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The Gratitude Gap: From Retrospect To Real Life
Love life now.
by Sandy C. Newbigging
Author and integrative practitioner Sandy Newbigging is one of our much-loved regular collaborators, and we greatly enjoyed his insightful piece in our Autumn 2026 issue on ‘the gratitude gap’. Check it out below! Alternatively, you can head to your local health shop to pick up your copy of the mag, or have a copy delivered to your door each season at positivelife.ie/subscribe <3
Something strange happens when we look back. A job or relationship we complained about. A home we couldn’t wait to leave. A version of ourselves—younger, freer, less burdened—that we’d give quite a lot to have back for an afternoon. At the time, there seemed little to be grateful for. But in retrospect, we can often see how good it actually was. We were there for all of it, and somehow, we missed it.
There are reasons for this. Psychologists call one of them rosy retrospection—the tendency to remember past experiences more positively than we felt them at the time. Alongside this, negative emotions attached to memories tend to fade faster than positive ones—the arguments blur, the tender moments remain. And once we’re no longer inside an experience, psychological distance does something else: it allows us to see the bigger picture. The daily fears and frictions fall away, and what mattered rises to the surface. The result is that we often see the value of something only once we’re no longer in it—and no longer close enough to be distracted by its imperfections.
I’ve felt this myself. Looking back at past relationships, I’ve found myself quietly aching for the best moments—the connection, the attraction, the laughter, the lazy Sunday afternoons together. Each relationship had its own real difficulties, and there were genuine reasons things ended. But I can see now that I didn’t fully appreciate what else was there while it was there. The psychological distance that makes it visible later wasn’t there then.
This isn’t an argument for regret—or for going back. And of course, not all memories become rosier with time. But
this tendency points to something worth paying attention to. If we can often find more to be grateful for when looking back, perhaps we can appreciate more in the present—while we’re still living it.
We tend to think of appreciation as something we do—a discipline or a daily practice of counting our blessings. And while there’s nothing wrong with gratitude lists, this framing misses something important. It treats appreciation as a skill to be developed rather than a natural capacity that’s simply being blocked. So rather than focusing on “how can I be more grateful?” it can be more useful to begin with a different question: what’s getting in the way?
Before we explore that, let’s be real first. If your life is genuinely difficult right now—if you’re grieving, struggling, exhausted, or in the middle of something objectively hard—this isn’t an invitation to paper over it with gratitude. Naming what’s painful and working to change what can be changed is the most honest and intelligent response to real difficulty. Pretending otherwise isn’t appreciation. It’s bypassing.
What I’m pointing to is more nuanced. Even in the middle of difficulty, most of us are living more than just the hard things. There are still small moments, kindnesses, and ordinary pleasures that exist alongside the pain. We can become blind to those, too. The invitation isn’t to feel grateful for the difficult things. It’s simply to notice that the difficult things aren’t the only things—and that waiting until later to appreciate what’s already here can be a trap.
This is true not only when life is hard. Even when things are going well—no crisis, no grief, no obvious difficulty—appreciation can still somehow be absent. Many of us live with a low hum of dissatisfaction running beneath the surface. It doesn’t necessarily declare itself as full-blown unhappiness—more a subtle sense that life is slightly less than it should be. That we’re not quite where we’re supposed to be–yet.
Hope for better is a valuable human instinct. But when today becomes something to rush past to get to tomorrow, it comes with a cost. When we’re focused on what’s missing, what’s wrong and needs improving, or what hasn’t happened yet, we are largely absent from what’s actually here. Instead, we’re living in a mental future that appears to deserve more appreciation than the life we’re actually in.
And then, years later, we look back—and feel the ache. The strange thing is that the life we’re nostalgic for wasn’t perfect when we were in it. We had worries then, too. We had things we were trying to fix. The difference isn’t that life was better—it’s that we’re no longer inside the details of it. From a distance, the beauty becomes visible in a way it couldn’t when we were too close. This is why appreciation doesn’t require effort. It requires perspective and presence.
There’s a principle I return to often in my work: we suffer less from our circumstances than from our relationship to our circumstances. Two people can face identical situations and have entirely different inner experiences—because what shapes how we feel isn’t primarily what’s happening. It’s the lens through which we’re seeing it.
When we’re living in a constant state of “not yet”—not yet successful enough, not yet settled enough, not yet the person we’re trying to become—everything we have gets filtered through that lens. The good things are noticed briefly and then set aside. The difficult things get amplified. The story we’re telling ourselves about where we are colours everything. Appreciation, then, becomes more natural when that lens shifts. When we’re no longer relating to life as something to be arrived at, but as something we’re already in.
