Boxes

One of the things we do to bring order into our lives, is to create boxes. These boxes are usually bounded by time and space – there is a time (box) for exercise, a particular place (box), a time to eat (box) and a place (box). We become used to these boxes and develop a […]

Forward to reality

Today is the first day back at work for 2009. I mean, really back to work – not the sort of mindless appearance at office on January 2, but really back to work. For many, the day has been greeted with a groan of “back to reality”. For we believe that we are going back […]

What a difference a day makes!

Today is the last day of 2008. Tomorrow is the first day of a new year. For many of us, it will be the first day of a new life, with new resolve to transform ourselves into the ideal beings we want to be – slimmer, fitter, richer, more loving, happier, anything-er! Er ….. what’s […]

Normally

It is Christmas Eve. Normally, I would be preparing, as I have for the past 9 years, for my mother to come and spend Christmas in our home. Normally, Victoria would be clearing up her room today, preparing to give up her cozy bed to her Grandma. Normally, I would be arranging the menu with […]

Shane’s silver chain

My younger son Shane came home on Saturday night from spending two days with his friends which included an active, fun-filled day at the Yacht Club. He repaired into the bathroom to prepare for his shower, but quickly reappeared at my bedside where I lay reading, exclaiming: “Mummy. I lost my chain in the pool!” […]

The space

Over the past few weeks Donovan, my yoga teacher, has been having us focus on our breath in a four-stage breathing exercise: Inhale Hold Exhale Suspend The first three steps are fine – it’s the fourth step that I have found difficult. I find that whenever I reach this step I experience a moment of […]

"My patients have to wait for me"

“My patients have to wait for me” giggled the doctor, smug in her role as a “professional”. The discussion was about the difference between a “business” and a “practice”. The doctor was adamant that her practice is not a business and is therefore not subject to businesslike operating principles like customer service and honouring people’s […]

Camille

Camille joined Growth Facilitators as the personal assistant to the partners some three years ago. I participated in her interview, went overseas on a business trip, and when I returned, she was already installed in the job. She has supported me professionally and personally (what’s the difference?) and has become my friend. She took a […]

World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day. Let us celebrate love today – let us love those Living With AIDS, love those who love and care for those Living With AIDS, love those who have left us, those who inspire us. Let us love ourselves and take the necessary steps to make ourselves and the world AIDS-free […]

Taking a stand for an AIDS-free world!

Each year for the past 6 years, the Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) has produced a calendar featuring prominent people in the Jamaican society. I felt honoured to be asked to be on the 2009 calendar along with my daughter Victoria and niece Yeshema. The message for 2009 is that women are the most […]

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