The hustle culture never stops.  

It seems to be something to be celebrated about. ‘I’ve been really busy’ often becomes an automatic response when we are being greeted. Being busy has become almost like a status, a measuring stick for our worth and success. If you haven’t been busy, it means you’re lazy, or just not that successful at all. But why is our success defined by how busy we are? More importantly, has ‘I’m busy’ become a standard answer to declining an invitation for something we are not interested in?

In recent years, there has been a strong emphasis on living well. People are increasingly open to exploring ways to maintain their well-being and enhance their quality of life. This trend often prioritises physical fitness and health, sometimes at the expense of mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Additionally, there is a rigid interpretation of what it means to be "zen," raising the question of whether "zen" is even meant to be a constant state.

Everything is energy - as Einstein famously noted. When we begin to work with energy within ourselves, it matters that our surrounding energy supports our wellbeing. The space we inhabit, particularly our home where we rejuvenate and recharge, plays a key role in how we feel day to day.

End of Year Reflection 2024 That peculiar period between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve – I call it the void. It's that unsettling sensation of feeling ungrounded, slightly disorientated, as if suspended in time.