In retrospect, psychological distance does this for us automatically. Perspective and presence offer us the same clarity— deliberately, and without having to wait. Two orientations I’ve found genuinely useful for seeing differently:
The first helps with perspective, and includes a simple yet powerful retrospective question: If I were looking back at this period of my life ten years from now, what would I appreciate that I’m not fully seeing yet? This question temporarily lifts you out of the “not yet” orientation. It lets you see your current life from the perspective of someone who no longer has it. The home you find too small. The friend with their annoying traits. The health you’re taking for granted. The children at the age they are right now, before they grow into the next version of themselves.
The question doesn’t manufacture gratitude—it reveals what’s already there, waiting to be seen.
I’ve been living this myself. My wife and I are building a home, and it’s taken far longer than we anticipated. Over the three years—and counting—I’ve seen how easy it would be to settle into a low-grade frustration—a permanent “not yet,” waiting for the walls, the roof, the day we can finally move in and begin the life we’ve imagined.
But I noticed something about that orientation. If I spend the years of planning and building in quiet dissatisfaction, I won’t suddenly become content when the keys arrive. The mental habit of “not quite there yet” doesn’t dissolve when
circumstances change—it simply finds a new target. Once we’re in, there will be furniture we haven’t found, rooms that aren’t finished, a garden that needs another season. The frustration wouldn’t end. It would simply move. And so, I’ve chosen to appreciate where I am now, in the middle of the waiting—because the alternative isn’t just unpleasant. It’s a rehearsal for missing the life I’m about to arrive at, too.
The second orientation is about presence, and it’s more fundamental. Appreciation isn’t really about what you have. It’s about how awake you are to what you have. When we are genuinely present–not distracted by the past, not waiting for the future, not running a quiet commentary on how things should be different–we find that appreciation arises naturally. It’s what’s left when the noise settles.
This is why presence and appreciation are so closely connected. Presence isn’t passive—it’s an active quality of being attentive to what’s here.
When the mind is quieter, when we’re less caught up in the project of self improvement and more simply here, we
begin to notice the texture of our actual life. The coffee still warm. The light through the window. The conversation that went somewhere unexpected. The ordinary Tuesday that, in ten years, we might look back on with tenderness.
When clients begin to make this shift—what they describe isn’t dramatic. It’s quieter than that. A Tuesday that feels less like something to get through and more like something to savour. A conversation they find themselves grateful for while it’s happening. A moment of noticing that what they have, right now, is more than they’d been giving it credit for.
The life you’ve been waiting for is here. We have a tendency to love our life later—when the distance allows us to see more clearly. The work is to love life now. Not by trying harder to be grateful, but by being present enough to notice what’s already here. After all, retrospect has a way of revealing how good today actually was.
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The Art Of Feeling Abundant
Delight in the elements.
by Judith McAdam
Manifestation coach and spiritual teacher Judith McAdam is one of our much-loved regular collaborators, and we greatly enjoyed her piece in our Autumn 2026 issue on ‘the art of feeling abundant’. Check it out below! Alternatively, you can head to your local health shop to pick up your copy of the mag, or have a copy delivered to your door each season at positivelife.ie/subscribe <3
We came together to consciously live the elements and the laws of the Universe. What unfolded surpassed everything we expected.
I found myself sitting in a stone farmhouse in the Asturian hills, not far from the sea. Outside, a lemon tree hung heavy with fruit. Valley cows grazed nearby, their bells marking a slow, unhurried rhythm. On the table in front of me were the remnants of a shared meal, olive oil, good bread, a fresh crisp salad. Around the table sat the seventeen of us, some of us strangers just five days earlier, now something else entirely. And I thought: this is it. This is what abundance actually feels like.
We had come to Asturias for The Alchemist’s Journey. This was a retreat I had been building in my mind and heart for years, structured around the Hermetic laws and the four classical elements. What I hadn’t fully anticipated was how Mother Earth herself would become our greatest teacher. Asturias is one of the greenest, most unspoiled corners of Europe. It is a place where ancient mountains meet the Cantabrian Sea, where you can stand on a beach and smell the eucalyptus forest behind you. From the first morning, something began to shift in us. Not because of anything I said or taught, but simply because we had stopped rushing past life and started living inside it.
“Abundance is not a destination. It is a frequency, one the natural world broadcasts constantly, if we are tuned to receive it.”
