The power of doing one thing at a time
Over 10 years ago, I interviewed a woman who was addicted to her phone. For context, she was a sales manager who used a BlackBerry phone for work (a fancy, expensive device at the time). Every minute of the interview, her phone pinged with a notification or she received an email alert on her laptop. […]
Cook your way to calm
What activities help you get through tough times? Over the years, I’ve experimented with a range of weird and wonderful stress-busting activities, including yoga, pilates, meditation classes, floatation tanks, massages, acupuncture, and sound healings (to name a few). I’ll be the first to admit that cash-grabbing wellness gurus and advertisers have sucked me in. In […]
Preparing the study mise en place
Do you ever find yourself watching cooking videos instead of cooking? I recently watched a video of Gordan Ramsey cooking a ‘curry in a hurry’ (a butter chicken dish). I was spellbound by the way Ramsey seamlessly cooked this dish. He was in flow and fully focused on the task of cooking the butter chicken. […]