PART 1 Dubai, October 2013. The weather was scalding, stultifying, and I was busy working for one of the world’s biggest PR agencies, heavily engaged in the final few weeks of run-up to a major sporting event. The project, whilst glitzy, glamourous and interesting, was incredibly stressful and taking its toll. Seven day working weeks,…

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PART 2 I spent the weekend working, preparing for the following week. Yet when I woke on Sunday (the first day of the working week in Dubai) I was gripped by genuine fear. Just thinking of the claustrophobic office environment, all silence save the background hum of printers and people typing, was enough to know…

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Wake up, and be here now How often do you find yourself, even if only for the briefest of moments, focused on nothing other than the here and now? Fully in the moment, and nowhere else? When did you last allow yourself to lie in bed first thing in the morning, listening to the birds…

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Dry January. Exercise January. Veganuary. How many have, after the excesses of the festive period, kicked off 2017 with a detox? Taken up new forms of exercise maybe, or decided to change unhealthy eating habits? Plenty, I would imagine. Nothing wrong with that; I fully laud those prepared to make changes to live happier, healthier…

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