We talk about abundance constantly in the spiritual world. We set intentions around it, journal about it, recite affirmations. But what I witnessed on that coastline was something far more visceral. It was what happens when human beings stop treating abundance as a concept and start experiencing it as a felt reality. The Hermetic principle of correspondence tells us that the outer world mirrors the inner. In Asturias, surrounded by the eucalyptus forests, the wild beaches, the mountains rising behind us and the vast Cantabrian Sea stretching out in front, something in each of us quietly recalibrated. It became harder to believe in scarcity. Not because we argued ourselves out of it, but because the land kept contradicting it, moment by moment.
We worked with the four elements as living vibrations rather than symbolic concepts. Mother Earth was not a metaphor for groundedness; it was actual sand beneath bare feet, actual soil in the eucalyptus forest, the eucalyptus kernels we collected as we walked, breathing it in deeply. Water was not a symbol of flow; it was the Cantabrian Sea and the de Sella River, which we kayaked. We learned firsthand how futile it is to go against the current, how much easier life becomes when you move with the flow. Fire was a ceremony at dusk; under the Flower Moon on the night of our arrival, we gathered around a shared flame and chose, together, to release what no longer served us. And Air, Air was the sea breeze that came each morning like a gentle instruction, moving through the eucalyptus leaves, clearing everything that had gathered overnight.
Working with the elements this consciously, this physically, is a completely different experience to reading about
them. It was abundance in its most original form. It really is the planet giving everything it has, all the time, to anyone paying attention.
“The Earth was teaching what no workshop alone can fully teach, that we are already surrounded by more than enough.”
What struck me most was how quickly genuine appreciation became effortless. Not performed appreciation, not the kind you write in a journal because you’ve been told to. Real appreciation, the kind that gives you butterflies before your mind has caught up. A woman helping another as they hiked the Ruta de las Xanas. One of the men sitting each morning at dawn, composing a song he would later sing to us all. Another participant lighting up as new friendships formed around her, finding herself at the centre of a group that simply, quietly, filled her with love.
The HeartMath Institute has spent decades researching what happens physiologically when we enter genuine states of appreciation. The heart’s electromagnetic field expands. Coherence between heart and brain increases. The nervous system settles. What I noticed in Asturias was simpler than any of that science, and also its living proof, it was people cracking open. Becoming more receptive. The earth doing the work, and all we had to do was show up and let it.
Florence Scovel Shinn wrote that the game of life is a game of boomerangs; what we send out returns to us. At
Covadonga, we stood looking out at the sheer magnificence of the mountains, and something became very clear: we were seeing our own magnificence being mirrored back to us. The experience of life that came back was so rich, so layered, and so generous that we began to realise we hadn’t known we were allowed to feel this good. That is the real poverty most of us carry, not lack of money or resources, but the belief that this quality of aliveness isn’t available to us. Slowly, our intentions began to shift. ‘I want more’ was igniting inside of all of us. More of this. More of nature’s unlimited abundance.
You don’t need to go to Spain to access this. You need to go outside. You need to slow down enough to register what
is actually there. A single tree in full leaf is an act of immeasurable generosity if you look at it long enough. Rain on a roof. The smell of the earth after it. The way the light arrives differently each morning, as if it has made an effort especially for you. The natural world is in a constant state of abundant giving, and most of us are too busy, too scheduled, too inside our own heads to receive it.
The Alchemist’s Journey reminded me—again, because these things take repeated learning, that abundance is not something you acquire. It is something you tune into. It was never being withheld. It is broadcasting on a frequency of extraordinary richness, all the time. Our invitation is simply to become the kind of people who can receive it. To let the elements in. To feel Mother Earth. To watch the water. To stand in the wind and understand, in your body rather than
your mind, that you are part of something wildly, extravagantly alive.
Richness, for me, was sitting at the top of the mountain in Casa Generosa in Pedroveya. That legendary little restaurant at the end of our pilgrimage hike on the Ruta de las Xanas, the seventeen of us around the table, plates of traditional Asturian food in front of us, experiencing the friendship, the love, and the laughter. Plenty of laughter.
With an abundance of love,
Jx
Judith McAdam is a manifestation coach and spiritual teacher with 28 years of experience, bridging ancient wisdom with modern science through workshops and retreats in energy healing, heart-brain coherence, and manifestation.
Spirituality & The City
What you appreciate in life…
Our Spirituality in the City series celebrates the moments of connection and transformation that can happen in the most unexpected places. This time, we explore how Appreciation can completely transform challenges or seemingly mundane moments.
Carol Lopez
When I think about a place I truly appreciate, my heart goes straight to our greenhouse.
