You feel it in your gut. That raw feeling eating away at you almost to the point of making you feel nauseous. You don’t know if you want to break... Read More

Feeling jolly or miserable? Christmas can conjure up a maelstrom of emotions that for many, especially if you don’t have children, it might be a relief that it’s all over.... Read More

How connected do you feel to this life? If you’re single, are you perhaps lost as to how to find your sense of belonging? So much you read out there... Read More

Self growth  The battles fought between mothers and daughters are as old as time itself. Countless books have been written and countless more will come. As my own mother reminded... Read More

As I felt the tears triggered by the smallest problem the other day, I realised that my last hospital trip with my dog had overwhelmed me. Living with cancer is... Read More

“Happiness does not depend on what you have or what you are. It solely relies on what you think”. Attributed to Buddha, this phrase reminds us why our never-ending search... Read More

As psychiatrist Irvin Yalom wisely asks, “how can you go about constructing a regret-free life for yourself?” That struck me because yes, it’s always worth reflecting on past regrets in... Read More

“Before we can be happy, we need to learn how we make ourselves unhappy.” I was really struck by that phrase from the Happy Buddha in his book Happiness and... Read More

You’re desperately trying to focus on writing your presentation for that deadline looming ahead of you. Somehow your mind has other plans and is off imagining what you’re going to... Read More

How many hours of your life have you wasted conjuring up scenarios of different possibilities in the future? What about the hours spent wishing things were different? Life is hard... Read More