Feeding the earth feels very much to me like feeding the soul. Without growing my soil, there is nothing for the beautiful flowers,...

It's fair to say when you grow up with a Vox amp and a double bass in your bedroom there's always going to be something musical in your...

There's not a day goes by that I don't find myself scribbling something down in my Passion Pulse. It's my private journal and it's also...

As I write this, there is only a couple of days of the New Zealand winter left, before spring is upon us. The produce in the photograph...

August is the final month of winter down here in New Zealand. It's also a time when we have a ridiculous amount of rain and it's cold and...

Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-April and we've been on a roller coaster ride ever since. I'm pleased to report that she seems...

I remember a time many years ago, when I was struggling with early sobriety. I was on my way home from a shopping trip with my two young...

I'm asking myself where did the first quarter of the year go? I'm also looking at my goals for this quarter and I'm pleased to report...

Some days it feels like everything is too hard. "Struggle" is the word of the day and all I want to do is go back to bed, pull the covers...

So I talked about my own struggle with self-care at the beginning of this week. Of course, it’s not only when I’m trying to get back into...

It’s February already, so I tell myself I should be well back into my routine. I don’t know what it’s like where you are in the world,...

Today I’m grateful for my cat, Freyja. She drives me nuts at dawn when she meows at me to get up and feed her--which I ignore by the...

When I practice gratitude it helps me to look for the positive things, people and influences in my life. It makes it easier to build a...

It’s been my experience that gratitude is so much more than simply saying, “thank you”. Gratitude has, quite simply, changed my entire...

Today I'm grateful for the friends and family that I have in my life. Sometimes friends and family aren’t the same thing and that’s okay....

I took the time to have a cup of herbal tea with a friend recently and we started talking about the ‘chaos’ of modern life. I’m acutely...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve struggled in the past to form new and healthy habits. I’m a great ‘starter’ but sometimes I struggle...

The day after I reached the milestone of 17 years continuous sobriety, I find myself sitting and contemplating the things that matter to...