Welcome to a Soft. Simple. Still life
A place where I weave earth based wisdom into simple living and self healing, for you now, and for the 7th generation to come.
a place where,
where like gentle butterflies that land upon your hand,
soft words will land in your heart for healing, stillness and simplicity.
This is
Hi, my name is Sam - Samantha, to be official! - yet I am a Sam! I am a healer. A Gardener and Storyteller of the Soul.
I have been writing newsletters
blogs
poetry
words of healing for many, many years now.
Sometimes weekly.
Sometimes fortnightly.
Sometimes randomly
Sometimes just for me
Sometimes for you to share.
Then about 18 months ago I began writing here on Substack under the name of
I chose those three words as my publication name because I felt that they represented both myself and the way I choose to live my life.
I am a very gentle and sensitive soul,
I believe that it is through Softness that great change can occur.
I believe that through Softness, an inner strength can rise and this can open doors to beautiful relationships, connection and beauty.
I believe that through Softness we can interact in a way that can/will melt icy walls and facilitate deep healing.
I believe that when I live a Simple life I am free.
However living a Simple life in a busy world is a challenge.
It is a constant consideration in a world that likes to complicate, that likes to be too loud, too bright, too overwhelming.
I believe that living a Simple life is calmer for my nervous system and softer for the earth.
It is through Stillness that I try to make the complicated Simple.
It is through Stillness that I can listen to the voice beyond my thoughts.
It is through Stillness that I can hear the call of the Silent.
It is through being Soft Simple and Still I can become more of me
and, maybe,
you
can become more
of you.
Living a soft, simple, still life does not mean that we are weak.
It is actually a life that incorporates strength and resilience,
honour and integrity;
it is a life that offers balance and awareness,
mindfulness and joy.
It is a life that honours the thresholds of being human
and holds those thresholds in a way that respects change
- the change that comes from death, rebirth and life.
It is a life that invites the whole of us to be heard
and felt
and honoured,
by the one that can do this best -
Ourselves.
“Sam's poetic writing is a mediation with nature and life. A refreshing breath of fresh air. ”
Julie Schmidt, Liminal Walker Musings
I have been a healer for over 20 years. A Gardener and Storyteller of the Soul, who weaves shamanism, story-telling, soul retrieval and spiritual mentoring with the wisdom of the ever changing seasons and moon cycles (life, death and rebirth), to create a gentle and profound space for deep healing and change.
I am recognised for my innate softness and gentleness,
for my innate simplicity and silence,
and for my innate ability to facilitate profound positive change in peoples lives, and it is through this that I offer my services to you in this publication.
is a place where I weave all the teachings I have learnt - shamanic, earth-based, spiritual and, my life in general - into simple living and self healing for you now and for the 7th generation to come.
It is a place where healing words and stories are shared and woven
- like magic -
to land in your heart
in ways that replenish your soul
nourish your mind
and soothe your pain.
Each word that is written/said, has been chosen for the healing energy that it can bring to the story/meditation that I choose to write/say,
Each word becomes woven in a basket of light and hope,
gentleness and peace,
healing and softness,
gently opening doors
for awareness and inspiration,
stillness and change
so that when you read the words
or listen to the meditations
you will receive a gentle healing.
Right now.
And later.
When you sleep.
When you pause.
When you just live your life.
“This is a beautiful invitation to explore your inner knowing through words, ritual and ceremony. To pause and take sanctuary in a place where you can breathe, connect and allow the healing energy to wash over you.”
Louise Hallam, The Wisdom Path
When you subscribe to my writings you
will also get and invitation to pause in your daily life
will have an opportunity to be replenished, nurtured and held.
will have an opportunity to share a meditation or mindful thought or process with me (via my writing and or my podcast - Meditations with Sam
You may like to try this one
will have an opportunity to share tea with me each month and join my online community
will have an opportunity to walk softer upon the earth, to slow down and deeply breathe out
you will have an opportunity to re-write your own story
and you will have an opportunity to fall gently and softly into my words
and feel them,
like exquisite butterflies that land upon your hand and flutter special messages in your heart,
feel them softly,
simply
and with a sense of deep awareness.
“I am so glad that I connected with Sam. During a time of transition in my life, Sam reminded me to slow down and take my time through the beautiful and nourishing words that she shares.”
Emma Campbell, Uncomfortably, Beautifully Human
Membership options
FREE
SOFT. SIMPLE. STILL is a free publication. It is important to me that money should not be a barrier towards the path of living a soft simple still life. With this in mind my work depends on the generosity of paying subscribers who, in turn, support the community.
PAID (AU $7/month $70/year)
As a paid subscriber you are helping make this community happen. Your financial support makes it possible for me to spend more time writing and creating beautiful healing and inspiring posts and meditations. You are also invited to partake in TEA TIME WITH SAM a monthly gathering of kindred spirits. Tea Time with Sam is where heart felt conversations will mingle with journal prompts and a meditation.
Here is what your financial support tells me:
“I value the time it takes for you to write these emails and letters, and I value the time it takes to record your meditations”
”Thank you for writing your healing words for all of us to read and melt into.”
I am a lighthouse.
Your financial support is my foundation.
Your financial support also ensures that my personal life is soft and simple and still.
THANK YOU
Sam’s words are beautiful guiding lights amidst the intensity of life.
Lauren Barber, Held. By Lauren Barber
So my dear friend,
This article introduces you further to “SOFT. SIMPLE. STILL”. So do pour some more tea and have a read.
Until we connect again,
In that time and place where soft simple still moments become a norm,
Blessed be.
