Posts in: Change

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

I have lived in Barnet for many years and have watched shops come and go on my High Street. A shopkeeper’s life before… Read More

Posted in Change, Community, Courage, Leadership by Samantha Jayasuriya

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

The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day. The theme for this year is to do one thing for better mental health. … Read More

Posted in Change, Community, Courage, Creativity, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

One step for life without plastic

  3000 BCE and the Titans would have shaken the earth to its core if they could foresee the devastation humans have caused to the… Read More

Posted in Change, Community, Courage, Creativity, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

An Interview with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times

Dr Jenny Goodman is a woman on a mission, with a clear purpose in mind.  I had the opportunity to meet… Read More

Posted in Change, Courage, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

What’s on my bookshelf for summer reading.

I read all year round, but summer in the Northern hemisphere is always a signal for me to give more time for reading. … Read More

Posted in Change, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

Fresh new start

The weeks are zooming past! So much so that the days get chased away, before you know it, the moon… Read More

Posted in Change, Courage by Samantha Jayasuriya

30 days and counting…..

Over 30 days+ of lockdown, what have I learnt this week? I have reminded myself of a core message from my own masterclass. Energy cannot… Read More

Posted in Change, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

Small Steps ….

End of Week 4 home working and my learning has been huge! But rather than HUGE BIG STEPS, I have learnt to take small consistent… Read More

Posted in Change, Courage by Samantha Jayasuriya

Tired, tired and more tired??

Tiredness, plaguing the nations around the world right now.   On a normal day, getting yourself out of a tired emotion would involve… Read More

Posted in Change, Courage, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

What have your learnt this week?

End of another week in lockdown. This week has been a turning point for me. Maybe because I’m in the… Read More

Posted in Change by Samantha Jayasuriya

End of week two – what have your learnt?

The end of week two and counting and for parents, the end of the first week of homeworking with your children. Read More

Posted in Change by Samantha Jayasuriya

Hope

I woke after a fractured nights sleep on the morning of the 23rd June 2016. Blinking blurry eyes,… Read More

Posted in Change, Courage by Samantha Jayasuriya

Snow day

Walking home on one evening the snow was falling thick and fast.  I passed adults turning their head to the sky and smiling,… Read More

Posted in Change, Community, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

Nibble, nibble, scratch, scratch!

Would you want to share your sleep with this particular fellow? I’m pretty sure once you know that this is… Read More

Posted in Change, Courage by Samantha Jayasuriya

Notice, habits, joy

Summer is drawing to a close and in noticing what is happening around me, I have also given thought to the habits that shape this… Read More

Posted in Change, Curiosity by Samantha Jayasuriya

Blue sky thinking

A few years ago, I was inspired by a fellow coach Kirstie McLaclan to undertake a simple act of using my love of writing letters… Read More

Posted in Change by Samantha Jayasuriya

Summer reading just around the corner

There are three books on my shelf at the moment. Two examine raising self-awareness and changing habits to improve wellbeing and build resilience.  The other… Read More

Posted in Change by Samantha Jayasuriya