“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” — Albert Einstein In my early twenties, when I graduated from University, I had no idea what I was going to do with the rest of my...

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What the Earthquakes in New Zealand Taught me about Fear
In February 2011, there was a large earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. I was living in Christchurch at the time. I moved to Christchurch in June 2010 to work at a language school in the city centre - I only ended up staying a couple of months at the language...
My Journey Recovering from Abuse and Why I Try to Be as Real as Possible on my Blog
One of the things I try to do in writing on my blog about my experiences and lessons in life is that I like to be real. I try to counter what I talked about in my last article about our culture being narcissistic and based on appearances. That we are shallow, we try...
How I Deal with Criticism
As I have a popular website which deals with new-age topics, I get a lot of feedback. Most of it is nice feedback, but over the years I’ve received a bit of not-so-good feedback on my writings, opinions, and beliefs. I wanted to write about it because for me it has...
My Injury & Journey with Overachieving
It's been a tough year: Extricating myself from a dysfunctional family system, and the loneliness and heartache that came with it; Fighting for my right to stay in New Zealand, almost bankrupting myself in the process; Exhaustion, physical and emotional, from the...
Why I Love Being a New Ager
This is a great poem by Jack Clarke which exemplifies exactly why I love 'New-Age' philosophy and thinking. What is New Age, Anyway? It's people taking conscious responsibility for their own lives, not blaming others for their problems. It's people who deliberately...
Goodbye 2011, growth-filled and messy. What I learned.
Happy new year to all readers, clients and students. I wish you and your loved ones happiness and prosperity in 2012. In 2011, I: Brought out the Akashic Record Reading Program and worked with guinea pig students throughout the year to develop the course Moved out of...
Gifts from a Disaster
Three weeks ago, a major earthquake hit my home city of Christchurch. In three short weeks, I witnessed destruction, and death. I learned that time really does slow down when you think you're about to die, and that people are incredibly good. The earthquake experience...
Glad to Be Alive – Christchurch Earthquake
Yesterday there was an earthquake in my home city of Christchurch. I've been touched by the emails from readers asking if I'm OK and sending their prayers and well wishes. Thank you for thinking of me. I am obviously OK as I'm writing this, and out of the city now....
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