

Rising strong from a setback, hurt or disappointment
Hello, I hope September has started off well for you and you are feeling inspired to leap into new projects and opportunities that come your way. I am just back from a last-minute holiday to Chania in Crete (hence the photo above) it is a beautiful Venetian city where the mantra is 'how can we help you have a wonderful time?' The local people are incredibly generous and take pride in ensuring that visitors enjoy themselves. Their positive attitude is particularly striking whe


On poetry and being authentic...
This morning I awoke with the line ‘the time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror…’ from the poem ‘Love after Love’ by Derek Walcott. In preparation for a workshop I am delivering later this week on ‘Being Authentic’ and the power that authenticity holds for each of us, I decided to take this poem into my heart, and weave it, like an alchemical medicine into my cells. The poem reminded me of how, as a little girl