It is much more than a place where we grow microgreens. It is a place that grew with us.
Years ago, this greenhouse was empty and abandoned, waiting for a new purpose. At the same time, our family was also beginning a new chapter. My husband left his career as a chef, I was rebuilding my path after moving to Ireland, and together we decided to bring this space back to life.
Little by little, with care, patience and a lot of learning, the greenhouse started growing again—and so did we.
Our son has grown up surrounded by seeds, plants and nature. He has seen that beautiful things take time, that mistakes are part of learning, and that with love and dedication something tiny can become something amazing.
Every tray we grow is a reminder of transformation. A tiny seed becoming food, an abandoned greenhouse becoming full of life, and a family creating something meaningful together.
I am grateful for this little glass house in Dublin—the place where plants grow, dreams grow, and where our family continues to grow too.
Patrick-joseph
For years, I searched for something more through different spiritual paths. Meditation, manifestation, energy work and the language of the universe all gave me moments of insight, but none quietened the deeper longing within me. Then, unexpectedly, I encountered Jesus Christ.
His name can be difficult to mention in many spiritual spaces. Some carry understandable wounds because of the abuse, corruption and crimes committed by people within the Church. Those wounds deserve compassion, but Christ is not the same as those who have failed in His name.
What drew me to Jesus wasn’t religion. It was the man He revealed Himself to be: unwavering in truth, rich in mercy, courageous in love and deeply compassionate towards the broken. He asks not for perfection, but surrender and an honest relationship with Him.
Following Christ hasn’t removed suffering or answered every question, but it has transformed where I place my hope. Instead of carrying life through my own understanding, I’ve found peace in trusting the One who knows me completely. I’ve met many sincere people searching within the holistic space. I know that search because I lived it. Perhaps the answer isn’t another path to discover but allowing Jesus Christ to search your heart and lead you.
Joanne King
When I think about the things that have shaped my life, I think of three: yoga, the sea, and my beautiful son. They are very different, yet they have all quietly taught me some of life’s most important lessons.
Living and teaching yoga by the sea has given me a deep appreciation for the healing power of nature. Some days the waves are gentle; other days they’re wild, but they always invite me to let go of what I can’t control and trust the flow of life. Whether I’m swimming in the sea or teaching a class to the sound of the waves, I feel deeply grateful for the perspective, connection, and peace the ocean brings.
My son has been my greatest teacher. He has shown me that the most meaningful lessons don’t come from having all the answers, but from being fully present. Through him, I have learned patience, resilience, and the quiet strength that comes with unconditional love. He has encouraged me to see the world with fresh eyes, to slow down, and to appreciate the small moments that are so easily overlooked.
When I reflect on these relationships, I realise they are all connected in the way they have shaped me. They have taught me to be more present, more accepting, and more open to life’s constant changes. They remind me that happiness isn’t found in striving or certainty, but in connection—to nature, to the people we love, and ultimately, to ourselves. To me, that is the true meaning of yoga, and for all of these gifts, I feel deeply grateful.
Hal Warren
As a kid, I learned that to do the right thing, one must be cautious, one step ahead, analytical and in tune. In rock climbing, we learn “sequencing”. The act of reading and rehearsing the movements in a climb before you even step on the wall. It kinda looks like a mime dance if you were imitating someone doing a really bad Macarena.
After 8 years of competitive climbing, 3 National Championships, and close to 5,000 hours of practice, being worried was something I learned to manage, not relinquish. This analytical side of my brain flourished and was given freedom to sprint, to be wild. But it always needed to be tamed.
The climbing gym ultimately taught me how to just be. I learned how to achieve high things, but slowing down is hard for me. Not moving for longer than 5 minutes is hard. Existing is hard. But you don’t have to “be” anything at this refuge. I’m so grateful to be under the trees, smell the coffee and hear laughter that welcomes me and the strongest-hearted people who embrace me. My identity was built around doing, but my attempt is to shape it by rest. The climbing gym asks that you show up for both. My recommendation: stay a little longer.
The Power of Appreciation
Each reflection reminds us that a perspective of Appreciation can completely transform our relationship to the present moment for the better.
It’s a real-life superpower giving us the ability to see the beauty in the ordinary and the blessing in the struggle. What can you transform using the power of appreciation today?
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The Secret to Living Fearlessly
SEEING LIFE FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
By Persephone Kianka
Anita Moorjani, the bestselling author known for her astounding near-death experience (NDE), is devoted to sharing a
simple yet profound truth she realised on the other side.
