I think the scientists are right — I experimented with meditation in my mid to late twenties. I obtained the necessary training in Transcendental Meditation but at the time I didn’t have the patience to stick with it. During the lockdown in 2019, I decided to give regular meditation another go, and with a caveat — I…

The question is whether you are open-minded enough to take them on board — I follow the author Neale Donald Walsh on Facebook. Recently I saw that he was giving a free link to his short book ‘The God Solution’ so I thought I would check it out. I enjoyed his ‘Conversations with God’ series and I think he delves deep into issues of…

When You Say Yes to Something You Are Saying No to Something Else — This morning I did my regular meditation and felt refreshed and peaceful afterwards as usual. When I began my day’s work it was a different matter, I am self-employed and I absolutely love my work. I consider myself unbelievably blessed. However this morning something wasn’t right. Recently I agreed to…

My New Wearable Was Calling the Shots — The whole smartwatch and activity tracker craze seemed to pass me by completely. Then last year I bought my husband a fancy activity tracker for his 50th. He loves running and he needed a tracker with good GPS. It is definitely one of the best presents I have ever bought…

Leaders, listen up, it’s time to stop telling and start empowering! — “If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” Goethe. Ever had someone who truly believes in you? It’s quite something, isn’t it? My father believed in me. Always. …

Please people no more ‘5 Books that Changed My Life,’ I can’t take any more — It was fun while it lasted, but unfortunately, the honeymoon is over. I am so incredibly bored with looking at articles on Medium and seeing the same type of article time and time again. Am I responsible for this — yes partly. Obviously, I am the one following certain writers. …

This habit taught me why I needed to change — It stopped me in my tracks. I had just apologized to someone for something that was not remotely my fault. Not even in the ballpark. Why on earth was I taking the blame for something that wasn’t anything to do with me? I had no idea, but bringing it into…

Sometimes you need to go back to the past to make sense of the future — About twenty minutes into the film ‘Belfast’ I started crying and I didn’t stop till the end. My husband looked on concerned and bemused. He is used to me crying during movies, but this was strange even for me. I couldn’t understand where the tears were coming from. …

The letter reviews the past year and outlines my dreams, goals, and ambitions for the year to come — I have my friend Emma to thank for this idea. Many years ago she got five of her close friends together and said we were all going to write letters to ourselves and each other, predicting where we thought we would all be in our lives in ten years’ time…