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I recently turned Youtuber to record a few amateur home-made videos for the Fulham Boys School, in London (“FBS”)

First and foremost, I’d like to send positive thoughts for health and wellness your way. My aim with this post is to draw constructive and optimistic points amid the challenges…

Just before the UK Lockdown, I went on a trip to South Asia to volunteer, and I realised how caring for others also means caring for ourselves, self-care. Here is…

I awoke in the middle of the night to reflections swirling in my mind. An interview on the topic of love and relationship. Revealing a night poem on free love.…

It can be a struggle to commit to goals, especially during these tough and somewhat demotivating times of lockdown, fighting the spread of Covid-19. Let’s just pause for a moment…

[As published on Female Entrepreneur Association]. Week 2 of Covid19 self-isolation and we are well into the official Lockdown, here in London. We are all going through a time of…

This one goes out to a special human being who I am so grateful and honoured to call my friend: Leigh Wallett (www.leighwallett.com).  A combination of divine synchronicity and powerful…

As a qualified Company Secretary (“CoSec”) in London who recently qualified as a Life Coach (“Coach”), I was keen to explore what qualities these two professions share. What does a…

Why hiring a Life Coach in London may be the BEST, and most Eco-Friendly Christmas (Xmas) Gift Idea you can find.

When setting up your own business, choosing the right branding is a vital step, and equally important is to make your branding clear to your audience, or you’ll be alone…

Could Life Coaching become a regular and integral part of UK schools’ curriculum to provide Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education? I’m fairly new to the education system and…

I am running a Freedom Coaching for Kids co-curricular club at a Secondary Boys School in London. And I am loving it! It was the first time I introduced my…

Let me tell you about that time I said YES! to hosting a Gr8fool Freedom Coaching stand at the Italian AMA Music Festival. FIRST, SOME GOSSIP… Back in 2005, my…

The 3 months countdown to Christmas has kicked off. How far do you still have to go to reach the goals you set at the start of 2019? How did…

After 4 weeks in France, mostly along the South then up the West coast, on 15 August Peter Van and I returned to the UK for our final leg of…

“If you’re driving back to England via the West Coast of France and Normandy, you must go see the Puy du Fou night show” – recommended Isabelle. I met Isabelle…

I am a Freedom Coach in London and my life coaching focuses on freedom. But what does this actually mean? In 2017, I qualified as a life coach accredited by…

Many of my coaching clients often ask me: How do I overcome performance anxiety? Fear of performing in front of others can affect all of us. Even a talented singer…

Yes, I love life and in return, it keeps on getting better and better. Unbelievably, I have only a few weeks left of my vanlife year with Peter Van (Sponsor:…

Wow, I’ve been living my freedom vanlife for 10 months now! Read all about it here: Vanlife Blog. I am on the road around Europe with an adorable Fiat Ducato…

When I started my year of vanlife around Europe, my sister Lisa asked if Provence was on my itinerary.  Provence was on her list of “must-see in my lifetime” and…

I recently upgraded my life coaching website with a fresh design and lots of new content. To help you navigate through it, and get the very best from it, let…

In my previous vanlife blog (LINK: https://gr8fool.com/greece-beach-life/), I shared photos of incredible beaches I got to experience during my “slow-mo” loop of gorgeous Greece.  I say slow-mo because while exploring…

[WARNING: This post contains a ridiculous amount of beach photos!] When you spend a whole month roaming Greece in a campervan, VANLIFE merges nicely with BEACH-LIFE. My road trip took…

[Interview Post, as published on BOSSBABE] Leigh Fell is the Founder and CEO of Caritas Neuro Solutions, a neuroscience research company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. I had the honour of…

Looking for new lightbulb moments?  I’m really excited to be launching a new range of one-to-one Freedom Coaching Programmes in London, inspired by the London lifestyle yet suitable for all,…

“Rent a Vent” is the name of my new fun coaching session designed to help you reach more freedom, by releasing all that stuff you don’t need and gaining some…

Final vanlife destination of my c. 4 months in Italy? Puglia. The heel of the forever-fashionable Italian boot! I expected to start enjoying some “beach-life” on my last week in…

As featured on Bossbabe! A Laptop lifestyle is increasingly becoming an icon for ‘living the dream’, and many do make that dream come true. I’m sharing my top tips on…

One of my favorite activities during vanlife? Introducing Peter Van and my various adventures to classrooms of enthusiastic kids! How many times through our lives do we hear ourselves say…

A play with words and a sketch on my kitchen’s white board. Gr8fool was originally created for fun to brand one of my first “foolish” adventures in September 2017, when…

If you’re noticing glitches in the current website layout and content, you deserve a big HUG! Thank you so much for visiting.  The website is going through a complete revamp…

Walking the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St James) had been on my mind for a while and it was in January 2018 when I finally committed to it…

Oh, Bella Napoli. You’re the best example of beautiful chaos in Europe and a magnet for synchronicities! I say Europe because when I travelled through New Delhi someone there described…

I lost count of the fairy-tale like Borghi visited over the past month of vanlife, in Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio (Italy). I warn you this post contains an overload of love…

What does the sound of silence look like? How does it feel to observe silence for an entire 10-day Vipassana meditation course? One thing is certain: going silent for the…

BossBabe is a leading online community of female entrepreneurs, loved by over one million followers. And I recently received an amazing set of news – that they named me (London…

Here is an exciting update! I am so happy to share with you the final video that was filmed in Venice during the recent carnival season 2019. I wrote a…

Filming in Venice was such a cool experience. An experience enhanced by the extra vibrant and colourful setting created by the Carnival atmosphere. Video interview I am travelling Europe for…

A fun story about shopping on Tinder for a Venice carnival, costume party. Power of positive attitude!

