Hello and welcome to Happy Place with me Fern Cotton. Today, a celebration of the summer solstice,

a chance to connect with nature and our inner selves. We get the summer solstice which takes into

the second half of the year. Nature at the moment's in full abundance. We spend far too much time

sitting in central heated rooms with loads of jumpers on

and cozy cafes and stuff when actually, you know, we were built to kind of be outside a bit more.

And I do have like an image in my mind of an ocean with waves and that, you know, the waves belong.

And they're going to change. And if we can remember, we're the ocean.

Bringing in the heart is like, it's basically our superpower.

It's like we already have it.

Just as the scientist is looking at the outside world to try and make sense of it,

all the spiritual masters of old were looking at the inner world to make sense of it.

We never witness a tree going,

if I let go of these leaves, there's never going to be another leaf.

I've got to hold on to the leaves.

Oh my God, no, no, no.

Nature just lets go.

So, look, it's midsummer.

We've got all these beautiful, long days of sunlight.

And I don't know about you, but this time of year

always just feels magical to me. My favourite thing is when the sky is like a little tinge of pink late at night.

It massively reminds me of being a kid back in the day when I lived in Eastcoat,

we had a swing at the end of our garden and I would go out on the swing.

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