“Have you ever had that moment when you realise that even though you’re really good at something, the universe is actually calling you in a different direction?” Michelle Engelsman, Olympic swimmer, experienced this in 2008. She had at one time been ranked as #1 in the world, had travelled extensively for her country (Australia) and [...]
How are you with with making decisions, not knowing how they’re going to end up? Often, acting from passion of conviction takes us into the unknown. We take actions blind, not knowing whether they’ll have impact or even if they’ll feel good. And yet these actions can take us down avenues we’d never have dreamed [...]
We used to sleep in the loft. The previous owners had it converted into a beautiful bedroom space that many our visitors have made appreciative noises about. However, the designers neglected to include heating so for four years we shivered through cold winter nights. This week we finally admitted that much as we’d tried, it [...]
I have been immersed in workshops this weekend. I ran my full-day Fail Is Not A Four Letter Word on Saturday and then threw myself into the experience of Katie Rose‘s Singing The Song That We Are on Sunday. Both were gloriously full with eager participants, despite the snow and distance they had to travel. [...]
I didn’t feel particularly attractive as a kid. I wore NHS glasses and was a little chubby round the edges. When I was around ten, I started wearing a dress – it was red with some kind of cool kiddie slogan on the front – which I felt good in. It fitted me perfectly. Like [...]