From the outside, the house looked much like a child’s picture: innocent and with four windows and a door in the middle. The newly built property, its town centre location: - caused much gush in the sales literature: “Rare chance to acquire large, newly - built family house in the peaceful historic town centre.” One [...]

Very few external things, will make you happy, because feelings of contentment and happiness are own-grown. We must cultivate the saplings of happiness, as though they are the plants of us, and despite the original quality of our soil. Those of us who endure the lasting effects of trauma, know too well that the soil [...]

Despite the challenges of life and the disability, I am incredibly blessed that I can get myself to sleep. I have learned to catch the sleep train, and liken the blissful state to travelling to a destination. Whilst it is well -documented that: taking a warm bath, avoiding caffeine, eating late, or using our devices- [...]

Mother nature asks for nothing. It simply offers an open, timeless invite for you to sit amongst it in quiet contemplation. It is a silent orchestra of fluidity, sprinkled with the percussion of bird song. It is the gentle trickle of a stream, and the soft breeze upon your cheek. It is peace evoking and [...]

Self-belief is a beautiful rare orchid that is reputedly hard to grow. Yet if we were privy to knowing about the conditions in which it takes root: then we can cultivate the secrets of our own soil. We can learn to flourish by owning this helpful human trait. Firstly, we must clear the debris away, [...]