When was the last time you leaped?

This is the story of how my dad conquered his fear. I am currently on holiday with my parents and my brother. Yes it might be a strange thing for a twenty-something to do, but it’s become a bit of a tradition. Every year, for the past seven years, we’ve come to the...

What’s your personal mission statement?

This post is all about making decisions from a principle centred place.   As you may know, I’m in the process of reading ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Steve Covey. I have to say, reading it on the tube (London Underground trains...

Recognising and releasing resistance

I sat, staring in the mirror, amazed at what I had discovered. I was my own worst enemy. I was the one holding me back. For some unknown reason, my subconscious was creating barriers, blocking me from achieving what I wanted to achieve. It sounds strange but this...

Getting Motivated – Making it a Habit

  OK, so tell me this – why am I finding it so darn hard to find time to do something I love at the moment?   Yoga is my passion. It’s up there with chocolate for goodness sake! And yet, recently, since I moved down to London really, I’ve...

How to deal with Negativity in 3 Steps

It’s all very well when things are going great to get all giddy and excited. It’s human nature. Positivity breeds more positivity.   But what happens if you’re somewhere negative? What if you’re around negative people or what if you...

The thing about family…

This weekend I’ve gone back to my childhood home in North Wales to spend the weekend with my parents. My nana has also made the journey from Liverpool at 89 and my brother came up from London on a rare weekend off.   As I sat on the train on a Friday evening,...