My apologies right from the start if you’ve hooked into this Post thinking I have the secret to shedding pounds or tightening up your waistline. Whilst I can certainly offer some tips in this area, if this is something you are interested in I am pretty sure my tips are...

If my work was a cake, a couple of the main ingredients would include curiosity and exploration.

I bring up 'exploration' because I was watching a movie recently and heard a quote from TS Elliot's, Little Gedding, Four Quartets that I've always liked and each time I hea...

Many times over these recent months I’ve heard many people ask questions like: 'will things ever be the same', '(when) do you think things will go back to normal', 'life is so different now' etc

What variants of those have you heard or possibly said yourself?

Life is dif...

When I remember back to plunging or being immersed into cold water (a swimming pool, the sea, a shower etc) I can feel my body tensing up, often even before the event in preparedness and readiness for what’s about to happen. Whereas stepping into a heated swimming pool...

I recently heard someone say, ‘all you need is one match to start a fire’. This was suggested in a positive way, albeit has made me reflect on areas of life where one thing (small or large) has made a difference and created an impact…either positively or negatively.

If...

Our bodies are primed to respond to danger in what’s commonly called the ‘fight or flight’ response.

This is innate and primal and can be a life saver in times of real crisis or threat. Fortunately for most of us, it will be incredibly rare that we truly experience such...

Back to normal or forward to something new?

Since the pandemic hit and lockdown took place I’ve heard a number of discussions around the subject of, ‘will things ever go back to how they were’? Some have posed the question slightly differently, asking, ‘when will things...

We’ve all got our favourite movie quotes or lines from a song that move us or resonate.

Quite often I find such quotes or lines arise unexpectedly and so it was the other day when I was flicking channels and caught the final ever episode of the long running American sit...

t’s funny how certain words, especially when read can trigger other words, thoughts or meanings. As I spelled out and wrote the word FOCUS, immediate the words HOKUS POCUS came to mind and then the word MAGIC.

That wasn’t the point of this blog so I will take a breath a...

Many years ago, in a land and time far far away....

…..Jo Rowling best known of course for her Harry Potter series but worthy of so much more recognition and appreciation than this. An accomplished author across many genres, philanthropist and motivator for many, she ha...