Introduction The book you are reading arose from my love of teaching and helping people consciously align with their true self, and a meaningful purpose. For many years I’ve been helping people to get out of their own way, so they can align their life with what they truly want. Many of these people struggled with […]

HOW I LEARNT TO STOP STRESS FAST In my thirties I looked ten years older than my age and was close to a breakdown from stress, overwork and unresolved emotional issues. Most of the time I didn’t know what was wrong with my life. I didn’t know why it wasn’t running smoothly and had no […]

Chapter 1 Memory Fragments of Early Childhood Mount Murray is a glorious, green mountain in New South Wales. It is 6 kilometres from Robertson, a large village in the Southern Highlands {in the Illawarra escarpment} about 35 minutes from the coast. We lived opposite the former Mount Murray Railway Station. A green hill was at […]

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. ~ Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica Twenty years ago, I stood on a hotel balcony high above a beach in Mexico, despondent. Down below, I […]

INTRODUCTION I lived trapped in active addiction for more than twenty-five years of my life. For much of that time, I didn’t realize I was caught up in the grip of what I now know as “active addiction.” For many years, I was a functional addict; however, addiction is so cunning, baffling, and powerful, for […]

People used to say that a space in your front teeth indicated that you were going far away some day. How she wished!  Diana had a wide space between her upper front teeth. There were no braces in their time, not even a dentist in town. Most people didn’t’ know a toothbrush nor a toothpaste. […]

INTRODUCTION Life does not favour everyone. As many people will tell you, life is not fair. It is hard for some and easy for others. Regardless of which group we find ourselves in, we can choose to live our lives positively, use our time wisely, and avoid absorbing negative or worthless influences. Our lives have […]

THE INNER YOU WHAT IS WELLNESS? Wellness is more than just diet and exercise. Wellness includes many aspects of our lives⎯ family, work, society, even the part of you who grocery shops, repairs the vehicle or mows the lawn. How mindful are you in the different areas in your life? What type of person are […]

Chapter 4 – Letting Go Throughout the years to come, I’d experience hurdle, after hurdle, just to jump over and beyond tiny dirt mountains culminated mostly from my own doing. Although I stayed away from drugs and alcohol, with the exception of a Bill Clinton style non-inhale of marijuana moment and those four glasses of […]

Beautiful and in Love One mystery of love is that, if a woman is in love, it makes her blooming and beautiful, but if her heart is broken, her appearance appears to be broken along with her heart, maybe it is funny, yet it is true. I think that love is the best motivation for […]