“We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.” – Pema Chödrön If one is not in the habit of meditation, then meditating regularly might seem…
read more“A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach …
read more“Extreme self-care is serious business—so much more than taking warm baths, getting a massage, saying no, or setting new priorities. It’s about building self-esteem, becoming emotionally strong and empowered, and developing the kind of character that makes you decisive, clear,…
read more“My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.” – Samuel Johnson I spent so many years refusing to think of New Year as a marker of any kind. Years are arbitrary. We invented them. Why should the end of…
read more“The sooner we let go of holding on, the sooner we can hold on to the beauty of what’s unfolding before us. Nothing was ever meant to stay the same forever.” – Julieanne O’Connor Forever jobs aren’t really a…
read more“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 moreFor conscious leaders, moments of societal regression like this feel deeply personal, like a sucker punch to the Soul. It is natural therefore that you might be feeling destabilised, sensing the weight of collective disorientation and tension. It’s in these…
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…
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