Once upon a time, I had the pleasure of interviewing writer Lionel Shriver at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. I remember how nervous I was when I saw her sat in a rattan chair, luscious tropical background behind her, sending lazy clouds of smoke into the air from an electronic cigarette (one of the …
Don’t you just hate Valentine’s Day? If you’re single, you wish you had someone to share it with, someone to bring you flowers and chocolate (or to bring to) and kiss and cuddle with on a cold February evening. If you’re in a couple, then you feel like you ought to do something special, but …
Everyone who knows me, would 100% testify that I am the most chilled, friendly and calm person in the world. And if you asked that question, say, five years ago, the answer would have been 100% right. As a the only child of an alcoholic and abusive father and a submissive mother, I grew up …
Dating too much, often feels like eating too much chocolate or like a really bad hangover, when even drinking life-saving water makes you throw up. I certainly felt this way a few times during The Love Project. In fact, the last time I felt disgusted with the way I did not value my time and …
’Personal power is the ability to take action’ – Anthony Robbins One day something happens. It can be something mundane, or something traumatic. One can never tell. But it’s something targeted, like a laser beam aimed at a switch inside your brain. And there’s a sudden click and then the silence that always comes with …
I absolutely love Twitter! Because that’s how I found out about REglam, a fashion magazine that celebrates the glamour, sensuality and ambition of real women in real world. And when they asked me to write an article for them about the relationship between loving your body and finding romantic love, I was totally chuffed. …
I used to be so angry. I used to be so angry when things didn’t work out with a guy. And things didn’t work out with guys a lot. During the year of The Love Project I met a cool guy, David, with whom I went on a few dates. He used to cancel …
The first thing I’ve learnt during my year of research for The Love Project was that I had to love myself if I stood any chance of being loved by anybody else. Or to be able to love someone other than myself. I know it’s hard to believe and even harder to recognise but there …
