I have often written here about compassion and kindness on my blog. A while back I wrote about how to carry out random acts of kindness every day and how each act of kindness leads to another. Being kind to someone is always a win /win situation. The person you are...
Food is one of my favourite topics and recently I came across a great metaphor linking the humble potato with some ideas for life. My friend, Servane Mouazan, a social innovator who runs Social Leadership courses for women groups and other entrepreneurs gave me one of...
Ove the last few weeks, I have spent a lot of time on my own and in silence. I have always enjoyed my company and some friends used to think I was lonely. But there is a huge difference between being alone and choosing to spend time in solitude than being lonely! I...
It has already been a week since my last post – amazing how quickly the time is going! My days seem to be going so quickly since I continue to have as full a life as ever. As Einstein once supposedly explained about time and the theory of relativity – 2 hours chatting...
It is a beautifully sunny morning here in London and it seems that spring is finally here! Though at the same time, it’s still a bit cold, the evenings will now be longer with more light, partly due to our clocks going forward last Sunday. We of course...
A while ago, I wrote about how it was time to let our light shine – the famous inspirational words, often incorrectly attributed to Mr Nelson Mandela at his inuauguration. The words are actually from Marianne Williamson from her book “A Return to...
Every now and then, you come across a story that touches you deeply and your world is never the same again. I first came across a version of this story in one of Wayne Dwyer’s books – “The Power of Intention”. It has also been doing the rounds...
It is a beautiful spring morning here in London and I have just had a leisurely (i.e. lazy!) breakfast. Health and nutrition are very important to me and as much as I can I do take optimal self-care. This morning I feasted on freshly made bean sprouts. A while ago I...
Over the last few months since the passing away of my father, I have had support and encouragement from a lot of people. Sometimes this support has come from people I had least expected it from or from people I hardly knew. One such person is a young banker who my...
Incredibly it is now already March. How quickly the time is going already in 2008! As I write this, I am looking out on onto a beautifully sunny day – spring is certainly in the air. To mark the new season of hope and fresh beginnings, I am running a special offer for...
