Samantha Jayasuriya

Now and then

Change, Community, Courage, Creativity, Curiosity, Self-awareness, Self-knowledge11 December 2024582Views 0Likes 0Comments

Twenty-five years ago, Carl and I got married, and what a day we had! It poured with rain all day, though my half-French husband-to-be assured me that this, according to the French, was a sign of good luck… and he was right!

Ofsted needs to be Ousted

Courage, Leadership18 March 2023382Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Friday 17th March I read with horror about the death of a head teacher in England who took her own life after an Ofsted inspection on the school she was leading. In the words of her family: ‘Ruth Perry was a mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunty, niece, sister-in-law, friend.’ That newspaper report took me…

Summer through the lens of Qigong and Chinese medicine – Gabriela Alvarez

Curiosity, Self-awareness, Self-discovery, Self-knowledge10 July 2022334Views 0Likes 0Comments

I am so happy to feature Gabriela Alvarez on my blog page this month. Gabriela is a certified Somatic coach and qigong practitioner. She has been co-leading my seasonal wellbeing workshops this year. Living at the frontier, between excitement and serenity. Through the lens of Chinese medicine and Qigong. “I have a commitment to being at the frontier,…

Savouring

Change7 October 2021453Views 0Likes 0Comments

As I walked, I had to step around the bodies. Standing still, faces bathed in a golden glow. Cameras out pointing to the sky. I glanced up, the clouds high, puffy and white against a deep blue sky. That blue sky that I love so much accompanied me on my journey. I walked on a…

Today is a gift that is why it is called ‘The Present.’

Change, Community, Courage, Leadership9 August 2021489Views 0Likes 0Comments

I have lived in Barnet for many years and have watched shops come and go on my High Street. A shopkeeper’s life before the pandemic was already a challenge, with rising rents and reducing footfalls. There have been plenty of initiatives – from government, local councils as well as celebrities – to highlight the benefits…

Community2 April 2021315Views 0Likes 0Comments

What’s important to me. Time to share with you the causes I believe in and what I do to support their work. If someone asked me where I came from, before going into a convoluted answer of being British, of Sri Lankan heritage plus a bit of this and that thrown into my genes, I probably…

Working from home? How are your employees feeling right now

Community, Courage, Leadership, Leadership development17 February 2021368Views 0Likes 0Comments

For many, working from home may have been ‘living the dream’ in pre-pandemic times but this new daily reality has now opened the eyes of many workers around the world. Sitting in their kitchens, their bedrooms or their home offices, instead of being distracted by the chatter in the office, their thoughts have gone inwards;…

February virtual gift to you all

Courage, Creativity4 February 2021368Views 0Likes 0Comments

A virtual gift for all of you. After feeling and seeing the pressures that so many of you are under right now, I thought this might help. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………... I want you to cast your mind back your most favourite sweet shop. Now go to that place where you would find a lot of children and…

Naturally Wild Girl

Courage, Creativity, Curiosity27 November 2020379Views 0Likes 0Comments

'@Naturallywildgirl deserves perseverance as her middle name. Alexandra Dodds is a wildlife photographer. She is an experienced fieldworker with a history of working in the environmental sector. She has worked for a number of environmental and conservation charities and has a passion for natural history. Currently based on Bird Island - South Georgia in the Southern…

The Ripple Effect

Courage27 November 2020372Views 0Likes 0Comments

A surplus of empty jam jars led to a meeting with the wonderful Kathryn Joy who answered a call-out on my Facebook page. She was keen to use them for her homemade plum jam. Just like a stone dropped in a pond, the jars acted like a ripple effect on our conversation. When you catch…

It is World Mental Health Awareness Day Saturday 10th October 2020

Change, Community, Courage, Creativity, Curiosity9 October 2020339Views 0Likes 0Comments

The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day. The theme for this year is to do one thing for better mental health. According to research at Mind of 16,000 people, half of the adults and over two-thirds of young people said their mental health got worse during lockdown. All week I have been posting…

One step for life without plastic

Change, Community, Courage, Creativity, Curiosity23 September 2020398Views 0Likes 0Comments

3000 BCE and the Titans would have shaken the earth to its core if they could foresee the devastation humans have caused to the world. One woman is doing her bit to rebalance the perils of single-use plastic waste in the form of a zero-waste store. Admantia Theodoros has opened up Kronos & Rhea in…

Now and then

Ofsted needs to be Ousted

Summer through the lens of Qigong and Chinese medicine – Gabriela Alvarez

Savouring

Today is a gift that is why it is called ‘The Present.’

Working from home? How are your employees feeling right now

February virtual gift to you all

Naturally Wild Girl

The Ripple Effect

It is World Mental Health Awareness Day Saturday 10th October 2020

One step for life without plastic

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