I am very proud to be a woman. I feel that we, women, can help save the world in these difficult times. We have enormous power to bring to the world beauty and tenderness, care and compassion, mercy a...
Yesterday I was walking in the glorious sunshine with my husband, Bill, on Elbow beach. The sky was an achingly deep blue, the colour of fine porcelain, and the crystal-clear water swirled amongst our...
I am a strong woman and cry very rarely. However, this morning the build-up of the shocking news of the last three weeks – the brutal and barbaric invasion of Ukraine – finally broke me down.
My deep...
A popular Buddhist belief in Thailand is to protect ancient trees, such as the banyan tree, by blessing them and wrapping saffron yellow scarves around the trunks; then no one can cut them down.
We h...
How to keep the romance going in marriage? How to keep the fire of love and passion burning for many years? Every couple has their own secrets and recipes. Bill and I found our own: we love to surpris...
I love to be inspired by extraordinary people.
I am in awe when I witness the transformation of a body by a mind intent on positive change. It reminds me that our horizons are limitless.
In Bermuda, ...
In the ancient city of Chiang Mai in Thailand, behind the crumbling twelfth century walls of the fortress, is a maze of winding streets and alleyways.
I was lost in the evening darkness with my husba...
Christmas Day in Thailand was unlike any Christmas I have ever experienced.
We could hear the faint sound of monks chanting in the nearby temple, and Bill and I looked at each other, smiling because t...
At daybreak, the rising sun sent shafts of light shimmering across the wine-dark waters of the fabled Malacca Strait. The Andaman Sea stretched below us, a deep indigo carpet studded with the rocky pe...
When people ask me where I get my motivation, I laugh.
It’s not from famous leaders or celebrities, it comes from those around me.
My motivation comes from seeing someone attempting something deeply c...
