Drunken Stories I’ll Never Tell

Ahead of my January detox, and to answer some critics about the efficacy of a month long cleansing I wanted to write a post about how ‘Moderation’ in the past while a nice idea in principle, rarely works for me. To illustrate this fact I could write a pain inducing, cringe worthy post about the […]

Dry January – Not another Detox!

Crippled finances and the need to give my body a well earned rest after the travails of a wild 2014 have prompted me to pin the month of January as alcohol-free. I’m not one for making New Years resolutions because more often than not, they fall flat on their arse. However I am a firm […]

The Mind Medicine Room

I was a self-help junkie. In my late teens and early twenties, as I struggled with carving my own little identity in the big bad world, I leaned on my mentors for advice. Anthony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Napoleon Hill, NLP’s co-creator Richard Bandler et al did their best to steer me on the right path. I devoured everything […]

Swapping Snickers for Sneakers – Marathon Training for Virgin Runners

The first (and only) marathon I ever completed was eleven years ago. I was halfway into my college course at University and firmly entrenched in the student lifestyle of boozing, binging and exercising my fingers on speed dial for the local Chinese takeaway. Fortunately I had enough self-awareness to catch myself and realise that I needed to haul ass out […]