Two weeks ago I went away on a business retreat called Alptitude. It was a wondrous week filled with hiking, white water rafting, cold water dipping, deep conversations about everything from life to love to business. It was filled to the brim with laughter. And as one fellow attendee put it, we cultivated …
For twenty days from mid December 2023 to mid January 2024 I had radiotherapy treatment. Although it wasn’t quite as brutal as chemotherapy, it was still rough, and exposing, and took the wind out of my sails. My radiotherapy treatment was preventative, I didn’t necessarily have to have it. It was an …
Finding out Tina Turner had died this week impacted me more than I thought it would. She was such a courageous, powerful, inspirational talent that we are lucky to have walked the earth with. I delved back into her journey through life on hearing about her death and was reminded of how …
Recently, I listened to this Sarah Blondin 6 minute meditation on Insight Timer. It resonated with me because I’ve been thinking about why so many of us struggle so much. Some of her thoughts in the meditation helped with my contemplation… Basically, if you struggle, it’s because you care. You care about life, …
I’ve been speaking with lots of people lately who feel a little unmotivated, coupled with a sprinkle of restlessness and a desire for change. It does feel like things have been paused somewhat for quite some time for so many of us, so I think it’s inevitable that we might want to …
I’ve been intermittently curious over the years in the idea of Blue Zones. They are the places in the world where people tend to live longer, healthier lives. There is a wealth of information exploring the reasons why the people in those regions are ‘humaning’ so successfully, and the findings tend to focus …
I came across this poem recently: The Way It Is, by William Stafford There’s a thread you follow. It goes amongthings that change. But it doesn’t change.People wonder about what you are pursuing.You have to explain about the thread.But it is hard for others to see.While you hold it you can’t get …
It’s very easy to forget ‘the point’ or ‘purpose’ when we’re super busy. We can come into a project with energy and vision, and over time lose sight of what that driving force was. Likewise it’s really common to be unsure of the point; to not really know how or why we arrived …
Sometimes money – or the absence of it – limits our capacity to vision the future that we really want. If money was no object at all (if you didn’t need it, or it was always taken care of) what would you create in your life? Would it be a home? More breaks …
As the year draws to a close it’s important to reflect on what we’ve achieved and learned through the year. For me it has been a year of newness – new camper-van and a new home. It’s been a year of silver linings – getting into yoga properly because of a running …
