I’ve just had the most remarkable spiritual boost from reading a new post by a dear friend of mine, Debra of Spirit of Less.
She has kindly allowed me to repost some of the brilliant interview with Nina Yau – to read it all, please hop over and see her blog.
There are many remarkable entries about ways to simplify your mind and your life by embracing ‘Minimalisation’…
Enjoy savouring all the words!
TSx
via Spirit of Less
Posted in How to Downshift, Tracey Smith
Tagged How to Downshift, Minimalising, Nina Yao
The Women’s Action Network Dorset, WAND for short, have put together a tremendous community event called Dorset Women’s Day and it’s taking place on Saturday March 5th.
They’ve crafted together an invigorating line up of workshops and talks which are happening at the Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester and as their newly appointed Patron, I’m very proud to be opening it!
A Change is Gonna Come
As many of my regular readers know, I’m a very proud Trustee for The National Association for Children of Alcoholics; I was also a child of an alcoholic mother, who passed away on my 40th birthday, or perhaps Mother’s Day; she lay dead for a week before she was found.
Such is the way for so many alcohol dependents. They lock themselves away in a self-imposed bubble of isolation, so as not to trouble, or interact with the world outside.
I must admit, it made the next few birthdays and Mother’s Days particularly tricky to handle emotionally, but as I hurtle towards my 45th birthday, I feel I’m comfortably the other side of that all-encompassing sadness.
Hindsight is a beautiful thing but sometimes, foresight is better.
TSxxx
It's Time for Tale Time
If you missed the original, don’t worry, you can catch the repeat.
Hop 2 hrs 8 mins into Elise Rayner’s Drive Continue reading
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I have to confess, I can’t stand it!
It’s not just the commercial aspect of it that get’s up my beak, it’s more the fact that we’re supposed to be all hearts and flowers to each other on the 14th to show how much we love our partners.
Meantime, in the ‘real’ world, what happens when you’re 20 years married, have a house full of poorly kids, the bills haven’t stopped sliding through the letterbox, you’ve got deadlines to meet, the laundry is stacking up, the dishwasher is on the blink and you’re due on!
This week, my eco-slot on BBC Somerset includes discussion on the library cuts, how to be happy and how to recycle old school text books via Read International.
Click here to listen and move 2 hours 11 minutes into the broadcast to catch the start of my half hour.
TSx
Wipe Out Waste - get your entry IN!
Today I received an urgent call for help from a great friend of mine, Karen Ford, founder of Footprint Friends and the Wipe Out Waste Awards.
She needs ears…ears in plentiful amounts and ideally attached to souls who want to make the world a cleaner, greener place…if it sounds like I’ve described your ears, use your eyes too and read on! Continue reading
Posted in Rubbish and Waste
Tagged Footprint Friends, Rubbish, Tracey Smith, Waste, Wipe Out Waste Awards
Tracey Smith and Elise Rayner discuss the green issues of the day
In case you missed it, Elise Rayner and I had our regular chew of the green cud last night; here’s the iPlayer link which will be available for the coming week.
We also explored the importance of Work / Life Balance and how to take tentative steps towards carving a route to a ‘more fulfilling’ one…that’s definitely worth a listen to…
In fact, not blowing my own trombone, but this could be the most significant Listen Again you digest this week, especially if you’re looking for a way to slow down your pace and save some dosh!
I’m just heading off to BBC Somerset’s studios in Taunton and hope you can join me this evening between 6 and 6.30pm GMT for some eco-chit-chat.
As usual, I’ll be muscling in on the lovely Elise Rayner’s Drive Show and we’ll be deliberating and generally giggling our way through the green issues that have pricked my interest this week.