In 2006, her four-year battle with cancer ended with her falling into a coma, which she was never expected to wake from. Little did her doctors and loved ones know, in this state she was having an NDE where she was given the choice to return to her physical body or stay in this other realm. After choosing to come back, she woke from the coma, and her cancer rapidly began to heal.
To everyone around her, it was inexplicable, but Anita had returned with the crystal-clear knowing that her body
would heal and why it had gotten sick in the first place. When we sat down to chat with her, she shared the details of what she saw and learned on the other side, how it’s affected her life since, and what it means for us as a collective.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
The first thing that facilitated her healing, she explained, was seeing who she really was, underneath the sick person she appeared to be.
“The simplest way I can say it is that I learned that the most important thing was self-love”; a revolutionary realisation after a lifetime of people-pleasing and treating herself like a “doormat”, as encouraged by her culture.
Before this, Anita had been fearful of everything, such as displeasing people and expressing her true self, to the point that she made herself invisible. It was only after her NDE that she realised she wasn’t meant to live like that.
“I would see God in everyone else’s eyes, but I had never seen God in my own eyes, and I was just as much an expression of God as everyone else.”
WALKING THE PATH
We asked Anita how this profound understanding has shaped her subsequent life experience, and her response may not
be what you expect.
When you have an NDE, it isn’t just a once-off experience, she explained; it’s like a door has been opened and you walk
through that door, meaning even once you’re back in your body, it keeps unfolding because you’re now going in a different direction.
You still have free will, but like Anita, you will likely choose to go down a more empowering path now that you understand your true nature as a powerful creator.
All the information you receive on the other side is so expansive and hard to fit into the human perspective, in a sense, so it takes time to integrate after you come back.
“You keep walking the path that it’s shown you so that more and more awakens in you as you’re walking,” she told us.
Even now she feels that she’s still being guided by that experience, as she chooses to live with and through it.
THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
She admits that being on the other side is easier, which is why her consciousness didn’t want to come back initially, but after realising she still had a purpose to fulfil here, she decided to. She wants to make it clear, however, that knowing the truth doesn’t mean life is always easy for her.
She still retains some traits from her upbringing, which never socialised her to be assertive, let alone a public speaker.
“I would never have imagined this life for me,” she mused.
That being said, the more she naturally grows into this new life, the more she feels like her real self. It feels really right, but at the same time like she’s constantly being pushed outside of her human comfort zone.
If she receives negative comments or reviews, for example, it still affects her emotionally and makes her question herself. Like most of us, she also gets overwhelmed by all the suffering in the world and doubts whether she can make a real difference.
She’s still human, but looking back on her journey, she can say, “I really have manifested everything I wanted to, even though it felt painful sometimes”.
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
The impact of Anita’s cultural background on her soul’s journey led us to discuss what cultures mean from a spiritual perspective.
“I see it all as like a costume, like a fun game; it’s not who we really are,” Anita shared with assuredness. The same goes
for our gender, race, religion and any other identity marker.
After suffering immensely due to the gender disparity in her culture, it was a great relief for her to realise that we shed all of these classifications, and accompanying emotional baggage, in the afterlife.
“Without all of that, who you are underneath is pure consciousness and pure consciousness is pure love,” she assured us.
This realisation has allowed Anita to understand that many people who are destructive in this world by imposing their beliefs on others genuinely believe they are doing good because of the way they’ve been indoctrinated.
In essence, we are all the same; we’re just playing different roles in human created dramas, which will all become irrelevant when we die. Therefore, Anita urges us to see through these illusions now so we have the opportunity to get closer to the other souls around us while we’re still on Earth.
THE LANGUAGE OF SOULS
She also had wisdom to share for anyone struggling to connect with a loved one, informed by her challenging relationship with her dad, who passed away ten years before her NDE.
During his life, she always felt that he was ashamed of her for rebelling against their culture. Therefore, when she encountered him again in the afterlife, she expected judgement, but to her amazement she received the opposite.
“All I got from him was pure unconditional love,” she said, and she also finally understood that he had been a victim of the same culture.
In that other realm, their two souls merged, and she knew what he wanted her to know without words. It was actually him who encouraged her to go back and live her life fearlessly, illustrating the transformative power of reconnecting with one’s true nature: love.
“He was the one that instilled fear in me in life, but in death he set me free from that fear.”
Therefore, if you want to communicate with someone difficult in your life, Anita recommends you imagine talking to their soul, which they will feel because we’re all part of the same consciousness. Given that they have been indoctrinated a certain way in this life, this often works better than talking to their physical self.
