About

"Fierce" before a noun or adjective, is an Irish-ism, whereby denoting total commitment to a subject deriving only exceptional quality or success (that's the closest I can get to making a definition, it is a little more subtle than that). When the weather is good, we would say it's "fierce drying weather", or it’s “fierce mild out”. If it’s stormy? It’s “fierce windy”. We settle down in the pub with a pint in front us, so crisp and fresh, it's a "fierce good pint". Our friend is hilarious and much fun to be around, they're "fierce good craic".

Fierce Gentle means to be committed to the action and behaviour of being gentle to both ourselves and others. What I have learned in this life is if we are going to experience any sense of joy and peace, we need to commit to being gentle. Not just gentle, fierce gentle. This means to be fiercely disciplined, compassionate, kind, and loving, to ourselves and everyone else.

Training for war is hard, training for peace is harder. We must be vigilant for judgment and guilt creeping in. Guilt demands punishment, and in order to have peace, we must be disciplined to not identify with these patterns, and instead bring them to the surface and allow them to dissolve through observation.

It starts with ourselves. Our world is a mirror of our internal reality. Fierce Gentle shares the stories of those who are on this path with the intention of helping others as we navigate the biggest challenge we ever take on, but the only one that will bring true freedom.

Fierce Gentle includes language from Human Design, A Course in Miracles, Eckhart Tolle, Tibetan Buddhism, Native American Ehama, Pilates, Psychology, Neuroscience and Biology.

Fierce Gentle is created by Íse and is open to guest posts and authors. If you would like to contribute a story of your experience, please email mail@fiercegentle.org. At the end of every guest post is an opportunity to share your donation page and contact details.

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