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Again it was snowing when I landed in Paris. It had been thirty years almost to the day since I’d last visited the city, so I was looking forward to reminiscing on my journey from Orly to the Holiday Inn at Marne La Vallee. I have a good Scot’s tongue in my head so I [...]
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It was lightly snowing when I arrived in Den Haag, a day earlier than I should have, due to the lack of suitable flights ensuring I’d arrive on time. When I stepped out of my taxi at the hotel the first thing I noticed was the warmth of the flourescent pink light, glowing through the [...]
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January kicked off with ‘Winning in 2013′ – a conference for the DACH regions of IHG (International Hotel Group) in mid January, in Vienna. After a few holiday season hiccups, I got into the swing of things pretty quickly, enjoying the winter travel and the excellent company of Austrian, German and Swiss hoteliers representing a [...]
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Let’s face it, it takes guts to walk away from a relationship – and not everyone feels confident enough to do it, even when they know they should. Break-ups happen for lots of reasons but fundamentally it comes down to one or both partners being unhappy with the status quo and if only one of [...]
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There was a small but effective gathering of people in Buchanan St on Thursday, raising awareness of the siege of Gaza – just one of many small and large groups around the UK who immediately responded to the plight of the Palestinian people, who once again find themselves under attack. Three people went off to [...]
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Each one of us has it in different proportions – it’s my job to overcome it but I still have it… Fear; the killer or the hero of our dreams. Fear is a great motivator but also a huge stumbling block to reaching our potential. It’s what holds us back or pushes us forward; [...]
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Growing as a person is great fun although most people probably see it a task or a chore. Or maybe that just comes down to personality types! Personal development simply means to develop the ‘self’ – the being which resides in you, screaming to be released. It’s self-improvement, from wherever you’re at. For some people, [...]
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What started out to be a small e-book has taken almost a year to write, edit and re-write, turning itself into 30,000 words of experience and Spiritual First Aid – perhaps the first (and maybe the last!) of my published work. Putting these words on ‘paper’ has been quite a gruelling task – and one [...]
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Reclaiming Personal Power ‘Open up your British ‘named’ electrical product and where do the components come from?’ This was the beginning of a conversation with a friend as we stood in the kitchen waiting for the kettle to boil; the chat went on for quite some time afterwards as we discovered how little the UK [...]
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For a great many people Christmas is a time of joy, laughter and family but for others it’s a testing time; a time when stress levels are high trying to meet expectations, support services close and a time when loneliness is hardest to bear for those who are entirely alone. Some families are glad to [...]
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