Charlotte Flows

30/06/2024

I have been reflecting on the first half of the year this week, and what a year it has been and is all very much in the positive.

When I flicked through my diary I was blown away at what has been achieved and fitted in, the biggie the house move but adventures, new experiences and opportunities have flowed in abundance.
The second half is looking like it's more of the same too!

I close off the first half with this fun opportunity that came my way 👇

#2024

26/06/2024

On my recent show I celebrated another year on the Charlotte Flows show.

Quite hard to believe we are marking 3 years.

Follow the link in the bio 👆 to join me celebrating and watch this space if your a local listener I think a chance to connect in person is in the cards, cake & bubbles anyone?? ✨

20/06/2024

Loving the rainbow days we have been having. I spotted a dozen at least today.

It's a choice I think, to be captured by these joy enducing magical arcs when there is so much to be worried about in our lives and the world.

Yet these moments make me pause, quite literally to capture, and smile.

09/06/2024

I really love the magic of sparkly lights and so a trip to light cycles at the Wellington Botanical Gardens was such a treat 😍

03/06/2024

Nothing like a 24 hour adventure in your own back yard to feel like your living life by your design ✨

28/05/2024

This month I have had two fabulous guests on my Charlotte Flows Arrow FM Radio show 👆👆

Honest, inspiring conversations with these two beautiful humans.

If your keen to catch up follow the link in the bio which will take you to my show list. You can find both shows there ✨

23/05/2024

This week I share a new journey and chat with my best friend Bela on her being a great inspiration to change tack on a long held belief.

Head this way to have a listen 👇

https://www.accessradio.org/ProgrammePage.aspx?PID=93cf6545-8820-49b9-8868-56c4bf217b06

10/05/2024

Dare to dream the dreams 🌈✨

08/05/2024

This week on my show I had the pleasure of an honest and inspiring chat with the beautiful human who is TeAta Hawkins.

I had been inspired by her strength journey , but we touched on her creative vibe at TeAta Collective and her new personal journey to Finding Home too.

Things that really resonated where the realisation of us all having that moment, that break point where we have to find a new direction, find our way home✨

But how easy we can look at someone and think they seem to be sorted when you can never know what's going on.

Catch my Arrow FM 92.7FM show by following the link to my in the bio ☝️

Enjoy!

04/05/2024

I just had a blissful month having fun and making memories with my mum and dad.

I reasise what a gift this is and I am so grateful. It also means I retreat from so many thing as in that time that is all I need to fill my cup.

During the month I shared some musings on what learnings they brought in my larrow fm show. Which you can catch up on by following the link in the bio.

With them gone I might be popping up a little more 😘

04/04/2024

This week I was finding some creative flow thanks to a fab fun locals Ventana class.

26/03/2024

Been a little absent here but there has been quite a unexpected start to 2024 with a house move!

I had been sharing the journey on my Arrow FM show but then there was a technical glitch that saw the show pause with some us repeating some shows.

We are on track again at Arrow and yesterday saw our family make the move to a new home.

Catch up on the musings this has brought in this week's show about changes.

It was a whole new and beautiful dawn to a new chapter and a farewell to this special place we have called home for almost 9 years 👇✨

19/03/2024

One of my 50 before 50 challenges is to learn to play a brass instrument.

Currently in research mode which had me head to see the Hoot'n'Annies play at a local vineyard on Sunday..... My kind if research!

They are awesome and this is totally where I hope to get one day 👇🎺💃

28/02/2024

Its been a full February! so I am pretty pleased we get a bonus day this year, and I love leap years!

It was the hot topic on the show on Monday but with processor issues we still haven't been able to load up the show as a podcast so thought I would share a few of my musings.

I suggested you take a little time to do something awesome as this is an extra day, in fact I think in fact it should be a statutory have fun day as with it only happening every 4 years it would be just a really cool gift to ourselves as humans to LEAP into fun!

I took the opportunity 2 leaps ago to propose to my husband and so I like to have some intention around marking that anniversary but don't want to let the cat out of the bag just now 😉

I invite you to ponder adding something fun in tomorrow, don't let it just become another day of the same old, find the magic ✨

15/02/2024

47 today, celebrating life, celebrating me and feeling incredibly grateful for the life I lead and the people in it ✨

13/02/2024

To my dear listeners and of course my dear . There has been a technical glitch with a processor at Arrow FM HQ which means the show cannot be transformed into a podcast.

Unless you listen live you are going to miss out on my radio musings until this is fixed.

Apologies for any empty chasm this causes to your listening vibes but I will be back soon or you can of course catch me live on a Monday at 2pm on 92.7fm 😘

27/01/2024

My first book purchase inspired by the Writers Sanctuary experience, received today and just sitting to look.

Page 1 has me hooked ✨

25/01/2024

This week I have the absolute pleasure of chatting to Lucinda from after reading about her in a post that I read and thought wow! It made sense to reach out and this was a fun, cup filling and inspiring chat.

