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PMS: Petty Manic Screaming
You’re cranky and difficult, and if someone even looks at you funny, you burst into floods of tears. The X Factor‘s auditionees’ stories are “just so heartbreaking”. And your...
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Pass the passion, please.
We all have something that causes the passion to bubble up within us. Be it writing or photography, health or healing, art or literature, dance or travel, nature or sport, film or fashion, justice or...
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How different my life is…
I was watching an episode of Downton Abbey recently when I was struck by how different life was in the early 1900s. Any expression of emotion was frowned upon; the working class was forbidden from...
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Am I Only Dreaming?
Why is dreaming big so frowned upon? When a child announces that he’s going to be a dancer, his parents and teachers hope he’ll grow out of it. Why is it more acceptable to say you want to be a …...
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Being Human
I met someone at a festival recently, who made a few interesting observations about what it is to be human. As we walked by groups of animated festival-goers, he remarked: “Everybody here has paid...
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The Dancer
As part of the Life Coaching course I’m doing, I have to attend a professional Life Coach. In my most recent session, I was telling the coach about how I sometimes think unkind thoughts about myself....
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Life is an Adventure
I am lying on a plinth, receiving an energy treatment from a friend. I close my tired eyes and sink beneath the blanket, enjoying this time and space for rest. A lot has been going on over the past few...
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Feeling Alive
Last weekend, sitting in front of a roaring fire and feasting on cheese and red wine, I asked my friend: “What fills you with passion?” “What do you mean exactly,” he wondered. “What makes you feel...
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Flow
Tonight at an Amber Run gig, I watch as the band becomes immersed in playing. There’s something riveting about witnessing other people express their creativity and passion. It’s exciting to be invited...
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Life.
Yesterday morning, I walked. The wind stirred the leaves, mimicking a melody of foaming sea to shore. Yesterday evening, I received very sad news that had me sobbing. Last night, I worked at the...
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Energy
Today, I decide to spend the whole day chilling out at home. I have a lie-in, I meditate, I eat breakfast. I reply to a few text messages. I attempt to get cheap car insurance. I have lunch. I read...
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Sometimes
Do you ever feel so bad about yourself that you can’t fathom that great things could happen? You don’t believe in yourself. You forget all the good that you do. Sometimes. You close yourself off to all...
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I’ve made a pleasing decision to treat myself to (at least) one thing per month that will make me feel good. I never question handing over large sums for rent, insurance and petrol, so why not do the...
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