In 2011, I hit rock bottom and faced ruin after experiencing severe burnout during my legal career. I left behind my homeland of the UK to begin again in Andalucia, Spain. In my first year in Spain, I found myself sitting outside a café, one day when a woman asked if she could join me. […]
6 Signs That You’ve Been Tamed.
It’s the dream, isn’t it? To live a wild and free life. Most of us feel a yearning in our heart that is the call to the wild. To create a life of freedom. Who, deep down inside, doesn’t want to be free? By freedom, I mean free from anything that isn’t in alignment with […]
What Our Gardens Should Look Like.
If the coronavirus crisis taught us anything, it’s the need to become more self-sufficient. One of the areas where we can do this is to use our gardens to grow our own food. For me, this isn’t a novel idea. While I grew up in a town, I spent my holidays with my grandma on […]
Are You Living On A Prayer? Don’t Wait With Good Intentions This New Year.
As we celebrate the end of one more year around the sun and prepare to begin anew, this is the time of the year when we all tend to set our intentions or resolutions. The promises we make to ourselves to implement the changes we need to make to get life right this time. For […]
Every Woman Wears Her Diamonds On The Inside. Here’s Why.
In the summer of 2011, I took a trip to Carcassonne in southwestern France. I was drawn to a retreat for burnt-out executives, run by a psychologist and his wife in the lead up to leaving my legal career. I recently shared my experiences of the sessions with the therapist in my post F*ck Codependency. […]
Every Creature Has A Purpose And Every Little Life Matters. Here’s Why.
In 2017, I spent three months travelling around Morocco, the land of teapots and tagines. For one of those months, I decided to experience “living” in Morocco and stayed in the port city of Tangier. Tangier, the gateway to Africa and beyond, is an incredible city full of history and culture. The main attraction is […]
The End Of A Dream – Reflections On Letting Go.
She took one last look at her old life and whispered “I will never see you again” This has to be my favourite photo from my time of living a life as an adventure in Andalucia, Spain. Up in the Sierras was my favourite place to be. I’m a mountain girl by heart, even if […]