Dave Hollis was a former Disney executive turned author, coach and speaker. He passed away last weekend, suddenly, aged just 47… days before his 48th birthday. I’ve never met Dave, but I’d call myself a follower of his work. I…
We’re in the weeds lately, battling teenage hormones and emotions which are extra complicated because of our daughter’s additional needs. This means that in some senses we are in survival mode. Surviving each day, rather than the thriving we usually…
How do you like your steak? Rare? Well done? Medium rare? Blacken it until there’s not an ounce of blood left in it? But, wait. First, what kind of steak do you prefer? Sirloin? Rump? Rib eye? T-Bone? And what…
We are surrounded with metrics we can choose to measure our lives by. And we have no end of apps and tools and widgets and trackers we can use. We live by the streak or we die by the streak….
I’ll talk more about my ongoing battle with ambition vs. contentment and how that’s affecting my goal making process, but for now here are my January goals. After the magical build up of Christmas, the fun of the day itself,…
I had a bad experience in Tesco recently. I was in my local branch of the huge UK supermarket, at the checkout, when my checkout operator was approached by a supervisor who proceeded to reprimand her for not giving customers…
As we head towards what promises to be the third calendar year impacted by the COVID pandemic, it’s fair to say that the changes we made in response to the start of lockdown just aren’t cutting it any more. As…
Well, it’s been a long time since I posted anything on here. Things are good. We’re coming towards the end of the third lockdown period in England and I’ll say that this one has been difficult in different ways –…
It feels like the start of the end of lockdown. Things are opening up again, and rules are being relaxed, and even the most vulnerable people are being told they’ll be back to work by August. And so, lockdown is…
One of my lockdown discoveries: I love reading blogs. I’m absolutely LOVING my daily 5 minutes reading The SHU Box, that’s my favourite. I also read Laura Vanderkam, Grateful Kae, and Lag Liv. I love the Heart Breathings updates too,…