The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

My choice of photograph to compliment this blog post may appear strange to some but to me it epitomises the message. It’s not as important what we show on the outside as what we are on the inside. For most of my life I have chosen to take the rugged, less travelled...
Seeing Into My Own Nature

Seeing Into My Own Nature

Seeing into my own nature essentially meant knowing myself and trusting my instincts. For this I had to enter into a different type of awareness, an awareness that was more poetic and delighted in all my senses. This awareness also needed to be more intuitive,...
Unveiled

Unveiled

In my first book, “Doing It My Way” published in July 2008, I had spent 27 years finding ways to  get from where I was to where I wanted to be. The process of writing the book was an ongoing journey of growth and healing. On completion I understood that...
CRAGS – My Baseline for Improvement

CRAGS – My Baseline for Improvement

In August 2018, when I joined the Mountain Club of South Africa, to learn to rock climb, I had no idea of the driving force it would become in my life. Before starting I read a beginners book to learn the language of climbing so I could understand what I was doing. I...
When Something Goes Wrong

When Something Goes Wrong

Dealing with spinal cord injury, there is one word that describes my state of mind – DISCOURAGED!Dealing with chronic pain, in and out of hospital, waiting to be diagnosed, fearing the outcome, I have struggled to see past the mental block or think positively. I...
The Buck Stops Here

The Buck Stops Here

BOUNDARIES created for me the freedom to make my own choices. I wanted the power to make my own decisions, yet I had not given a second thought to where I was going to set my boundaries. Another reason I was in the throes of doubt and confusion was because I allowed...