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Why ‘putting on a brave face’ is the wrong thing to do.
This girl (with the stepdad who looks a bit like Sylvester Stallone), could never resist playing up to the camera. I still can’t. I was always inquisitive and wanting to explore. My mum told me that on a holiday to Hunstanton at the age of two, I decided I was bored in the Chinese restaurant where we all sat, so I got up from the table, opened the door myself and started walking down the street. It was only because my coat had a red hood that my sister spotted me and saw me walking nonchalantly away! I’m not much different now. I’ve always been pioneering too. I remember being…
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My ice bath experience.
A month ago, I had a fire and ice experience led by Lisa Shabbas and it changed my life. Lisa is an ex military bodyguard who unplugged. The beast to being programme I took part in, held at Beach Box Sauna Spa in Brighton, sees you start with a swim in the sea, followed by an intense heat sauna sitting, before plunging yourself into a bath of ice cubes. Yes really. The method teaches you to breathe through fears and physical sensations, promoting strength of mind over matter and inner power. There was a small group of other women who joined me, each of us there for our own reasons.…
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Living bravely and adventurously.
One thing the pandemic has proved to us all is that change can happen, unannounced and it can happen at super speed. Though some fear change as it catapults you into the unknown, or makes you feel out of control, I’ve always enjoyed change. I find it exciting; an opportunity to create or try something new. I’m addicted to trying new things. It gives me the sense of adventure that I seek in my every day. While I don’t see the pandemic as an adventure of course, I’m not writing off 2020 altogether like I hear so many people have. 2020 could be your year of opportunity. You could see…