Here’s the honest version.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s the real stuff – the things I’ve learned (and unlearned) on the way from stressed-out to steady, distracted to focused, and frankly, from knackered to curious again.

You’ll find thoughts on wellness, mindset, cold therapy, ADHD, building a business with my wife, and figuring out how to be useful in the world without losing yourself in the process.

I’m not an expert. I’m a work-in-progress with a decent wifi signal and some hard-won lessons worth sharing.

If any of it helps you feel a little less alone or a little more clear – job done.

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Mental Breakthrough (breakdown with a positive ending)

by admin | October 27, 2018 | Journey | 0 Comments

There’s a moment – or sometimes a slow, creeping series of them – where life gives you no choice but to stop. For me, that moment came in late October 2018. From the outside, I’d ticked a lot of the boxes: the bigger house, the faster car, a family I adored. I was...

I Found Reiki

by admin | March 10, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

If you’d told me a few months earlier that I’d be lying on a treatment bed, surrounded by silence, with someone “moving energy” through my body - I’d have probably smiled politely while quietly questioning your sanity. But in March 2019, I ended up in just that...

The Race That Changed it All

by admin | May 28, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

May 2019. I wasn’t doing well. I didn’t know what the next step was meant to be. I was unravelled, going through the motions. But if there was one thing that still lit me up, it was motorsport. Always had. Since the mid-80s, I’d been glued to the F1 with my dad – a...

Received Reiki Treatments Frequently

by admin | June 26, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

There’s a curious thing that happens when you start to take your own wellbeing seriously: the more you tune in, the more you realise just how much noise you’ve been living with. After my first experience with Reiki, I kept going back. Not out of obligation, but...

When You Don’t Know the Rules

by admin | June 30, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

After a few months of receiving Reiki from my massage therapist - and realising that whatever this strange practice was, it seemed to be helping - she suggested I meet her teacher. “If you enjoy what I do,” she said, “you’ll love what she does.” As always, I thought,...

The Strangest Club I Ever Joined (Reiki Shares)

by admin | September 15, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

Before I moved on to Reiki Level Two, there was this odd but strangely comforting in-between phase - the Reiki share. If you’re unfamiliar, Reiki shares are informal meet-ups where people come together to practise Reiki on each other. Sounds simple enough. But what I...

Learning to Listen (Reiki Level One)

by admin | September 22, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

By the time autumn rolled around in 2019, I’d reached a tipping point. Reiki was no longer just something that happened to me - it was something I felt connected to. I’d spent months on the treatment bed, letting go, peeling back layers I didn’t even realise I was...

Reiki Level Two: Slowing Down to Go Deeper

by admin | November 4, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

If Reiki 1 was about awakening something within me, Reiki 2 was about expanding it - taking the foundations and learning to work with them at a deeper, more intentional level. By November 2019, I was “ready” - or at least, I thought I was. The truth is, I was still...

The Pub in the Garden

by admin | December 6, 2019 | Journey | 0 Comments

In the years before this whole journey began, I thought I loved a good time. Big fanfare. People around me. Laughter, music, drinks flowing. I liked being the centre of attention – or at least, that’s what I told myself. Looking back, I realise I didn’t actually love...

From Pub to Practice

by admin | January 10, 2020 | Journey | 0 Comments

That Christmas was different. The pub was closed. Literally and figuratively. I’d made the decision that I didn’t need randoms in my life anymore. The parade of acquaintances, the ceremonial ego displays - they were done. And in their place was something I’d forgotten...

Mental Health First Aid

by admin | January 29, 2020 | Journey | 0 Comments

It was early 2020 when I signed up for Mental Health First Aid training. At the time, I didn’t really know why - only that something inside me said you need this. I wasn’t in a formal role that required it. It wasn’t about ticking a box. I just had a sense that this...

Lockdown Walks & Remembering What Matters

by admin | May 1, 2020 | Journey | 0 Comments

When the world stopped, everything got quiet – except my head. Early 2020 hit like a brick. One minute I was building momentum - Reiki sessions, new routines, the faint sense that I might finally be getting somewhere - and the next, it was all cancelled. Literally. I...

Finding My Breath

by admin | May 15, 2020 | Journey | 0 Comments

It’s wild really - we breathe every minute of our lives, but most of us never stop to think about how we’re doing it. Or that we even could think about it. But lockdown had me doing all sorts. I’d already started walking more, slowing down, trying to reconnect with...

The Ice Bath Experiment

by admin | January 24, 2023 | Journey | 0 Comments

I didn’t start with a cold shower. In fact, I hated the idea. Still do. Showers are supposed to be warm, right? Comfortable. Civilised. But I’ve always loved being near the sea. We live on an island, after all. Swimming in the sea was just something we did now and...

Gut Health and Mental Health: Why Looking After My Gut Changed Everything

by admin | September 1, 2025 | Journey | 0 Comments

A few years ago, I hit a point where I just wasn’t myself. Stress, poor sleep, low energy, and a heavy fog around my mental health had crept in. I’ve shared parts of that journey before – the low points, the wake-up calls, and the slow climb back. What I haven’t...

Trauma-Informed: More Than Just a Buzzword

by admin | September 1, 2025 | Journey | 0 Comments

“Trauma-informed” has become one of those phrases you hear everywhere. Wellness practitioners, coaches, even whole organisations are using it to describe themselves. And on the face of it, that’s brilliant - it shows we’re finally talking openly about how past...

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