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Just Shake the Cake

  • Post author:Cate Mackenzie
  • Post published:March 24, 2026
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I’ve been thinking about my grandfather, Gordon. When I was seventeen, my sister and I travelled with him to Brazil, the country where he truly lived from the age of…

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Read more about the article Dating After Divorce: Flirting, Healing, and Finding Your Confidence Again

Dating After Divorce: Flirting, Healing, and Finding Your Confidence Again

  • Post author:Cate Mackenzie
  • Post published:August 20, 2025
  • Post category:Blog

Change is the one constant in life. As the Buddhists remind us, it’s inevitable, and sometimes it brings with it challenges we didn’t ask for. Whether it’s navigating divorce, supporting…

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Deep Brain Reorienting! 

  • Post author:Emma Alexandra
  • Post published:June 6, 2025
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Pictured above is Armukara Angel, Vinny Jones and me in the Ceremony Dome at The Mind Body Spirit Festival last Sunday where I ran an "Open Your Heart" session. I…

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Summer with Your Love Coach

  • Post author:Emma Alexandra
  • Post published:May 23, 2025
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Can you feel it? That soft shimmer of summertime just beginning to stretch across the days — a time of renewal, clarity, and blossoming possibilities. As the seasons shift, it’s…

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Spring Is Here

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  • Post published:May 1, 2025
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I hope my readers are enjoying these warmer, brighter days as much as I am!  Recently, I have been “on tour” to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham and London whilst simultaneously…

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A Strange Journey

  • Post author:Emma Alexandra
  • Post published:April 3, 2025
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I hope you are well. I have had the life-transforming experience of being on tour to Scotland with my attachment talks and running a six-week attachment online course, plus breaking…

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Getting Loved-Up!

  • Post author:Emma Alexandra
  • Post published:March 14, 2025
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I am writing to share a lovely story of hope around dating, which you can read about below and a tip on love languages. Also, I am on tour in…

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Harmony Rupture Despair Vs Harmony Rupture Repair

  • Post author:Emma Alexandra
  • Post published:January 25, 2025
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I am really thrilled to be running a six week online course on attachment theory, designed to help one explore their own attachment and needs, but also how to respond to…

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Happy New Year!

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  • Post published:January 1, 2025
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There is so much going on in the world, and so many people need love and care. It seems that community is becoming more and more essential, and I am…

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Merry Christmas!

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  • Post published:December 20, 2024
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I wanted to write a little message to wish you well. This time of year can be simple for some and complex for others. Some people do not celebrate Christmas, so…

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    A thought about connection today… Why does laughte A thought about connection today…
Why does laughter make us feel so close to someone?

There’s a moment that happens when you laugh with someone, your body softens, your guard drops, and something in you says, I feel safe here.

Laughter isn’t just lightness.
It’s a form of emotional connection.

It tells your nervous system,
I can relax. I can be seen. I can be myself.

And often, it’s in those small, shared moments, a glance, a joke, a spontaneous laugh, that intimacy quietly begins to grow.

But many people have learned to hold themselves tightly in relationships.
To stay composed. To perform. To get it right.

And in doing so, they miss the very thing that creates real connection.

Connection doesn’t deepen through perfection.
It deepens through moments where you feel open, human, and unguarded.

Laughter is one of the simplest ways we return to that.

It’s not just about humour.
It’s about allowing yourself to be with someone, without effort.

This is something I’ll be exploring more deeply in my upcoming online event on the psychology of comedy and connection, how laughter creates emotional closeness in ways we often don’t realise.

21 May 2026, 17.00 to 19.00
Online
Early bird tickets, £17.50
General admission, £22.50

Tickets are available via Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-psychology-of-comedy-how-laughter-brings-us-together-tickets-1984980402819?keep_tld=true

If you feel drawn to this, you’re very welcome to join.

What happens in you when you truly relax and laugh with someone?
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    A small moment that reveals a lot about love… Some A small moment that reveals a lot about love…
Sometimes, it’s not that something is wrong.
It’s that something needs to be shaken.

There’s a tendency in relationships to pause too quickly.
To question, to analyse, to step back at the first sign of uncertainty.

But not everything needs to be fixed or understood immediately.

Some things simply need movement.
Energy. Playfulness. A shift in rhythm.

Like shaking a cake mixture before it settles,
connection often deepens when we stay with it just a little longer.

When we allow things to breathe, to move, to evolve.

The problem is, many people have learned to interpret discomfort as a sign to withdraw.
To close. To protect. To assume something isn’t working.

But often, that moment, that slight awkwardness, that uncertainty,
is exactly where something new is trying to emerge.

Connection doesn’t grow through control.
It grows through presence, curiosity, and a willingness to stay open even when things feel slightly unfamiliar.

Sometimes, instead of stepping back,
the invitation is to gently lean in.

To stay. To feel. To see what unfolds.

If you notice yourself pulling away the moment something feels uncertain, this is something we can explore together.

What happens for you in those small moments where connection feels slightly off?

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    Opening the Heart: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Opening the Heart: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Love & Self Worth

Join Cate Mackenzie at the Mind Body Spirit Festival for a powerful, heart-opening session

🗓 23 May 2026
📍 Ceremony Space, London Olympia

Opening your heart isn’t about becoming someone new
it’s about softening what’s been in the way

In this session, you’ll gently uncover the hidden patterns that may be blocking connection, intimacy and support
so you can experience deeper relationships, authenticity and self worth

Cate blends therapy, creativity and heart-led guidance to help you reconnect with love… starting from within

If you’ve been feeling closed off, disconnected, or ready for something more… this space is for you

✨ Come as you are. Leave more open.

🎟 Tickets from approx £16–£23 depending on release stage

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