“With food we can share and communicate our emotions. It’s that mindset of sharing that is really what you’re eating. There is no difference between cooking and pursuing Buddha’s way.” - Jeong Kwan Jeong Kwan's life [...]
I'm almost 15,000 kilometres away from the city of my birth, Istanbul, yet there are times I feel a profound connection with the place, the people, a way of life and the energy, particularly the [...]
Recently on my 40th, my life flashed before my eyes in photos captured by my loved ones. My partner had laboriously taken the photographs, put them in chronological order (though anachronisms did abound, where in [...]
Tis the season, to plan. The best tool for that is the trusty old wall calendar and a marker. If, like me, you're on a quest to optimise the quality of the time spent with [...]
The biggest secrets that we keep are those we're keeping from ourselves. Yep, we all lie to ourselves on a daily basis. You know, that job that you hate going to but tell yourself there's [...]
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are [...]
I was about 20 when I saw a film where the character at a birthday party (perhaps his?) was lamenting how before one knows it they find themselves 40. I'm pretty sure the film was [...]
"Stop your crying, you're practically a grown-up" my brother says when my toddler bursts into tears. It's what he's been taught. I remember mum saying to dad that as a child she'd never allow herself [...]
