Meet Temple

Founder of Walking With Wisdom

Why can't anybody tell me how life works?

Why do people do what they do?

I've been curious about these questions for as long as I can remember.

My own journey eventually led me to look beyond what we can see on the surface and become deeply curious about our inner world - our beliefs, emotions, feelings, thoughts, experiences and the patterns we carry within our being.

The Wake-Up Call

At 43, I was diagnosed with cancer.

Looking back, I now see that life had been giving me wake-up calls over the years. I had asked meaningful questions through curiosity before, but this was the experience that finally made me stop and truly listen.

It was THE invitation to go within again.

To slow down.
To become still.
To TRULY listen.
To pay attention to what was happening WITHIN me.

I had always believed in energy and felt there was more to life than what we could see on the surface.

But this was the wake-up call that finally got my attention.

It brought my awareness to me - to my inner wellbeing and to how much we can carry without even realising it.

It sparked a much deeper exploration into how life really works and, over time, I began finding answers to those lifelong questions.

Life Had Been Teaching Me All Along

The dots started connecting like wildfire.

There were others, but the most profound experience was losing custody of my son at 24.

The ten-year journey that followed brought grief, helplessness, anger, indecisiveness and a whole lot of uncertainty.

And again, I found myself asking my questions:

Why can't anybody tell me how life works?

Why do people do what they do?

At the time, I didn't understand that this experience was teaching me about my inner world.

Looking back, I can see that life had been inviting me inward long before I understood what that meant.

The Inner World

For me, the inner world is where so much of our understanding begins.

It is the deeper connection to ourselves, to our experiences, and to those lifelong questions of how life works and why people do what they do.

Responsibilities, expectations, past experiences, fear, uncertainty and the constant demands of everyday life can make it difficult to hear ourselves clearly.

The answers aren't necessarily found by looking further outside ourselves or trying harder to control the situation.

Life is asking us to take the deep dive within.

When I became curious about my inner world, I began to notice what I was truly feeling, what I truly believed, the patterns I found repeating and what was no longer serving me.

With curiosity and awareness.

Not with judgement.

Not with blame.

From that space of curiosity and awareness, I began to dissolve the patterns, beliefs, thoughts, emotions, judgements, blame and criticism that I had been carrying.

I began to understand myself more deeply.

And in understanding myself, I began to understand more about why people do what they do.

Temple
Founder, Walking With Wisdom

Based in Corlette, Port Stephens, NSW
Online sessions available