Dear All,
Thank you all for your advice/thoughts. I have been thinking of doing mindfulness meditation for some time. I have a mindfulness meditation on Cd by Jack Kornfield so will now give it a go. Just after I read your message Reikicurmudgeon, I looked through my Australian Flower Essence cards and chose one at random (without seeing the front) - it was Boronia essence, which helps to still/quieten a chattery mind. Then I started reading a book and the following quote popped up on one of the first pages I read "you get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind." (Anne Lamott). I think someone is trying to tell me something!
In love and light,
Skybird