I have been the queen of online courses. Most of them kept me distracted and out of pocket. They didn’t really add to my growth, but allowed me to feel like I was moving forwards (albeit superficially). I was investing just enough on digital programmes to pretend to myself I wanted change. But not enough to keep myself from[...]
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Hi darlings, If you have every moved countries... Or if you are thinking about moving countries... Or if you want to know what it's LIKE to move countries... then this week's newsletter is for you! As many of you know, I moved to Peru in August 2024. For some people the change seemed very abrupt. For others, they kne[...]
I was 33 when I had my midlife crisis. I feel grateful that it came before marriage and kids. But it was tough. Everything around me crumbled within a year. ❌My relationship ❌My health ❌My job ❌My finances I was hemorraging money from my failed centre, Anahata. I felt the energy being sucked out of my sola[...]
When I was a primary teacher, I desperately wanted to be a leader. I wanted to speak and have every child in the room listening to me, attent to my every word. I wanted them to remember me as the best teacher they'd ever had. And that kind of worked when I was teaching 7 year olds. I could get away with controlling them by be[...]
A question I hear a lot is: Why is being "aligned" so important, when being lost is an important part of the journey? This is a valid question. In this newsletter I will be answering this conundrum. I will also be addressing where I see so many people going wrong, keeping them in a perpetual in a state of LOSTness. And fin[...]
Feeling stuck in a rut sucks. One minute you're fine and the next you have fallen in right on in. It's very difficult to dig your way out. Exhausting, in fact. It's like all the energy goes out of you. You know what you WANT to be doing. You just can't summon the clarity or motivation to actually do it. This leads to feeli[...]
It was May 2018. I was sitting 21 floors above the beach in my swanky Barcelona office. Midway through interviewing a candidate for a role within our company, my imposter syndrome was rearing its ugly head. It didn't make sense. I had a great job. I lived in a great city. I had a great social life. So why was I feeli[...]
If you are doing something that you really love, but you are feeling drained, exhausted and burnt out, then read this newsletter to the end.Mark Twain famously said: "When you do what you love you´ll never have to work a day in your life".Well, Mark. I have a bone to pick with you! Why is it that so many of us are doing what we lo[...]
If you are considering moving from the city to the countryside but are worried about making the change, this newsletter is for you.My ultimate desire in life is for peace.Peace inside and peace outside.The truth is that living in Barcelona has not been conducive to either of those things. You can read about my difficult start to B[...]
Following someone else's dream has consequences. My mum knows this better than anyone. Her name is Nicola. And this her story of following someone else's dream. MY MUM’S STORY My mum never considered herself a writer. She started journalling at age 8 after receiving a diary from her parents. It was a natural[...]
