L E T T E R – A Commitment To Adventuring
My Dad was a very renowned chef, winning best restaurant in Australia as well as three hats. His brother, my […]
Creativity
L E T T E R – The Ways Of The Mind
This quote is for me literally something to live by ‘Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything […]
L E T T E R – Working With Fear Part 3; Overwhelm
If you haven’t read the first and second part of this Letter series, you can check Part 1 and Part […]
L E T T E R – Working With Fear Part 2; Bravery
If you haven’t read the first part of this Letter series you can do so here. Continuing on from yesterday! […]
L E T T E R – Working With Fear Part 1; Adopted Fears
Arran, Emily and I get so exhausted by all the ‘Be Fearless’s self-improvement mush that is shoved down everyone’s throats […]
L E T T E R – Truth Telling
Having a teenage daughter, the essence of telling the truth is really up in our grill at the moment. And […]
L E T T E R – Working with True Knowing and Dealing With Disappointment. Part 1
Our recent trip to India took a year to plan. The major component was our Broad Place Retreat which had […]
L E T T E R – A Net Free Bird
The only thing we are really trapped by is our thinking mind, with its limitations and prejudices and biases that […]
L E T T E R – Revelling in Beauty
Beauty can be so underrated in our modern way of life. Tiny moments of beauty can light me up for hours […]
L E T T E R – There’s Always Something Better Happening
For our recent India Retreat, I had it all mapped out. Tightly organised, planned to within an inch of its […]
L E T T E R – The Material World
A student messaged me last week saying she felt disgusted with herself and angry, as she still longed to buy […]
L E T T E R – Thinking Kills Creativity
If you’ve ever been working on something and loved it, then over thought it, then doubted it, then felt ill […]
L E T T E R – What Spirituality Means Part 1
There is so much confusion when we decide to live ‘spiritually’. It’s really a nonsense idea because everyone is trying […]
L E T T E R – Gaining Clarity On The Lack Of Clarity
Educating ourselves is fascinating and frustrating at times, as the more you learn, the more you realise you don’t know. […]
W E E K E N D E D I T I O N 20
READ I adore this book by our friend Josh, his approach to creativity and consciousness continually inspires me. I interviewed Josh […]
L E T T E R – The Wild Fevers
I have so many interests and creative outlets I sometimes can’t breath for the joy of it all, and I […]
W E E K E N D E D I T I O N 19 – Restore and Renew
For you to try . . . EAT We are eating mostly plant-based at the moment, and 75% of the […]
L E T T E R – The Creation of Time
Time is something that expands and contracts, as it’s all a perception. Stay with me, I know it sounds a […]
L E T T E R – Creating Space For Creativity
I don’t mean physical space here. But emotional space. Conscious space. Creative space. Working stuff out space. A sacred space […]
L E T T E R – To Create And Be Of Service
Over the weekend we put out a survey, which was answered by SO many which make me SO very pleased […]
L E T T E R – Why Indeed, Yes You Can
At the karate tournament last week, I saw a man with one leg compete. He stood on the side of […]
L E T T E R – Gratitude
I was ordering my coffee the other day, and our lovely friend who makes coffee Andre asked how I was […]
L E T T E R – There Is A Big Difference
There is a big difference between being productive and getting lots done, and simply overworking. There is being social, and […]
L E T T E R – Judgement
When we are building something, a business, a relationship, our spiritual development, our education, our parenting, it’s so easy to […]
L E T T E R – An Abundance
This stands true not just for creativity, but for love, gratitude, compassion, kindness. Additionally for anger, resentment, shame, guilt. So […]
L E T T E R – For The Pros
Inspiration comes to us through a channel of creativity. It’s not out there ‘waiting for us’ it’s flowing from within […]
L E T T E R – The Crazy Ones
I’ve done some seriously crazy things and some seriously dumb things in my time. I created a huge design and […]
L E T T E R – The Voyeur
Pinterest and Instagram and all the other platforms I don’t even know about are such an incredible source of inspiration. […]
L E T T E R – Everyone Is Creative
I get upset when I hear people say ‘oh I am not creative’ or exclaim ‘so and so doesn’t have […]
L E T T E R – A Different Daily Grind
Clarity is an interesting concept when it comes to learning, as the more we learn, the more we realise there […]
L E T T E R – The Tests
In essence, this quote means to surrender to what is, with full acceptance. One of the most challenging things to […]
L E T T E R – Remember to Breathe
When I was young, I had the utmost confidence in my creativity. Arran and I were laughing on the way […]
L E T T E R – Ceativityr, Love and Hate
I love this quote. Because the ego will tell us otherwise all the time, and ensure we are terrified of […]
E V E N T – Creating A Joy Filled Life
Living a life filled with joy is what Jeff and I wanted to teach about in this intense two-day Workshop […]
L E T T E R – Just Now
Future Projecting is something I teach and talk about a lot, as it’s a huge rut we get stuck in. […]
Beginners Mind
Beginners Mind is a Buddhist and Zen concept of approaching everything as if it’s the first time. What would our […]
The Need To Disconnect To Connect
It’s the time of year when I am at my most engaged. We have all our meditation courses before the […]
The Medicine For Modern Living
Seth Godin popped into my inbox with “Are there places do you feel like you’re falling behind where there’s actually […]
A Remedy For Shame
When I first started writing these little letters to our students, I felt the deepest shame. Who the hell was […]
Hell Is Just Resistance To Life
On the weekend just been I had too much to juggle and responsibilities I didn’t want to fulfill and I […]
The Perfection Of It All
“Thus, this supremely perfect order of the Universe goes on all around us. But the structure is so vast, and […]
The Creative Process – Refinement
We have been working for 12 months on designing, refining, polishing, sanding and adding new architecture to The Broad Place. […]
The Futility Of Plans – What Choice Will You Make?
We have been soaking in life in India with its every detail since we arrived. Literally soaking, as it hasn […]
It Might Be Easier…
Marley and I sat in a Parisian cafe this morning. We had orange juice, coffee (well for me), baguettes and […]
A List To Contribute To Creativity and Inspiration
I am a huge consumer these days. No longer of stuff, products and things, but of information, knowledge and experiences. […]
Creativity Is About Asking Why
Edward De Bono said “There are many people calling themselves creative who are mere stylists”. I agree. Not that I […]
Indignation Or Creativity; What Will You Choose?
Oh my have I had my battles with indignation. It’s a tricky emotion. Essentially it’s a response of anger or […]
What If You Only Had 2 Hours
I was listening to the Tim Ferriss Podcast as he was listing the ‘Impossible 17 Questions That Changed My Life’ […]
Talking Broadly with Vanessa Megan
I have had the pleasure of not only being friends with Ness, but to also work with her on her […]
Meditator Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin is an incredibly interesting guy. He certainly challenges what it means to be an internationally acclaimed music producer […]
Recipe – Gluten Free Ricotta Hotcakes with Gravalax
We love a recipe that can be used for breakfast, lunch or dinner, or even shrunk down into mini bites […]
What Are You Worshipping?
Something happens to us that causes upset. We stew and sulk and can’t help but tell people about it. With […]
Letting Go
A beautiful way to explain the risk of not letting go is the story of the monkey and the nuts […]