Paula Johnson

A writing retreat is more than just a change of scenery - it can be the spark that reignites your passion and creativity.

Writing a journal is a great way to keep memories of moments past from slipping completely from existence...

Words have power. Truly. And so every year around this time, I've usually been thinking of my WORD for the next year.

28 September 2024 is a day of remembrance. A day where I slow down and reflect on the man that was my dad.

Writing a book or a legacy piece is an incredibly powerful experience.

There's always pros and cons to exploring a new destination, but you can always guarantee travel will teach you something...

It's that time of the year again where I start taking stock of the year that's been and the energy I want to bring in and embody

It's that time of the year again (already?!) where I start taking stock of the year that's been and the energy I want to bring in and embody for the new one... I've been doing this for 12 years now and it's absolutely part of the the secret sauce for living an intentional life. My word for 2023 was E X P A N S I O N and boy did I expand! There was a lot I covered off this year: Self-publishing my book after 11 years in the making. You don't know what you don't know and there

I've had a good lesson in jumping to conclusions and assuming this week. I’ve been staying a small hotel in Ubud that I've not been at before. As with many places you select to stay, the photos online often don't match the reality. At first glance I was disappointed, but once I had settled into my new surroundings, it was fine. The bonus being it was central to town and easy walking distance to most of the places I wanted to go. “Change The Way You Look At Things And The Thin

My first week in Bali has now rolled into week 2. So, how's it going? Well, pretty much everything I had imagined it would be has not come to pass. For one, the weather has been unsettled and very unseasonably wet, so my image of lizarding by the swimming pool, doing a spot of sunbathing and swimming, sleeping and reading hasn't happened. I've managed to do that for maybe two hours in total in the 10 days I’ve been here. The rest of the time it's been pretty wet, and you can'

It's been an interesting arrival back in Bali. I wondered how I was going to feel coming back after five years away. Knowing Bali has been like my soul home and means so much to me, I was curious as to how I would feel when I finally got back here. “You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.” Azar Naf

"Slowing down your pace is the single best way to run longer without stopping. Rather than focusing on your pace at all, focus on your effort level." (from marathonhandbook.com) I've wondered why I've hit the wall today... thinking it was because I've had a super busy few weeks juggling work and getting my book to the next stage... this last week being particularly hard out. Then I realised... I've just today sent my baby off to the PROOF READER (another massive milestone rea