Donna Goddard

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026

The Tale of Two Humphreys

Some people embrace technology enthusiastically. Others don’t. Many fall somewhere in between. Technology is not inherently good or bad. Like any tool, its value depends on how it is used. A hammer can build a home or break a window. The hammer itself is neutral. The same is true of technology. Some technologies make life more complicated. Others remove unnecessary burdens.

I am a spiritual sort of person, and most of my life has been spent exploring consciousness, energy, meaning, and the deeper questions of existence. I have always been highly right-brained, living in a world of ideas, intuition, and possibilities. However, I, like other right-brained people, must also function in a physical, practical world where things move, fall, build, break, and reassemble. We must pay bills, organise appointments, remember passwords, navigate bureaucracy, and drive cars.

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026

Between the Frames

Here is an enjoyable practice for you to try. It is based on the idea that reality is constantly moving through time frames. The purpose of this exercise is to slow the process down enough for us to notice. Once we notice it, we can play with it.

Stopping the Show

In your mind, choose a place you love and where you feel peaceful. It may be somewhere you know well or somewhere from your imagination. It could be a beach, a forest, a farm, a park, a favourite room, or anywhere else that feels enjoyable to you.

Spend a few moments looking around and noticing the details. Notice the people, weather, trees, buildings, colours, sounds, and movement. Allow the scene to become vivid and alive.

Now imagine that everything stops, but you.

You remain aware and can still move, observe, and explore. But everything else stops completely. If you are at a beach, a seagull may be frozen in mid-flight, a dog may be suspended in the air as it jumps through the waves, children building sandcastles may be frozen in place, and grains of sand may hang motionless as they fall from a bucket.

Walk through the scene and examine it closely. Look at the details. Become completely certain that everything has stopped.

Cranking the Projector

Then, when you are ready, allow movement to return, but only a tiny amount. A wing moves slightly. A wave swells a little. A grain of sand falls a little further. A person takes the smallest part of a step.

Allow another tiny movement, and then another. Continue in this way for a while.

June 11, 2026June 12, 2026

Sleep Tracking and Beyond

I recently got a small health tracker to wear on my wrist. After the first night, it informed me that I had slept for eight hours. It showed periods of deep, REM, and light sleep. It estimated my heart rate throughout the night and gave me a score for the quality of my sleep.

What is Sleep?

Science has many answers. Memories are consolidated, emotions are processed, tissues are repaired, and the brain performs essential maintenance. Sleep is important.

Many spiritual traditions, however, speak about sleep differently. Rather than seeing it as a time when consciousness is diminished, they say that consciousness is expanded. The physical personality recedes into the background and our higher self becomes more accessible.

Some mystical Christian teachings describe sleep as a temporary return to God. Some Hindu traditions say that deep sleep offers a glimpse of our true nature beyond the individual self. Dream yoga traditions within Buddhism believe that consciousness continues its journey while the body rests.

Sleep researchers sometimes jokingly describe REM sleep as “a waking brain in a sleeping body.” REM is associated with vivid dreaming, memory integration, creativity, learning, and the rich inner experiences many people remember upon waking. During REM sleep, the brain is highly active while the body is deeply asleep. In fact, the body is temporarily paralysed, preventing us from physically acting out our dreams. While our body is motionless in bed, our consciousness is free to travel.

Our waking life is not the whole story.

June 2, 2026June 10, 2026

The Missing Years

Here are the next few chapters of Book 2 of the Enanika Series.

Enlan was angry and hurt that Anu stayed away for six years. We find out why.

Chapter 3: New Anu

In Enanika:

Six years ago, after the three-day Sirius alignment, Anu had been invited by Nadhir to begin storyteller training.

Earth was still vivid inside her. Milkwood, the winter solstice dark, the sound of Fat Cow Creek below the falls, and Enlan’s torchlight falling across the path ahead of her as he said, “Goodbye, my love.”

She felt the pull of it clearly. She felt, just as clearly, what Nadhir was offering. She held them both, and then she turned towards Enanika, and the training began.