If it’s a deceased person, she assures us that they hold no animosity towards us. They want us to be happy and are helping us from the other side.
Interestingly, she believes that the loved ones who caused us the most pain in life are usually the ones helping us the
most from the other side. This makes sense as the truth they realise after dying is so vastly different to what they believed during their lifetime.
A MIRROR BALL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
In light of her profound experience and understanding, of course we had to ask Anita what our human existence is all about from a higher perspective. While it’s hard to put into words, she explained, “it feels like it is a collective consciousness” encompassing the most evolved version of each of us, which is on the other side, pulling us towards that evolution.
The mirror ball analogy she gave us makes this a little clearer.
Imagine a mirror or disco ball where each mirror tile is the soul of one person, and there are billions of them. Even though you can identify them as individual tiles, they’re all connected to the same ball. Then, imagine that the light each one refracts onto a wall is a physical person, so each speck of light on the wall looks and feels separate from the others. In other words, when each soul is projected onto a physical life form, as a human, you feel separate, but when you remerge with your soul, you remember we’re all one.
In essence, the mirror ball, representing all our souls united as one, is the most perfect version of who we are.
THE WAY FORWARD
Anita acknowledges that our collective values up until now—ruthlessness, competition, and constant expansion—are leading to the detriment of humankind and the planet.
“We will be at the brink of our own extinction if we don’t change the metrics of what it means to be strong and if we don’t start rewarding different traits and see those as strengths,” she cautioned.
We’ve been rewarding all these harmful traits and heralding people who possess them as the ones who should lead the world, which is why so many of our resources are being used to destroy and kill.
She believes changing this starts with us, as individuals, being kind to ourselves and the people around us, including strangers.
“You’d be surprised how much [kindness] spreads,” she remarked. It sounds cliché, but it’s true that little acts of kindness can go a long way and eventually change the world.
Anita recalls offering to pay for a stranger in line ahead of her in a store who couldn’t afford what she wanted to buy. It was just a couple of dollars and not a big deal to Anita, but the woman started crying after Anita said, “Let me pay for this for you”. The cashier, who was about to put the item back, was also moved, which in turn touched Anita, showing the powerful chain reaction of kindness.
SECRETS FROM THE AFTERLIFE
At our full-day event with Anita in October in partnership with Seminars.ie, she will be able to go into more depth on all of this, especially given the location.
You see, the last time she visited Ireland, she noticed that it’s a place that really welcomes psychics and healers,
and “feels like home to people who are connected to the other world”.
“So, I feel doing a workshop in a space like that with energy like that, I can take people a lot deeper in their journey
and a lot deeper in their learning and their understanding of the afterlife,” she told us excitedly.
She’s going to start off by sharing her story, then talk to people about how to break through their belief systems. To assist with this process, she will take participants through a simulated NDE.
The title of the event, Secrets from the Afterlife, is actually the title of the new book she’s working on, she revealed. Having spent more time living these truths and putting them into practice in the world, this will go even deeper than her first book, Dying to Be Me, about what she learned on the other side.
SCIENCE MEETS SPIRITUALITY
We also went on a little trip down memory lane with Anita about when that book was published; after reading it, Dr Bruce Lipton was amazed to find she had experienced what he talks about. When he met her at a publishing event in 2012, he actually said to her, “I read your book, and you are the poster child of what I talk about,” she recalled.
They’ve been friends since, and for people who want a scientific understanding of what happened to her, she refers them to Bruce’s work.
“What I love is he puts science to what happened to me,” she shared.
Likewise, when people want to know a lived example of how belief influences biology, Bruce tells them, “go to Anita Moorjani’s event, and you’ll realise what it is that I’m talking about”.
The timing of our upcoming events, with Bruce’s lecture in November taking place shortly after Anita’s workshop, offers participants the wonderful opportunity to get the full picture—Anita’s lived experience and Bruce’s scientific explanation—from two phenomenal speakers and spiritual teachers. You can purchase tickets to both through our website linked below.
A FINAL MESSAGE
As a final message, Anita wanted to tell our audience, “Don’t buy into the fear that’s being generated in the world right now. I know people are suffering, but the best way you can help people who are suffering is by uplifting yourself and then being there as an uplifted self for other people. Don’t feel like you have to be downtrodden in order to help the world, or don’t feel guilty if your life is going well, because remember we are all connected. When you bring a positive energy, a positive vibe to yourself, you’re actually contributing to the whole.”
