unexpected. Something that has the potential to grow up strong and stunning, sheltering and protecting the rest. In the border it’s this Cottinus, the smoke bush, the one I thought would be compact and subtle. And, as you already know, in the tapestry of my diary and business, it’s human design.
I had absolutely no idea when the seed of human design planted itself in my life 2 years ago that it would become the beating heart of my work, the what and the how of all I do, what I live and breathe. And in a lot of ways I’m glad I didn’t know!
I put no pressure on it at all, I just let it grow and evolve in its own way, knowing already how it was the perfect tool for untangling self-doubt, for giving that absolute unconditional permission for women to be 100% themselves. And discovering how effortlessly it supports mums to understand their children and partners better, how it guides marketing and business decisions, and just adds so much damned EASE to life!
“Wow! Life feels so much easier, in balance, it flows.
You’re a gift.”
I have a sense of what is coming next, perhaps across the summer, definitely into autumn. I’d love your thoughts too, so if there is something you’d love to know about HD, or some way you’d like to collaborate, please do get in touch.
I do know what is happening right now - which is that you can join me in a coaching style exploration of your chart for just £222, if you book during June (ie this week).
You get 4 hours diving into you, your business and your marketing, which you can spread over the summer months, in time to feel focused and ready for autumn, because we know autumn always brings a rush of creativity ahead of the winter rest!
Or DM me if you’d like a quick chat first :)
If you’re looking at your diary, garden, wardrobe etc and thinking similar thoughts:
💫 What is taking up space and needs to go?
💫 What is working beautifully well?
💫 What surprises can you embrace and make the most of?
Do share what’s growing for you, or what you’re weeding out! In the meantime you’ll find me blending work with gardening as the sudden warmth gets everything roaring away in the borders, and what better way to start the day than connecting with nature1?
As always I’m sending love and cheering you on from here 🧡
Sarah xx
Hey, I’m Sarah and my mission is empowering women to be confident in their uniqueness, by making human design simple and accessible.
I’m a qualified coach and NLP master practitioner and a certified human design coach, blending all my learned skills with my natural ability to create change and growth for my incredible clients.
If you’re ready to relax into being you, and feel way more confident, here are some ways you can start that journey:
Book a human design reading with me, online or in person £77
Build your confidence with a human-design-led coaching journey £222
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the Gate 5 - Fixed Rhythms - has a strong connection to nature, plants and animals especially, check out your chart to see if you have it - I definitely do, can you tell?
Loved reading this. It really resonates with me. I've left the garden to go quite rampant this year, mainly because I didn't have the energy to do anything with it. But the bonus is that it's more beautiful than ever. It's not neatly manicured. But the lavender, dogwood, bamboo (it's in a pot!) and everything else has just thrived on its own and it looks magnificent. As you've shown me taking a rest ultimately provides more energy for the things that are important. I've been rewarded for my lack of garden maintenance with something beautiful and abundant to sit within and look upon x