“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill.” – Calvin Coolidge Christmas, if yours is anything like mine, is chaos. It’s joyful, of course. But there’s always a lot…
read more“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” – World Health Organization Whether you like winter or not, the fact is, a harsh winter day can be, well,…
read more“The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications, and a million reasons why we can’t/shouldn’t/won’t do what we know we need to do.” – Steven…
read more“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” – Edith Sitwell Many of us suffer in…
read more“You cannot burn out until you catch on fire.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson To burn out is not especially uncommon these days. With things getting more expensive, people therefore working harder and longer for less, burnout is becoming more…
read more“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant I am writing this at the end of the summer holidays. My kid is about to go to school, and we have spent…
read more“I’ve always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.” – Jenny Han The September school launch is a big deal for me this year. Probably as big…
read more“To conquer demons, first conquer your mind. When the mind is subdued, demons withdraw obediently. To control knaves, first control your own mood. When your mood is balanced, scoundrels cannot get at you.” – Zicheng Hong Your mood can be…
read more“Kids go where there is excitement, they stay where there is love.” – Zig Ziglar The summer is a long old stretch of time if you have kids. As much as this is wonderful, it’s also a lot of time…
read more“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”…
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