Franco and Lisa

Franco and Lisa Esile

Recipe for 'Holy Cow' Brilliant Ideas!

One of my favorite things in the world is to solve a problem (yeah, yeah, challenge) with some wacky completely perfect solution even though woah no-one else has done it like this! But here’s the thing. I used to study science. A lot of science. (Nutritional Science). And science-studying doesn’t teach you about original ideas […]

Ah, And What Exactly is Life All About?

Before I left dear old New Zealand the other day, I met a dear friend for dinner. And we got to talking about just what is the point to all of this. Which is big stuff – and made for a cracking night! Now, I’ve got me some ideas on how to answer these questions. […]

Glory Be Confusion

I’d forgotten this little nugget until recently, when I remembered it again. Forgotten. Remembered. Forgotten. Remembered. Here’s to being confused when you’re confused, and not confused, when you’re not confused. Can life really be this simple? ************* Tip for confusion clearing Notice you’re feeling confused. Don’t judge how you’re feeling, just let it be. Make […]

Want To, Ah, Like Be My Friend?

I’d like to dedicate this post to the idea that we turf out our ‘Friends Rule Book.’ Goodbye rule book Goodbye expectations Hello kind and loving living!

A New Name For a Sort of New Blog

At last, after months of wracking my brains (see how I made that plural) I have a new name for my blog It’s also the name of my new program. (This blog used to be called ‘Art, Ideas & Inspiration, in case you’re completely confused as to what in the heck is going on’) Other […]

It IS Happening …

The thing with your HEART FELT DESIRES – the things you really really really want to happen, for them to show up, you have to know they’re already yours. Which means, even if there’s no actual evidence right now – You gotta be grateful You gotta believe You gotta know … Other ways to up […]

Lesson #1 in Being a Productive Little Doing Nothing Monkey

So you go on holiday you take a pile of books some sudoku crosswords and there are the 18 hands of  Scrabble you’ve got going on your IPhone. You’re going to laze around and do nothing right? Yeah. This is one kind of doing nothing. just not the doing nothing I talk about sometimes. The […]

Been Thinking Really Hard About My Mind …

Well, not too much just enough to write a little E-book, and draw cartoons like this one about learning and change and how your mind doesn’t like any of it even though it pretends it does which is why we stay stuck sometimes holding onto old unhelpful beliefs. From, 7 Secrets Your Mind Doesn’t Want […]

I Hereby Crown 2012 The Year of Doing Nothing!

We all have goals! Which actually is the very point to doing nothing sometimes, because the more you do nothing the more your other non, non-doing goals get done. Like painting the house or starting the book you’ve always wanted to write or oh my god, finally learning how to use Twitter. Then there are […]