Getting to the Point

Voice Note Queen  I got sent this message on a group chat 👆- yes, yes, I know.  A window into my signature style of voice messaging.  What could be said in a minute, I usually take five.  Perhaps you’ve been on the receiving end of one of these from me or someone else and thought - Just get to th... Read More

A Hip Story

Hip Issues Over the past year or two, I've had a hip problem that simply won't resolve. It's not terrible. Just... there. A persistent, low-grade grumble I didn't ask for. I've seen an osteopath. Had massages. Done yoga, stopped yoga, reconsidered the ways I was practicing yoga. Visited doctors f... Read More

On My Radar

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — Carl Jung When I got back from Spain this week, I went more or less straight from walking the Camino into a cancer education half-day.  Re-entry to reality. The first talk was about sarcoma, a rare f... Read More

Big Yoga Conundrum

“The Bird of Paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp”- John Berry I gave a presentation to my colleagues earlier this week about Lifestyle Medicine - a topic I care deeply about.   As I prepared, I could feel the familiar urge rising in me: do it well, do it properly, make it land... Read More

Six Years On(line)

Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much. 1st April 2020.  I am shut in my bedroom, isolating during the peak of COVID-19, wondering what on earth was going to happen next.  I’m sure you remember that strange time too.  The uncertainty, the isolation.  The rapid shift of everything... Read More

A Hero Lies In You

Walking past the trees this week, I’ve found myself peering closely at the magnolia buds pushing skyward, adorning the recently bare branches.  They seem to have appeared almost overnight, but of course, they’ve been preparing for this moment for weeks, gathering energy and waiting for the right ... Read More

I Need Holding Too

I went to an online restorative yoga class with my teacher the other day for the first time in months. I hadn’t joined a class in ages. When I think about why, I realise I’d been reasoning with myself that I could just do my own practice by myself.  “Light a candle, dim the lights and just get on... Read More

Educating the Heart

When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts” - The Dalai Lama I saw this mural outside a school in Dehradun when I was in India last year, and I stood there for a long while wondering... Children will spend years educating their minds.  But who is teaching th... Read More

I'm Sexy, Not Sorry

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny” - Attrib Lao Tzu Sexy, Not SorryA mentor of mine has a rule when she... Read More

A Letter to my Father

I Love You 사랑해요. I love you, From your daughter, CS That’s how I signed off a letter I wrote to my father last week, for his 80th birthday. I love you.  Those words do not come easily to me. At all. I can count on one hand (perhaps one finger) the number of times I’ve ever said them to my parents... Read More