It is comforting to know, especially for us empaths as I’m sure many of our readers are, that expressing ourselves fully is actually the most selfless thing we can do. As we shine our unique light unapologetically, it will naturally cause those around us to brighten too, until the beauty of our collective mirror ball is seen and felt by all.
Autumn Vibes 2026
“WINTER IS AN ETCHING, SPRING A WATERCOLOR, SUMMER AN OIL PAINTING, AND AUTUMN A MOSAIC OF THEM ALL” -STANLEY HOROWITZ
Our Positive Life Autumn 2026 Issue is Out Now! The theme of this issue is Appreciation, a simple yet powerful shift in perspective that can completely transform our experience. We dive into all things Autumn Vibes to see what’s going on in the community! HEAD HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAG
natural remedies
1. SUPPORT YOUR SLEEP
Oriel Magnesium is a stellar supplement and Ireland’s only liquid magnesium. With clinically proven rapid absorption and sustainably harvested from EU-protected Irish waters, what’s not to love? Whether you’re seeking better sleep, relief from stress or menopause support, they have a product for you. Our favourite is their Magnesium for Sleep, which takes effect in less than 30 minutes, calms the mind and supports deep, restful sleep. magnesiumstore.com
2. NEXT-LEVEL PROBIOTIC
If you ask us, Merlak is the best probiotic on the planet, available from Breath of Life Clinic in Portmarnock. It supports
the balance of healthy bacteria in the gut, which is necessary for nutrient absorption, energy production and overall wellbeing. Merlak is also especially helpful in supporting the gut after disruption from antibiotics, oral contraceptives, steroids, or a diet high in sugar and processed foods. Check it out here: bolhealing.com
3. AMAZING MAGNESIUM
Did you know that most adults in Ireland are below optimal magnesium intake? Stress, which depletes magnesium, makes the problem worse. To combat this, we’re recommending some more amazing magnesium products which come in two forms, as capsules or gummies, so you can take this supplement whichever way suits you. Made with natural ingredients and 100% Irish-owned, we recommend you give these guys a chance if you’re wanting to boost your energy levels and overall health. powerful.ie
4. EXPERIENCED HOMEOPATH
Homoeopath and plant-based nutritionist Alice Glendinning has been practising since 2007 and now runs a general
practice in homeopathy at the Samara Centre in Clonakilty, Co. Cork, as well as an international practice online. As
a homeopath, she treats the individual and not the disease label; however, she does specialise in certain conditions such as allergies, anxiety, and gut health. She offers a free 15-minute DiscoveryCall, where you can find out more before committing to joining her practice. aglendinninghomeopathy.com
5. BILINGUAL TEA
We were excited to see that Solaris Tea has introduced a new bilingual loose-leaf tea packaging. Designed by Irish artist and illustrator Steve Doogan, this new look beautifully celebrates the re-awakening of Gaeilge in modern Irish culture. Solaris is also doing a modern take on tealicious mocktails and botanical infusions perfect for livening up any soirée plant-style! Whenever we see Solaris on our travels around Ireland, it truly feels like a balm for our soul. solarisbotanicals.com
otherworldly sanctuaries
6. BUILT FOR BALANCE
Did you know that there’s a full-blown Ayureveda centre in the Midlands of Ireland? Nestled on the southern slopes
of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Co. Laois, Arunachala is a centre devoted to helping people heal, grow and connect to their true selves. Designed and built according to the principles of sacred geometry, this unique healing space facilitates harmony between body, mind and spirit by combining expert support with treatments, diet and a natural setting. arunachala.ie
7. HYPERBARIC HAVEN
At Howellness, a wellness centre located in the heart of Clondalkin, there is a chap filling a much-needed heartspace. With hyperbaric oxygen chambers, sauna and cold plunge, Yoga classes, therapy rooms, and one-to-one healing, all in one place, Keith Howell has created a healing space like no other, where you can recover, reset, and feel like yourself again. There is also a new workshop space coming up for hire this September if anyone is interested. howellness.ie
8. RETREAT IN GEORGIA
Imagine getting to bathe in world renowned thermal healing waters every day while reconnecting to your spirit. Well, Lisa Morrissey’s upcoming retreat offers just that and more! Taking place from September 16th to 23rd, participants will spend a week immersed in the nature and healing traditions of Georgia. Think vibrational medicine, gentle yoga, music, cacao, and sacred-land excursions as you nourish your body, mind and spirit. We absolutely love the sound of this and recommend you take advantage of this special opportunity if you can. healthoptimizing.ie/georgia
transformative trainings
9. WOMB HARA WISDOM
