A few days ago I had an insight about makeup. It was quite an innocent, small thought but it led me to see again that what I think isn’t necessarily true. I was thinking about a friend of mine who I know to be confident, grounded, strong, independent and resilient. Yet she always wears quite a lot of makeup. As I was mulling this over, I thought “That makeup must just be hiding insecurity”. And then the next thought that popped into my head was “On some days I wear makeup bec

There is a lot of focus and talk ‘out there’ about reaching our full ‘potential’. Most times when I read things about this, it feels like a massive pressure is being exerted to have a certain life…or really just to be uber-successful. I wholeheartedly agree that being inspired by others, and having a vision for our lives can be a useful and positive experience. But I find myself asking is there a more peaceful way to reach our full potential? Currently it looks to me that we