Silky Burnside

Coach

GOD

Trusting my true beliefs

I feel like I have found my match made in heaven. When I look at her smiling face I just feel like “this person makes sense to me” and everything seems to just click.  The more I get to know her the more beautiful she gets.  But my mother thinks I am a...

Message from an angel

Ah my childhood street, it still feels like home even in the caffeinated early morning darkness, many years later. I've been talking to a young woman, and my achy heart feels like it's gushing with emotion, and my extremities are in a cold sweat. In the past this...

When unopenable doors fall open

The loving afterglow of mindfulness coursing through my nervous system illuminated the early morning silence. I was now visualising myself sitting on a couch together with Jesus in heaven, watching my childhood on television. Contemplating the facial expression of God...

What I have learned from my mother

All these 35 years, my mother has been my rock.  She has put a roof over my head, put food in my belly and bailed me out when I have gotten in trouble.  It has felt like she made me the priority of her life all these years, and this sacrifice is something I...

No man is an island

I don't often break routine and go to a new place, so it felt like a holiday. The air was cool, but the sunlight was warm. This time last year, I would have been triggered by Valentina's attitude. Maybe I do feel vaguely disrespected. The best advice I ever got about...