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Stillness is the answer to success
I’ve been taking part in the Winning Women Essex blogging challenge during April and I have written about many aspects of my life and other things as well. From rock music to magical gardens, from...
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You don’t need to be ‘good enough’ to love yourself
Last week I posted this on my Facebook page: Loving yourself is not conditional; it doesn’t need you to be good enough, for you to like or approve of yourself. The nature of love is that it transcends...
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Making my father’s day
This was me, sitting on my father’s lap, over 50 years ago. A rare occurrence, even then. We weren’t close, and since I have grown up, until his stroke three years ago, we only met once a year for...
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Eat a little better, exercise a little more Get more sleep Decide on the perfect diet Have mindful sex Clarify your purpose for your work and your life. Be a better parent, child, boss, friend....
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Should we try to understand?
We are all shocked, horrified and saddened by the loss of life in Tunisia. These were ordinary people, like you and me, taking a much anticipated break in the sun. Wanting nothing more than to relax...
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Mind Calm Meditation Workshops – What Actually Happens?
It’s natural to be nervous when you are trying something different. There are all sorts of preconceptions attached to the idea of meditation and as a result the thought of attending an all-day workshop...
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How secure are we?
I remember vividly being on a course in London when I was a trainee solicitor. I don’t remember the content; it was something to do with finance which I have never needed to know since. But I remember...
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Enlightened Success: three reasons to procrastinate
Have you seen that social media meme that says: If you ever feel bad about procrastinating, just remember that Mozart wrote the overture to Don Giovanni the morning it premiered…? It does make me feel...
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Enlightened Success: what are your successful failures?
I am just old enough to remember Apollo 13. My mother sitting on the edge of my bed, my hands pressed together for nighttime prayers, asking God to keep the astronauts stuck ‘up there’ safe and to...
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Enlightened Success: the Oxbridge advantage?
Today I’ve been on a Magical Memory Tour. I had an appointment at Newnham College, Cambridge, to finalise details for the venue for the Mind Calm workshop on 21st November. I was an undergraduate at...
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Stillness in bereavement – 21 lessons in grief
I haven’t written about losing my father in July and I am not going to now, as the story is not just mine. I have, however, been reflecting on what I’ve learned about grief during the past four months....
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Embracing impermanence – Alfie’s teachings on age, death and the passage of time
What a gorgeous bundle of love and fluff! This was Alfie, six years ago, just before he came to live with us. He was the typical Andrex puppy, large pawed, appealing, cuddly and very, very naughty. He...
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Meditation Questions: Why does meditation make me feel so tired?
Every time I teach Mind Calm, whether in a group or one-to-one, in person or via Skype, I talk first of all about the tiredness that will come up. I can see my students thinking, ‘I’ve had a good...
View ArticleI’m not stupid or rude – I just didn’t hear you!
I grew up as a hearing ear child. My mother was born totally deaf in one ear and often wouldn’t hear what someone said if she couldn’t see their face, or if they were on her right hand side. She had...
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The Great Heel Debate
During the past month, the question of whether employers can require women to wear high heels to work has been enthusiastically explored in the media. This is since a woman was sent home from work at a...
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Who looks after you now you’re all grown up?
This is me. I was about three years old, at my grandparent’s holiday cottage near Maldon. I needed to be looked after really well. Usually my Mummy did that, but for a little while she trusted my...
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Engage with rage or step back in peace?
When we look at the world around us, there is plenty to be angry about. Going by my social media feeds, it seems we have two choices as to how we can cope with all the upsetting stuff going on: 1. Keep...
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Coming back to the world
Gently does it. This is my first post for a long time and first public writing since losing my mother two months ago. I have written about my parents before, about their disabilities and about grief,...
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The place of informality in elderly care – 1
When my mother was about my age, she spent two years caring for her elderly aunt. She moved her into her own house, cooked, fetched and carried and dealt with doctors and hospitals. My aunt’s name was...
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Elderly Care – Making Decisions for Parents
It can be strange and uncomfortable when we suddenly find ourselves having to take responsibility for our parents. These people, often, took care of us when we were tiny, taught us most of what we...
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