Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. – Gloria Steinem Imagination is something we tend to associate with children. Unless you are in a stereotypically imaginative…
read more“Your wellbeing must never become an afterthought. It must be your first act.” – Rasheed Ogunlaru on personal wellbeing The world, I think it’s fair to say, feels like a tough place right now. There are only so many things…
read more“Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.” – Benjamin Franklin The comedian Jimmy Carr was asked in a recent interview, “Are you happy?”, to…
read moreI am very excited to announce that my podcast appearance with The Legal Mind is now live! Here’s the episode description: LawCare’s Gemma Matthews speaks to former barrister now international mindfulness advocate and author Neil Seligman about conscious leadership and…
read more“Sometimes answers come to you in ways that only you can understand. That is why it is so important to have a clear mind to receive and understand the message.” – Sheila M Burke Life, it seems, can easily turn…
read more“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.” – Ben Aaronovitch You have been out at work all day in the midst of winter. The day may not have been stressful, but your…
read more“Though February is short, it is filled with lots of love and sweet surprises” – Charmaine J Forde New year’s resolutions are a fantastic idea. Any excuse to mark your past achievements and to set new goals is, in theory,…
read more“Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” – Arthur Somers Roche Here we are again at the beginning of yet another unpredictable year. Once…
read more“I have everything I thought was important and nothing that really is.” – Lily Francone Resilience and wellbeing are things we have had to work hard for these last few years. I think it is fair to say that many…
read more“Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It’s something you do for yourself. It’s saying, ‘You’re not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.’ It’s saying, ‘You don’t get to trap me in the past. I am worthy…
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