As we see terror attacks and tragedies, it starts to make even the most optimistic among us question: What is the answer?
The Dalai Lama said: "The world will be saved by the Western woman." I like to translate this to: "The world will be saved by woman, and Western women are positioned to do this easily at this time."
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It’s about what your heart is saying to you.
Whispering, maybe. Faint maybe.
In a cupboard under the stairs, locked away, hidden, bruised, hurting, in pain, longing, whatever state it’s in.
Where your heart lies, there your treasure is.
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You perfected the art of going to school. You breezed through college or Sixth Form. You got your A-levels, chose a degree, graduated and finally landed that position.
Your parents were delighted they could now refer to you as a ‘professional’. They could talk about the company you work for and how much you’re enjoying your job. They airily address their friends by saying ‘Oh she’s now in London, working for so and so, yes loving it."
Except you’re not.
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A quick guide to my core self-care practices. These activities have helped me develop a strength which help me walk through the challenges (instead of having a flop, panic or going to pieces like I used to!)
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We wish our dreams weren’t quite so, well, way out there.
We think we’re even a little crazy for having this dream. We've had a lot of those reactions whenever we say something that’s a little off-piste, that is, compared to everyone else.
We wonder if we’re just selfish.
We’re not. Oh, we’re so not.
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Remember that scene in When Harry met Sally where Harry and Sally stop off at a diner on their roadtrip to New York?
Harry says to the waitress "I’ll have number 3 please” and then looks on amazed as Sally explains in detail her very specific order.
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In my first graduate job, I was a employed as junior tax consultant for a firm that specialised in helping FTSE 100 companies claims for tax relief on some expenditure.
It was a small company and for that reason we were exposed to lots of what was going on. There was good company atmosphere, regular training and celebrations on Fridays at 4pm when we won a new client or piece of work.
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