Make 2008 your Best Year Ever
2008 is now here and it is time to start planning for this New Year. Just what do you want from the coming year? How sure are you to achieve your New Year resolutions? Getting a fresh start with the New Year is an artificial custom - you can begin to get the life you...
Be Sure to Nurture Deeper Friendships in 2008
During the last few weeks of grieving for my late father, we have received so much kindness and love from many friends and family. It truly is amazing just what compassion and kindness people are capable of showing at such times. A friend sent me the following verse...
My Biggest Learning from This Year
As seems to be the custom at this time of the year to review the year just about to end, I am very clear about the biggest lesson I have learnt this year. This was a year when I lost my best friend in June in tragic curcumstances in the USA, only a week after...
Wishing you the A to Z for the New Year!
2008 is almost here - and it promises to be THE year of major change and to make thinigs happen for you in your life. May it bring everyone lots of:- Abundance and awareness Blessings and beauty Creativity and care Dance and divinity Enthusiasim and energy Fulfilment...
Lessons in Compassion from Tsunami
It is 3 years to the day today since Tsunami caused so much distruction and death in South East Asia. On 26th December 2004, the world changed for ever. As the Tsunami waves caused death and distruction, the world re-discoverd what it was like to be compassionate....
It’s a Wonderful Life!
It's Christmas Day and what better way to spend some of the time today than to watch one of the best movies ever made. If you can spare two hours today, then watch It's a Wonderful Life! (Spoiler alert! At one time Google used to offer the entire movie on Google...
12 Simple But Powerful Tips to End this Year on a High!
So how are you planning to end this year? Are you looking forward to the New Year or are you bogged down with unfinished tasks from this year? No matter what sort of year you have had, you still have the opportunity to end this year on a high, and start the New Year...
Lessons in Life and Death from my Father
Two weeks ago, my father suddenly passed away after a short bout of flu and a chest infection. The time since then has been rather surreal as we come to terms with our great loss. What has kept us going during our time of grief has been the support and love from so...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 5
In my last 4 articles, I have enjoyed writing extensively about the exploits and achievements of Lewis Gordon Pugh, swimmer extraordinaire amongst many things. In this 5th and final article, it is proper to round up and learn what further tips and insights he can...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 4
In my last three articles I wrote about the many key life lessons to be learnt from the astonishing achievements of Lewis Gordon Pugh. Do check out all three previous articles if you haven't yet done so. In part 2, I wrote about Lewis's training regime which involved...