Last week I read two books and learnt so much from both and they were 'only fiction'. Easy to dismiss but there were so many take aways in both. One, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reed helped me see something I'd never really seen before, that we are all just star dust and part of the universe and space is a big place! Now I had no problem seeing, believing and understanding we are nature and the interconnectedness of everything on Earth but Space? This really grew me to think

It is in you.... it rests within you.... In te est, "it is in you" or "it rests within you" a beautiful little latin I've learnt and fully taken on board this week. Courtesy of the first podcast I had in my ears this week and certainly my recommended listen. Neuroscience is facinating and Dr Lara Boyd, on with Mel Robbins this week, did such an amazing job at reminding me of the power of your ability to rewire your brain at any age. The body is amazing, you can change your gu

Signs and Synchronicity Do you believe in signs? God I do and this morning as the Geese flew over in the pitch black and were the first birds to sing, we shot out of bed and opened the blinds. We couldn't see them but we did see the most beautiful moon and stars, truly 'awe'some. The geese are one of my favourite things to see and they always make me giddy and this morning it was like they were saying to me, get up, look at this beautiful sight, it's going to be a great day.

A little nod there to my lovely old colleague Keith, who sadly died last autumn and who's favourite word was awesome, everything was awesome and he lived his life in the awe of aweseomness- RIA Keith- Rest in Awesomeness! I love Autumn, controversially more than Spring. The sea and breeze are warmer, the colours amazing and we are riding the crest of the wave that has been summer. The impending winter creates a hive of activity and getting 'stuff done', which I love. As th

"My mother said to me " if you are a soldier, you will be a general. If you are a monk you will become the Pope. Instead I became a painter and became Picasso." Pablo Picasso Ooh this quote got me this week and reminded me of Maya Angelou, who's books, ethos and wisdom have long been a source of inspiration to me. "Pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you." Maya Angelou So with one of her quotes in mind "the bes

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