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Featured in The Guardian this week

Category: Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Future Trends, Leaders, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, Publishing, Social Media and Networking, Society Today, Values in Business, Work

Posted on 6th August 2017

I was featured in the Guardian this week as I was invited to comment on why I think sales of mind, body and spirit books are growing at such a fast rate this year. It is very exciting for people who have worked in this area for a long time to see that the public…

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A War is being Waged for our Minds

Category: Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Future Trends, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, Social Media and Networking, Society Today, Uncategorized, Values in Business, Work

Posted on 27th July 2017

  We are living in a time when wars are taking place that we do not even realise are happening.They are not 3D wars that we can see upon our television screens and they do not involve people living in far-off lands. These wars are happening in our own homes and offices and as we…

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Wherever You go, There You are – the Meaning of Mindfulness

Category: Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Future Trends, Leaders, Mindfulness, Publishing, Values in Business

Posted on 16th June 2016

I have been re-visiting my ideas about mindfulness in the last few days in preparation for an event which I am facilitating. I first came across the term ‘mindfulness’ many years ago when I was sent an early copy of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book, Wherever You go, There You Are, with a view to my being…

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What is ConsciousCafe all about?

Category: Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Future Trends, Leaders, Social Media and Networking, Values in Business, Women's Issues, Work

Posted on 15th June 2016

5 years ago I wanted to have more conversations about consciousness with people I liked and respected. I invited a group of friends and colleagues to my home for a discussion and to explore how we could talk together about the things that matter to us. The experience was popular and people wanted to come…

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What do children most want from their parents?

Category: Uncategorized

Posted on 24th February 2016

A recent survey asked children what they most wanted from their parents. The answer was both a simple and an obvious one.  The children wanted their parents to spend less time on their mobile phones and more time ‘being present’ with their family. Young children appreciate the power of the mobile phone many months before…

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Conscious Experiences in Chengdu and Shangri-La

Category: Conscious Leaders, Consciousness, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Values in Business, Work

Posted on 29th December 2015

Sometimes life offers unexpected experiences which provide incredible highs without taking drugs or drinking alcohol. That happened for me this autumn when I was fortunate to be able to take part in a Quest to China run by LeadersQuest who offer individual business leaders and corporate groups the opportunity to explore the DNA of a…

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Why Self-Knowledge is Important and how it can Change your Life?

Category: Consciousness, Entrepreneurs, Future Trends, Miscellaneous, Values in Business

Posted on 10th March 2015

Many years ago, in the 1980s, when I was a young publisher, I became friendly with the author of one of the books we were promoting who was a psychotherapist.  At the time the concept of personal development and therapy was something I knew nothing about and I therefore had no understanding of why self-knowledge might be helpful to anyone.  My…

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