The Power of Keystone Habits

As a new year and indeed a new decade rolls around, many people (myself included) will be considering setting new goals and planning for the year ahead and beyond. Although I do set goals, the actual goal itself doesn’t really occupy much of my day to day thinking. The goals themselves are merely a reflection…

The Impact of Feeding Your Soul

On December 21 last year (the winter solstice), I was lucky enough to attend Soulspace in Dublin that my good friends Gerry Hussey and Miriam Kerins Hussey were running. Towards the end of this very special experience, everyone held a small tea light candle in the palm of their hand with the flame symbolising the…

Nourishing Your Soul

It was late April 2018 on the day in question. I found myself north of the Arctic Circle with 10 teammates on a hiking trip across Baffin Island. With crampons on my boots, I was walking along a frozen river dragging my sled of belongings behind me. It was mid to late afternoon, the temperature…

Atlantic Ocean 2006

Together with my rowing partner, I rowed 2,500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Island of La Gomera to the Caribbean Island of Antigua. The voyage took 85 days and during this time, we experienced tropical storms, the tale end of a hurricane, chronic dehydration, exhaustion, hallucination and a dose of seasickness. Although…