I often ask coaching clients “What is YOUR definition of success?”. When it comes to the definition we attach many different meanings to ‘success’ and, by default, the meaning of…

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Vanlife is proving to be a great therapy for both my FOMO and JOMO. I’ve suffered from Fear of Missing Out for many years, maybe forever. Before it was recognised…

A trial and fun collaboration with @imortal, to bring you some gr8fool affirmations: “I can achieve greatness I am grateful for everything that I am I am a smart fool!…

I recently met up with my Ex – my ex employer, that is. We had a 16-year working relationship. Work Relationship: A Love Affair? At the moment, I’m solo-touring Europe…

Finding the balance between starting and stopping can be challenging when working on growing your own business or project. Just like a beginner on a motorbike ride. Taking a break,…

Those who know me are well aware that I am all for playing the happy fool, but let’s be serious for a moment.  If you are not already a regular…

Here’s a quick guide on how to restore the real you (your true Self!) by following these top tips, as tried-and-tested by a Freedom Coach. 1. UNDRESS AND GET NAKED…

During my first 3 months of European vanlife, I ventured into German soil three times. I first stopped in Hamburg to visit dear friends on my way from The Netherlands…

Autumn comes to a close today which marks also the completion of my first vanlife season. It’s incredible to think that almost 3 months have passed since picking up Petervan!…

TIME TO PLAN FOR 2019 – BUT CAN WE STILL CHANGE 2018? It’s December and many of us have started planning the New Year ahead. New resolutions, new intentions and…

Round II because I already spent some time in Germany during this campervanning tour of Europe, when I visited friends in Hamburg around Halloween.  In between The Netherlands and Denmark.…

[As published also by the Non Millennial Revolution:  Article Link ] One of my favourite gifts of life is having the freedom to reinvent myself. At any moment I can…

  It’s been a year since clearing my London office desk of 16 years and embarking on an exploration of freedom and adventure, and become a Freedom Coach in London.…

HOW I PLAN MY DESTINATIONS.. I do have a sort of itinerary for my year out with Peter, my campervan.  A general guideline for which countries I hope to visit…

It’s amazing what you can do in 24hours… and how you can shift your mindset! After my first 2 weeks with Peter Van, my travelling campervan, I returned to London…

What does “change” mean to you and how does it make you feel? In October, Isabel (Year 7) took part in a poetry competition organised by her school for National…

Amsterdam, 21 October 2018 I am so grateful to everyone who participated in the competition launched on 12 October to help name my #vanlife companion. The response was incredible. I…

Can you experience love, freedom and fun in launderettes? Yes, you can! Many of us take washing machines for granted and treat them with little respect. Mine in London is…

Hello and welcome to the GR8FOOL VAN NAMING COMPETITION. Help me name my campervan and you get a chance to WIN life-changing Freedom Coaching with yours truly: me! Two weeks…

Friday 5 October 2018.  It’s been a week already since I began my vanlife!  Today I pitched at Gairloch Caravan Park in a beautiful place by the sea in Wester…

Do you believe we can shape our own lives, or are we playing out destined paths? The starting points of our lives can be extremely different for each of us. …

The coaching process is very simple. Your life coach will guide you on a journey from A. your current reality to B. your desired outcome(s), as your best “partner in…

SOME WALK THE TALK. OTHERS RIDE THE CRAZY TALK! One minute I struggle to ride my motorbike to/from work. 7km. The next, I’m planning to ride it all the way…

I am going to share with you some tips on how I’ve changed from feeling frustrated by friends who weren’t quite returning the same treatment, to feeling even more love…

I pickup my cellphone and 4 perfectly identical digits are showing me the time: it’s 11.11, make a wish! WHAT DOES 11.11 MEAN? If you often see a combination of…

EFFECT OF THIRD-OF-LIFE CRISIS? “Are you turning 40 by any chance?”, one or two people dared asking me bluntly, as they were hearing of my life-changing plans.  “Yes, I am…!”.…

Yes, it’s true. From September [2018] I will be travelling solo in a campervan. Destination Europe. This time last year, I was drafting my resignation letter to leave my 9-5…

I am super delighted to have you join my Gr8fool Party. On this website, you will find information on coaching and wellbeing workshops, as well as posts on my personal…

I often get asked what coaching is and whether it is the same as counselling or other forms of support therapies, like mentoring or psychotherapy.  So here is an assignment…

The same evening of my last day at the office, I flew to Kathmandu (Nepal) to join a team of amazing volunteers organised by Not For profit organisation: The Acts…