Why bigger isn’t always better

A lot of the stuff I read about following your dreams gives you the same advice – dream big or go home. I bought in to this for a long time. Or maybe I misunderstood it. I dreamt big. I had big ideas. I wanted to do so much. I read everything I could. I...

Facing your fears (and other cliches)

This week, as you may know if you follow me on Twitter, I finally booked my flights to India. This trip has been five years in the making. Ever since I did my yoga teacher training with my inspirational teacher Conrad Paul, in London, I have wanted to see the...

How to be fearless without being reckless

I was thinking this afternoon about what might hold someone back from doing something big and scary and the only thing I could come up with was this… A FEAR OF FAILURE. But as I started to think about this, I realised that to hold you back, you have to have a...

Are you playing it safe?

Are you living the dream or playing it safe? Isn’t it a good idea to sometimes hedge your bets? I subscribe to quite a few blogs. I get lovely feel-good stuff directly to my inbox. Some of it makes me think, some of it I think I know already and some of it...

Therapy – the taboo and the reality

I wanted to write this week about therapy – going to therapy and talking about it.   Being in training and in my field of work, it’s really important to undergo personal therapy, not only so you can experience the process from the other side, but more...