Imagine that you are with a group of friends, relaxing on a sandy beach. You’re sitting in a circle, and someone decides to draw the number nine onto the sand. What do you see? Of course, you’ll see the number nine, but you could see it as the number six, depending on whereabouts you’re sitting. [...]

When we lead by example we need fewer words. We largely communicate non-verbally with our actions and example. We are positively helping the people we care and love about calmly, kindly, and with a higher sense of intuition. This is because we are also working on ourselves. It is continual management of our own issues [...]

In the challenging era we find ourselves in, now more than ever before, we need to stop comparing ourselves to other people. We need to do this because it removes the spotlight from all the tiny improvements we achieve for ourselves. We need to be mindful, that all we can only control are our own [...]

I’m sure you’ve noticed that mixing with different people highlights the varying versions of ourselves. They’ll be good old friends with whom by simply looking at them, you know what they’re thinking. Or indeed, they’ve only got to offer a glint of the eye to render you a giggle box of churlish fun and laughter. [...]

When did you last dance, or bellow your lungs out to your favourite tunes? If you asked me, my answer is last night. I move and sing every evening in my make-shift discotheque. My kitchen, like all the rooms in my home, got repurposed during the lockdown. My lounge became an overseas retreat. I got [...]