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

Many Moments: Higher Mind Reminders is Now Available!

I’m very happy to share with you that Many Moments is now available.

It’s the sort of book you can give as a gift, keep on your bedside table or kitchen bench, or leave beside your favourite chair. It’s easy to read but very helpful for lifting your spirits and reminding you of your higher-self path.

Each page contains a beautiful contemplative image paired with a short reflective piece designed to give you a small but meaningful moment of clarity and reconnection.

May 20, 2026June 13, 2026

Different People Need Different Stories

Stories are not random. Nor are their readers random. The genres people are drawn to reflect layers of their being.

The stories a person loves can reveal what they fear, what they long for, what they are trying to overcome, what they believe in, or what part of themselves is seeking development.

Some people seek reassurance. Some seek preparation. Some seek intensity. Some seek escape from a life that feels too small. Some seek justice. Some seek connection. Some seek transcendence. Some seek realities beyond the visible world.

Once we understand this as writers, we write with greater awareness and precision in our chosen areas. Every reader is searching for something. And every writer, in their own way, is meeting that search for someone…

Writing: A Spiritual Voice

May 15, 2026June 3, 2026

Back in Town

I hope you enjoyed Enanika (Book 1 of the Enanika Series). I have now begun writing Book 2.

A lot has happened in the space between Books 1 and 2. For one thing… six years. Here are the opening chapters.

Chapter 1: Dynamic Dancing

Six years later:

Winter moved sharply through the city streets, pushing cold wind between buildings and along tram tracks. People walked quickly, shoulders raised against it, scarves pulled close, hands wrapped around takeaway coffees.

Anu walked much more slowly, her attention moving from one thing to another, trying to orient herself to a world she had not seen for six years, and even then had not been at ease with.

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026

Never a Lack

People often say they have a problem with lack. Usually, they mean lack of money, but they may also mean lack of time, lack of love, lack of opportunities, or lack of freedom. Although certain experiences may look like lack, the issue is not really lack at all. If we understand this, the whole playing field of life will change significantly.

We are never without creative energy. We are never without life force. We are never without the ability to create experiences. Human beings are creating all the time. We cannot help but create, because our very experience of being human is itself a creative process. We have dreamed existence into reality, and moment by moment, we continue dreaming things up as we go. The problem is not that we lack the ability to create. The problem is that most people dream up their lives from unconscious, unhelpful beliefs.

April 25, 2026April 25, 2026

Two-Way Street

In close relationships, especially partner relationships, there’s a subtle but important line. On one side, it’s about standing on our own two feet — emotionally, financially, practically, energetically, and in whatever ways apply in our situation. We don’t do this out of fear or self-protection, but out of respect for ourselves and the other person. We don’t want to be a burden. We want to be a positive contribution to their life, to bring ourselves into the relationship in a genuine, giving way.

But the other side matters just as much. What is the other person actually offering us? They need to bring something meaningful into our life. It may not be meaningful to everyone, but it has to be meaningful to us. Otherwise, what are we really doing together? It’s not about blame or accusation. It’s about being honest, and caring enough about the relationship to be truthful.

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

Enanika is Here!

Enanika: Visionary Fiction is now available.

It’s a personal and expansive story, and I’m so happy to share with you the first book in the Enanika Series — a new series, a new world.

On the peaceful, light-filled planet of Enanika, where life is guided by harmony, energy, and telepathy, Anu prepares for her first solo mission as a contact caller. Her destination is Earth — dense, troubled, beautiful, and poised for change.

In the rural town of Milkwood, she meets Enlan, another being from her world. But their paths unfold very differently. Anu remains aware of who she is and why she’s here, while Enlan becomes immersed in the human experience, gradually losing his connection to where he came from.

Enanika is not just a story about people, but about worlds… about who we are, and who we believe ourselves to be.

Available as an ebook, paperback, and audiobook (audiobook is currently available in the U.S. only).