She chose this song and it truly is an inspiring mood booster in the space of imagining what is possible.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6pPCOXIQeNMr1oCWJTomSf?si=lUg6pj_ESZqqyBVnPCPfZQ

Have a listen by following the link in the bio 👆🤩

Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Aretha Franklin · Song · 1985

19/01/2024

Oh goodness this week has been a little full flow so getting to share my musings has slipped, but each day I source my word and by days end have completed my answer to the question posed.

So this is the result of a trio of prompts ✨

was fun and the question was ones I love the sounds of, shared in the pic #1 It did have me ponder the flip of that too. Something to explore another day.

was easy as my writing other than musings here can be found in my seasonal.piece in the Wairarapa Lifestyle Magazine.

also easy my gorgeous friend Chels. She is akways cheering me on and has the official title of my for my spoken word venture.

17/01/2024

How often do we appreciate how far we have come, be it as a person or in relation to some form of doing.

Last night on my dog walk for the first time in weeks I listened to my Arrow FM show.

I was so chuffed with the show not for any particular reason, it just seemed to flow, and I seemed to speak with a confidence that made me think about how far in this space I have come.

How much I appreciate the talents of Marina who edits my show and fixes the glitches.

I was preety proud of myself and those moments don't come often.

So here you go this week's show sharing musings on inspiration from words and people.

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15/01/2024

Because my writing flows from my own experience of life it is laden with the doorways that I encounter to flow, grow and be.

The past 5 years have seen me take my journey of blossoming and share through words, spoken and written.

Doors are often opening it seems, but I am aware if I looked back I would see some close. Marking a lesson learnt, a place experienced.

13/01/2024

Revisiting a love of poetry started up a little while ago. Sparked by a poem called Breathe by Becky Hemsley shared by a friend.

Both her and Courtney Peppernell have become companions to dip into for wisdom that speaks to any given moment where I need it ✨

12/01/2024

I resist routine but embrace ritual.
Funny really given one could argue they are the same sudes if a coin. Yet ritual has a more cup filling quality to me.

Yet a writing routine in the context of the prompt ritual on this 15 day challenge that is inspiring these posts has me pondering how I can create a ritual or more like add to my existing "morning rituals"

One of which is simple act of lemon water. The first thing I do after rising for the day.

I can't recall when it started other than knowing it was not long after my 2018 "is this it moment".

But it was a simple step to putting me first at the start of the day. I truly believe it has brought so many benefits I really haven't suffered winter colds since this daily vitamin c hit. It sparks hydrating and has me locating lemon trees in the neighbourhood to use the offering they give not see it fall unused.

An act that has stood the test of time and is embedded as the start of a ritual that starts each day ✨

12/01/2024

This new year is in full flow yet January always has a different flow in our world due to school holidays.

A balance of chilled and juggle. Some things are a constant, an anchor and one if those is my radio show that I have missed sharing updates on.

The new year shows have been an invitation to explore what you want your 2024 to look like, as well as me sharing a writing sanctuary I have been enjoying.

You can check in by following the link in the bio if you fancy some pockets of 30 minute Charlotte Flows musings 👆

For now though I am sat enjoying Friday drinks with myself, so cheers to whoever follows these meandering of mine ✨

11/01/2024

What a day!

So when it felt like I had reached the end of the twists and turns. The ups and downs it was these words that came.

Written of course, and so the perfect chance to say that in this moment I think not bad, not good but not bad, but mine. But thank you
Fir the chance to explore this line of thought ✨

My handwriting is something I have a hate/hate relationship with it just ranges on how bad it is.

So many times the flow is fast and barely legible but that's OK I rarely read it, its a method to download, get out and let go. But sometimes the thoughts are worthy of attention. These seemed to be those.

But I could not ever imagine pouring these thoughts, musings and ponderings in any other way, then the simple act of pen and paper.

Something so human about this act.

10/01/2024

I love pen and paper but the journey with "writing" started not so long ago.

During my personal journey since that 2018 moment in my kitchen I finally tapped in and understood journalling and free flow writing by sheer chance during a restless night where 6 pages poured. For a period I went on to use it a lot as I shed layers, opened up and "worked" on me.

Alongside this in my work life I have had someone support my growth in written communication which in turn rubs off in all facets of life.

It was the opportunity with the spoken word that has had a huge impact. Hosting my radio show and learning that preparation makes a difference and therefore writing my ponderings and musings has become a practice albeit sporadic. I have to admit wisdom from the recent writing sanctuary by had had me view this in a whole new light. Structure and flow needing each other to enable creative flow not chaos✨

But it was the merging of both of these elements that brought an opportunity, the catalyst to where I am today as a writer. Writing a seasonal musing for the Wairarapa Lifestyle Magazine.

Having completed my first year of musings guided by editor Katherine who has been a huge support in guiding me get to grips with the art of writing in this space. I have seen the growth, the change, the understandings cone through and I love it.

Excited about the next year and what it means to explore the art of writing further here I am a writer ✨

08/01/2024

This corner of the table is my spot.
My place to pause and ponder, a place I visit often during the course of a day.
My first visit I sit sipping my coffee, I gaze at the day and let my mind flow.

What will you bring to my door today life? ✨

31/12/2023

Welcome 2024 ✨