A big concern many people have with taking time out to do something like meditation is basically, “how will they cope without me?” Ever get the guilts even when you pop down to do the shopping? “I can’t leave them, because they NEED me” – do you know that? That’s a big one for many,
But what about them? Read More »
Last email was all about how any relationship transforms when you give to it. When you give first, you create the very real possibility of enjoying a rich, alive, fun relationship. I said to give and give and give. And yet! Sometimes the most giving thing you can do is say “NO” … is not give.
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I think I’m getting pretty good at this relationship thing. I said that to Sumati the other day and a funny thing happened. She squarked and coffee came out her nose. Weird huh? I used to be terrible, but I wanted to get better because I was SO terrible, or at least, distinctly average. I
Amazing – Give this, and you get so much more Read More »
Yesterday I came in from my pedicure to find Sumati lying on the floor. “What are you doing down there?” I enquired. “Just hanging out”, she groaned, as Bubba crawled all over her, like a huge fly – undeniable, trying to poke wooden blocks in Sumati’s ears, as young ones are fond of doing. Sumati
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OK – so a semi-serious question for you: How do you want your life to be like? Here’s the secret to having the foundation for an amazing life, free of limitation and doubt and worry and flying off the handle … beyond coffee and pork pies and tasty, salty, crunchy snacks (of course, those are
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The most amazing thing (I personally think) is that you are enrolled and being educated in a very prestigious school … and perhaps you don’t even realise it. If you are pay attention, if you are willing, the university of life is trying to teach you in the exact ways where you can be more
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Someone was teasing me about flogging my (soon to be finished) book in a recent blog. It was all good natured and tongue in cheek, but the reason I’ve been telling you and quite a few others ISN’T just to sell a few copies. The REAL reason for my blabbing away about it is that
Can I sell you a book? (it’s not really about that) Read More »
I used to regularly wake in the early hours of the night, worrying and anxious … about something, anything. It was always something that my mind would present for me to solve. “Fix this, and then you can go back to sleep”, it would say. And that is the trouble about worry and anxiety, is
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I used to have a sweet little fridge magnet, attached not as you’d expect to my fridge, but no – it was on my toaster, just because that’s the way I do things. How bohemian, you might say? Exactly. But it reminded me – when I took the trouble to pause and connect and put
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The thing about a new year is making new commitments to do different stuff or indeed, do the same stuff differently. Right? Resolutions to get fit, learn that language, be a better mum or dad, wife or husband, try not to lose your temper or worry so much … The fact is you always are
You always get to go again Read More »