If you, like me, love Mother Earth and hug a tree from time to time, I’m guessing you’ve been called a hippie at some point in your life. Yet, the origin of tree-hugging didn’t spring up from the peace-loving generation of the sixties or the later new-age movement. Tree-hugging began as a form of non-violent […]
She’s A Diamond In The Rough. How I See A Woman.
“There is no force outside of you greater than the force of life within you. You wear your diamonds on the inside.” I’ve learnt so much about women in my work as a life coach and healer over the last eight years. What it is to be a woman, what issues women face, and how women […]
Jane Goodall “We Are Stealing Our Children’s Future.”
Unless we all get together, now, it will be too late – Dr Jane Goodall The stories of a British woman on an African adventure captivated my imagination as a young girl, especially as I grew up in the United Kingdom. The tales of Dr Jane Goodall, deep in the African jungle, studying the social […]
How Loving My Dog Through Taught Me That Love Has The Power To Transform.
If you have followed my adventures for a while, you may know that I am the very proud guardian of a little pup called Willy, my adventure partner-in-crime, William came into my life in January 2013. I was living close to Malaga on the Mediterranean coast in Andalucia, so I searched online for a dog […]
J.K. Rowling’s Wisdom On Hitting Rock Bottom Helped Me During My Darkest Hours
In 2011, I was a 33-year-old practising litigation lawyer in the United Kingdom. I had it all, apparently. That’s what society told me. The power job with all the “trappings” that went with it. The beautiful home and sports car on the drive. A wardrobe of designer clothes and a disposable income that would turn […]
Pretty Woman. The Hollywood Film That Romanticised Prostitution.
I remember watching the film Pretty Woman as a young, impressionable teenager. I was thirteen at the time and taking tentative steps from a child into womanhood. The boys that were once playmates were suddenly attractive creatures that generated strange feelings and emotions within me. Yes, I was growing up. I looked to society to […]
Why Saying Goodbye To The Kardashians Will Give You Back Your Life.
The Kardashians announced this week that they are bringing an end to their reality television show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians. They rose to global stardom off the back of a sex tape featuring Kim Kardashian and singer Ray J that surfaced on the net in 2007. Over the last 13 years, they have captivated […]