I was for many years an expert in self-doubt. I questioned my abilities, my value, my gifts. I looked to others for approval and the permission to shine. I said no to dream jobs just because I had doubts about doing [...]

Back from my holidays with energy restored, a smile on my face and feeling full. Having spent the days eating, conversing, hiking, swimming and relaxing, I feel full of love for life. It feels great to inhabit the heart. It's a [...]

Two weeks is all it takes… to get completely out of shape! I know, because I’ve just come back from a two week holiday and my normal exercise routine feels like climbing Mount Everest. It’s just the way it is. You [...]

You’ve been doing it for years, but maybe you still don’t know why. Yesterday my yoga teacher knocked me over – not literally, figuratively. “The reason we practice yoga” she said, “is to be able to remain in the meditative posture [...]

Yesterday my physical therapist became iluminated before my very eyes. There we were, enjoying a moment of peace and harmony, looking over some diagrams of the diaphram, when woooosh, she just lit up... literally! Her clothing had caught on the candle, [...]

“Mum, do you know I can change my face?” “What do you mean?” I asked intrigued, “like putting on and taking off a mask?” “Yes! When I’m angry I can choose to change my face, I can smile. It happened with [...]

My daughter dislocated her arm falling off a slide. She was 4 years old and after her fall, her face had gone as white as a sheet. The pain was so intense she didn't know how to vocalize it. I assumed [...]

4 years ago I had a car cash. It was raining hard on the motorway when suddenly, the steering wheel stopped connecting to the car wheels. In what seemed like slow motion, my car smashed into the crash barrier. Part of [...]