The Integrative Womb Hara Practitioner Training is coming up this September, led by Joanna Barnes, the Institute of
Feminine Arts Associate Teacher for the UK and Europe. Taking place at The Yoga Barn in Kilkenny, Ireland, a region known for its medieval charm and thriving arts scene, we can’t imagine a better location. The training is taught during a five-day in-person immersion, and no prerequisites or prior experience are required. If you’re interested, we recommend securing your spot now. instituteoffemininearts.org
10. TRUE MASTERY
Abby Wynne founded the Life Mastery Practitioner School to certify therapists in a wonderful new modality. Recognising the limits of traditional therapy, which prioritises the mind, Abby recognises that we also have an emotional and spiritual body, and lets this shape her work. If you are interested in facilitating profound and lasting change in people through this holistic approach, check out their 18-month course to become a Life Mastery Practitioner. lifemasterypractitionerschool.com
enlightening events
11. NATURAL HEALTH SUMMIT
The Natural Health Trade Summit returns to Ireland this year, bringing the whole health food trade together for another day of business, learning and networking. If you are an independent health store owner or worker, a nutritional therapist, a student of nutritional therapy, a pharmacist, or a seller of natural products, definitely consider joining Ireland’s only event dedicated to you and your business. Top tips: checkout the collagen from Healthreach, and say hi to Bio Gaia with their amazing range of probiotics. nhtsummit.ie
12. THE FULL SPECTRUM
Conscious Concert is back, and as always it’s giving top-quality, leading-edge, transformational vibes. Taking place this September at the Pillo Hotel, this international conference invites attendees to explore “the full spectrum of humanity
— where shadow and light meet”. This year the lineup includes Nepalese sacred music composer Manish Shrestha, world-renowned dance and ambient music producer Banco De Gaia and Wealth Preservation Specialist Parallel Mike, to name a few. Hats off to Enda and co for creating such a magical space. consciousconcert.ie
13. MOVIE PREMIERE
We are delighted to be hosting the premiere of the film Frequency: The Secret of Everything in Ireland this September.
Frequency is a new documentary from Kaia Roman and Zappy Zapolin exploring the emerging science of frequency, consciousness, and energy-based technologies. The wide range of thought leaders featured, including Bruce Lipton, Anita Moorjani and Dr Joe Dispenza, amplify its uniqueness; it will be a real journey for your consciousness that may very well alter your perception of reality forever. positivelife.ie/events
14. UPCOMING POSITIVE NIGHTS
In September, Human Garage leading coaches Brenda Barrett and Dominique Krauch will lead an interactive fascia
workshop followed by a lighthearted talk from Paul Congdon and Jane Stephenson in October. Then we are delighted to welcome back Barbara O’Neill and John Lockley before our highly anticipated events with Anita Moorjani and Bruce Lipton, respectively, in partnership with Seminars.ie! Keep your eyes on our website where you can book all of these amazing events and more. positivelife.ie/events
The Spring 2026 Issue Has Arrived!
AVAILABLE NOW AT HEALTH SHOPS NATIONWIDE OR HEAD HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAGAZINE!!
Our newest issue of Positive Life Magazine is here! And it’s filled with inspiring stories, uplifting wisdom, and powerful conversations around this season’s theme: Appreciation <3
To offer readers a break from the fast-paced world we live in, we have chosen to focus on longer-form articles this time, so sit back, relax and get ready to fully immerse yourself in the wellness worlds below!
Inside this issue you’ll discover:
Fascinating interviews with our cover stars, Anita Moorjani (@anitamoorjani) and Bruce Lipton (@brucelipton), who will be joining us in Dublin this autumn
A selection of wonderful products, events, and wellness businesses in our Vibes section, including a hyperbaric oxygen centre located in Clondalkin (@howellness_centre), a luxurious retreat in Georgia (@healthoptimizingclinic), and stellar magnesium supplements! (@orielmagnesium) (@powerfulireland)
Inspiring perspectives and experiences of Appreciation from our regular writers and community
The story behind Dublin’s favourite wholefood restaurant Cornucopia (@cornucopia_restaurant)
Introducing our new Breathing Space section, which includes reflective pieces from curious people involved in everything from hypnotherapy to Rolfing to microgreens (@rory.rolfing) (@daintygreens_cmh)?
Systematic kinesiology, yoga nidra & so much more! (@askireland_)
We hope this issue brings you as much joy and inspiration as it did us in creating it, and that it allows you to appreciate the things around and within you, even just a little bit more <3
Pick up a copy at your nearest health store!
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