What is a ‘Happy’ New Year? As I began to write to you this week and wish you all a very Happy New Year, a question I have heard asked over and over again popped-up… “What is happiness, and how can we achieve it?” Well, after 2000 years of practise, Buddhist...
STOP being your own worst enemy to make 2017 great! I’m sure last week’s food for thought got you thinking about some behaviours you’d like to cultivate this coming year or some goals you’d like to achieve. This week, I’d like us to think about what happens when...
Go beyond positive thinking Last week we started to explore how important it is to become aware of what you are thinking and how well those thoughts are serving you. I hope you realised that this ‘food for thought’ was not about ignoring or suppressing your fears or...
If you could change one thing in your life, what would you change? Last week, sparked by the election in favour of Trump, I spoke to you about separating what you can change from what you can’t change. How did it go? I hope you’ve approached this week with a more...
Acknowledging the women who shape our lives Today I would like to acknowledge the women who have shaped our lives. I think especially of my mum who has taught me what it is to be a woman and what it is to love. I think of my mother-in-law who so often cooks us the...
