Not just for Christmas

 

We don't buy each other Christmas presents (we find it all a bit naff and unnecessary); my strategy is to get spoilt all year round - presents are for life not just for Christmas. I was teasing Husband before Christmas about what he had bought me, knowing full well the answer. He said: 'let me be very clear. You are getting absolutely nothing!' I thought this was hilarious and imagined how it would sound to someone listening in.

Dear Santa...

I used to ask you for sparkly and unnecessary presents. My life was so full of wonderfulness, that I didn’t need anything else. I had the career girl's dream lifestyle: a demanding job, studied a Masters part time, a city centre apartment, an energetic exercise habit, a great group of friends, money to enjoy fabulous clothes, holidays, weekends away, and an extravagant social life. Yes, I was very privileged. And then I got even luckier and met a wonderful man. Life was GOOD. Christmas presents were the icing on an already VERY pretty cake.

Featured in Life Skills Magazine

I am very honoured and excited to be featured in the Christmas edition of Life Skills Magazine.

Naughty...but oh SO nice.

I like being naughty (in a mischievous kinda way rather than in a blue movie kinda way!) It brings with it a sense of freedom, a taste of escape, a fleeting feeling of being a child. There’s just something fun about doing the very thing you are not supposed to do. Even a mundane activity is so much more exciting when it is forbidden.

Building bridges between mind and body...

My favourite advice when I get stuck with something is from the wonderful and inspiring Dalai Lama:

There is always a solution to a problem. You just may not like the solution.