When Life Knocks You Down – Keep Saying YES
The other day I was thinking back to a rock-bottom time in my life. A time when I seriously couldn’t see how things could get any worse … and I…
Read MoreWhen the News Gives You the Blues
I was once in an abusive relationship that left me so traumatised I even contemplated suicide. It was a long, long time ago and I thought I was totally over…
Read MoreQuestion Everything
‘We’d like you to become a school prefect,’ my Head of Year told me as we stood in the middle of the windswept playground. He’d just shown me a register…
Read MoreHow Discipline Will Set You Free
“I’ve learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.” Jake Gyllenhaal When you hear or see the word DISCIPLINE how does it make you feel?…
Read MoreThe Sweet Creativity of Doing Nothing
This is my bed. I spent most of last Sunday here, doing nothing. Doing nothing but drinking ginger tea and eating fruit cake and DAYDREAMING. For so long I thought…
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