“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” – John Lubbock I think…

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV I think it is fair to say that, ultimately, all any of use really want from our lives is one basic thing; to be happy. It is…

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by…

“A holiday is an opportunity to journey within. It is also a chance to chill, to relax. It is when I switch on my rest mode.” – Prabhas I was 25 when I first holidayed without my parents. I hadn’t…

“When you just sit in silence the wind blows through you, the sun shines in you, and you realize you are not your body; you are everything.” – Anita Krizzan on Meditation Meditation is an amazing and invaluable ingredient to…

Have you heard of the Enneagram? Utilised in modern psychology and with roots in Universal wisdom drawn from many ancient traditions, the Enneagram is a geometric figure that maps out the nine fundamental personality types. As a non-denominational concentration of…

“Always take a compliment, Caroline. Always take it for the way it was intended. You girls are always so quick to twist what others say. Simply say thank you and move on.” – Alice Clayton, Wallbanger I think we can all…

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not…

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” – William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure There are few people in the world for whom doubt is never present, it is something that…

“Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s wellbeing.” – Albert Hadley Although interior design is not a new concept to us…