Soul Sparks

There is an experience, and you may know it, when the world suddenly sharpens. It's a deeply felt moment in time where you're fully inhabiting your body, your senses are alight and you just feel sooo good! For a few seconds you are completely, undeniably here - now - with nowhere else to be. This is aliveness.

Purpose, Money, and Pleasure are not three separate goals. They are one integrated experience of being fully alive. When you've living in purpose, and you're stewarding the flow of money into and out of your Life with intention, and you're embracing and exploring what brings you pleasure you unlock the ability to live what I call a juicy, delicious and abundant life.

So you've heard about Cuddle Puddle Club, and you're curious... Welcome to the Cuddle Puddle Club Frequently Asked Questions where we'll hopefully help to ease your apprehension, inspire your curiosi

Every Cuddle Puddle Club begins in circle where we talk through the Cuddle Puddle Club Agreements. In addition to the Cuddle Puddle Club Manifesto, these form the foundation of how we agree to show up and respect and treat each other so that we can co-create as much safety for everyone present as possible.

If you're here and curious, read or listen a little more to what MJ and others have to say about the intention and benefits of Cuddle Puddle Club as an intentional space for adults to come and to exhale, to slow down, to breathe, to find some nervous system co-regulation with other humans through touch.

In the interview with Lester Kiewit on Cape Talk Radio we talked about what Cuddle Puddle Club is, and perhaps more importantly, what it isn't. We talked about why touch matters, what happens to our nervous systems when we receive genuine platonic connection, and why creating intentional spaces for this kind of nourishment is increasingly necessary. We also talked about some of the feedback from our first public gathering.

Do you remember a time when you just knew exactly what to do or what decision to make when you were faced with a difficult, or even easy, choice? It could have been about something small — where to go for dinner that evening, or something big like whether to quit a job or apply for a different one. We've all had these seemingly insignificant moments in our lives where we just knew that the choice we were making was the right one. How did you know?

In 2013 I joined a financial services provider feeling excited, inspired, and determined to do good in the world by helping people with their money. I had left a career in marketing for an online gaming company (read casino) where I experienced the spark in my soul starting to dim as I felt that I was taking vulnerable people’s money. Whilst I understood that paying for entertainment online as a way to be part of a community and find joy in a life where one is limited...