Seventeen Days Later

January 17th. Apparently today is the day that most of us will give up on our New Year’s resolutions. I found a few other sources which suggested it might even be earlier but pretty much everyone agreed that two and a half weeks was about the best we can hope for. Two...
Cynicism is Cheap

Cynicism is Cheap

Today I am furious. Enraged. Normally I’m the sort to take a deep breath, have a nice cup of tea and direct my energies elsewhere. Not this time I’m afraid. Upon checking my Twitter feed, I came across a conversation between two journalists that really got my goat....
The Fork in the Road

The Fork in the Road

There are a few moments in life when we come to a big old fork in the road and our life will be forever altered by the path we choose.   Get married. Get unmarried. Have kids. Move to New Zealand. These are the big choices and they deserve lots of thought and...
When Things Fall Apart

When Things Fall Apart

“Maybe the only enemy is that we don’t like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast. But what we find as practitioners is that nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. if we run a hundred miles an hour to the...
36 things it has taken me 36 years to learn (I’m a slow learner)

36 things it has taken me 36 years to learn (I’m a slow learner)

1. If you don’t learn the lesson the first time around, it will keep coming up until you do.  It’s a whole lot less hassle to just learn it the first time   2. Sometimes the only cure for what ails you is a 3am dance party in the kitchen, preferably with hats....
A note for those who sometimes get lost along the way….

A note for those who sometimes get lost along the way….

You may not know this but I am a qualified Vinyasa Flow yoga teacher.   This is because I am a bad yogi and I am always in a love-hate relationship with my own practice.   I can hold my hands up here and say that I haven’t practiced with any kind of...