OK, so I’ve now discovered a fail-safe way of waking up happy. All we’ve got to do is to emulate my niece’s 3 year old daughter – Ruth (better known as Ruthie). Anna – that’s my niece – went to wake up her son Harry (5 years
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Dear me from 10 years ago, This is your Future Self speaking. You are about 3 months away from making a very big decision. One that will significantly alter your life. How should I describe you? Baffled? Searching? Hopeful yet exasperated? Your children are 2 and 4
Read more →Ahhhh – how wonderful to finally feel Spring in the air. It inspired a Haiku from me tonight: sitting here, windows wide open to the warm air, the birds excitedly ushering in nightfall… Night song on ink sky Celebrates joyous day Spring is here at last! (Don’t
Read more →For many years now I’ve adopted the starfish as my personal emblem. My friends know this, and over the years Ive been gifted with some spectacular starfish things like this silver necklace from my great friend, Kelly in Canada: and recently Rachel, a very good friend and
Read more →So today feels like a momentus one as I’ve just waved Julia (aged 13) off at Heathrow airport. She is flying solo for the first time – off to see her Uncle John and Aunt Berenice in Toulouse, France. I’m so proud of my (no longer so)
Read more →I don’t know about you, but the first signs of sunny weather never fails to lift my spirits. We can sit outside! We can shed the jumpers and boots! We can turn off the central heating and eat salads! Buds are budding, the sun warms the skin,
Read more →Here’s an experiment with blogging with video. Let me know what you think! Watch here: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nn4nhRrbe0?rel=0&w=420&h=315]
Read more →Each new year we turn to our loved ones and wish them happiness for the year ahead. I wholeheartedly wish the same for you! We had a fabulous New Year’s eve with my sister Caroline, her husband Ian and my niece Fiona at a cottage we’d all
Read more →Christmas Eve – a very special brand of happiness that can only be experienced on this one day of the year: Guy’s annual last-minute dash to buy my present, the making of the stuffing, the bread-sauce and other seasonal goodies for the feast tomorow, friends, mulled wine,
Read more →It’s absolutely pee-ing with rain outside. It got dark at 4.30pm today. We are hurtling towards the shortest day of the year. Everyone’s got a cold. On the bright side I’ve just booked 4 tickets to Bordeaux, France, to see my brother John, his lovely partner, Berenice
Read more →I love technology. Yes it can drive us mad at times but it’s mostly a delight to me. It’s such a marvel how much we have achieved in just the past ten years. I was around in the IT industry when it first began. I even had
Read more →Today I’ve been doing the final preparations for a taster session I’m doing at the Isbourne Holistic Centre in Cheltenham. I’m looking forward to it. I always enjoy preparing for talks and workshops – coming up with new ways of talking about Future Self Now. The preparations
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