In short. It’s both. And it’s an emotional and spiritual thing too. It’s certainly possible to focus on physical exercise, to ensure you practice yoga at lunch or walk 10,000 steps each day. But there are plenty of very slim, yet very worn out people out there. It doesn’t work just to …
I saw an article in Stylist magazine today for the upcoming Suffragettes film. I’ve never really gone into any depth in my research about the Suffragettes, but considering I began to cry as I read the actors’ interpretations of the movement I thought today should be the day I learnt a little …
I’m noticing a shift in perspective about myself. It comes from becoming more conscious about whether I say ‘maybe’ to invites or requests, or whether I actually check in with myself and give a decisive ‘yes’ or ‘no’. It helps massively to give a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ rather than a maybe, …
I write to you today from a boutique hotel up in the Ibizan hills. I am sitting by the pool, feeling the cool breeze and the warmth of the sun on my body. I just popped back into my room to find a gift of avocados from the garden on my bed, …
When I coach clients I sometimes ask them to imagine life like a river. I ask them to imagine the velocity of the water, whether it twists and turns, whether there are waterfalls or rapids. I ask them to describe the weather, the colour of the sky. I ask clients to picture …
I’ve been cycling my bike for about two years. I used to stick to road cycling but more recently have been going out and about in the South Downs near my home with Keivor for a spot of off road mountain biking. It is a lovely way to spend the afternoon, cycling …
Sometimes I catch myself holding my breath without realising. It’s like I’m holding my breath to keep all the things I’m trying to create in life afloat. I sometimes imagine life like a river, I’m travelling along the current on a raft but the raft is being held together by various bits …
I look at emails about fifty times a day, I look at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin about twenty times a day, I read the news online, I check the weather (often rather than looking out the window) Skype, Whatsapp and text on my super iphone. The iphone – a portal to …
Over my 31 years of life I’ve been no stranger to hangovers. In the past I’ve spent whole days recovering from big nights out, literally handing over my time and money to something that made me hurl repeatedly into a bucket at the side of my bed. Thankfully those kinds of hangovers …
I’d heard for many years that unhappiness about a situation is resolved by either changing the situation, or changing your perspective. I intellectually understood this idea, and in some scenarios was able to apply it. For example, about five years ago I was in a (sort of) relationship that was using up …
