I see a business recently introduced a four day work week (for five day’s pay) across the board for all their employees. Before the six-month trial, just over 50% said they were balancing work and life demands. During the 4 day work week it jumped up to 78%. Stress dropped, commitment and productivity increased. It’s […]
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If you’re at all interested in the goings on of a tiny nation at the bottom of the world called New Zealand, like I am, you will know that the Prime Minister gave birth recently. How she runs a country and looks after a baby I know not. My hat is well and truly doffed
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Oh my goodness – There is so much stuff out there in the interweb that seems to sell perfectionism, isn’t there? I was sitting down over the weekend with a bunch of ladies that came to a meditation and mindfulness workshop I was doing and was reminded of that. One of the conversations was about
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Once upon a time I met a very very wise yoga teacher. He seemed different from all the others I had met simply because he seemed like he had nothing to prove. In an age of celebrity everyones, all the self-promotion on Instagram and Facebook and the rest, it seemed like he could care less
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Have you ever been criticised for laughing too much? I know, there are some times that just aren’t appropriate for sniggering like a school kid at the back of the class. But I really thought it WAS ok to let go a little and, well, chuckle. ( Just like this young lady above, laughing it
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How many stylish individuals do you know? The style I’m talking about is found in the free agents. The ones who have that sense of “nothing to prove, nothing to hide”. They’re not busting their buns trying to be noticed, or trying to be something for someone … they’re just content in who they are.
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I was waiting for Sumati just this morning, as I am prone to do. Sitting on the street corner, nonchalantly – with nonchalance. Do you ever do that? When you read a word over and over so it becomes ridiculous? A non-word? But, there I was … waiting. Exciting, I know, but there is a
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When I first really started meditation, I was in my twenties. I’d climbed mountains, kayaked some wild rivers, I’d fallen fully in love (several times), I’d taken various recreational drugs. I’d experienced some real highs in life – (And equally, like many people, I’d experienced some real lows). I turned up to meditation with a
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