2007 October | The Big Peace

Committing to ourselves

29. October 2007

It was half term for me last week and my husband is away on tour so I had all my girlfriends come to stay over the week so we’ve had a busy week entertaining kids by day and scaring them on the haunted hay rides (halloween in the country) and then getting petrified kids in [...]

Thinner Peace

22. October 2007

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I’ve just found the funniest, most profound and wonderful book by Martha Beck (Oprah’s life coach). The 4-Day Win. I’ve always been her greatest fan….she’s very irreverent – and her latest book The Four Day Win promises to change the way you think about your food and your body in just 4 days! And I couldn’t [...]

Sick

16. October 2007

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I ate something dodgy for lunch yesterday and have been feeling awful. I’ve been up all night – sickness and the rest….I won’t go into the grim details. Today I feel about 20% of my normal self – a bit weak and weepy. I know this probably sounds obvious….(and perhaps shows how much i take my [...]

Creativity: fast track to peace?

8. October 2007

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I’ve been re-reading Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way (it’s a 12 week creative ‘recovery’ programme) Every time I read it, I am incredibly inspired and fired up. I use one of her tools all the time. She calls it ‘morning pages’ – you write 3 pages a day….nothing beautiful or literary – just a good old whinge [...]

Grumpy

4. October 2007

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I’ve been a bit grumpy the last few days. Well, not grumpy but less peaceful somehow….more caught up the little dramas in my head. I’ve had a cold and feeling a bit sorry for myself. But I realised that perhaps without my daily focus on peace with The Big Peace programme, I’m more inclined to [...]

Golden Ticket launch

2. October 2007

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was my favourite book – actually, it probably is still up there in my top ten. And I’m feeling like Willy Wonka tonight. We’re just about to release a few Golden Tickets – coaching tickets to be coached by me for 6 months – 12 noon tomorrow. I’m changing the [...]