Liz's Diary
Welcome to the beautiful, golden month of October. Clear blue skies, red and yellow foliage, crisp clean air and that unique, cinnamon-infused autumnal feeling that belongs to this special season.
For TEMPLESPA, October is our wellness month. This doesn’t mean we’re not dedicated to a lifestyle of wellness all year round, but for us, it’s good to have a particular focus that reminds us to do that holistic health-check including our precious minds.
We have enjoyed ...
Welcome to sparkly beautiful SEPTEMBER, let’s hope and pray we have an Indian Summer!
I was brought up in Suffolk on a farm, so it was for us the significant month of harvest, scary big combine harvesters, gathering the crops and making multiple visits to the grain merchants. Even though I was a little tot, I became part of the excitement and sensed the importance of this time of year. To this day I get a buzz out of seeing the straw bales rolled up on a field, witnessing the wonder of creation ...
Dear Friends,
Welcome to Awesome August! August means my veggie patch is abundant and with a glut of courgettes, I thought you might like to share 3 of my favourite and super-easy recipes.
Dear friends
Welcome to the beautiful month of July, the epitome of ‘Britishness’. Croquet, Pimms on the lawn, Wimbledon, outdoor picnics, evening bike rides, strawberries & cream, paddling in the sea, fruit picking and barbecuing EVERYTHING in sight!
We always had our family vacations in July and to this day, even though I live near the beach, anytime I see sand and breathe in the salty sea air I am transported to my childhood ...
Dear friends
Welcome to June, my favourite month! My lovely Mark has a big birthday on 2nd June and mine is on 3rd (not big!), so it will be a special celebration for us this year in a real hotel, a real restaurant inside, with real people…joy.
Last month I wrote to you about ‘emerging’ from the craziness of the last year and this month, my reflections have taken me to the next phase on that journey which is to go from ‘STRENGTH TO STRENGTH’.
This might ...
For sure, the past year will go down in history as one of the strangest we have ever experienced and certainly one that none of us will ever forget.
Wherever you find yourself reading this, either having come through this period unscathed, perhaps even flourishing in some way during this time, conversely with scars of great loss and trauma, or somewhere in between it all, one thing that could massively affect our future is how we are able to EMERGE from it.
The dictionary definition ...
WELCOME SPRING
APRIL and the month we celebrate EASTER. Hmmm…the very word brings a sense of peace and hope. It heralds Spring and our love of lighter evenings, birdsong, buds and flowers bursting forth in gardens, hedgerows and of course, the four-day weekend with a nice long time to rejuvenate, reflect, relax and welcome the next season.
TRANSITION
Even though there’s no question we would all have preferred the opportunity to open our homes ...
With this month celebrating International Women’s Day on 8th March, my mind turns to those women of substance I have known in my life.
I wonder who comes to mind when you think of great women? If you’re anything like me, you don’t have to travel too far from home. Although not with me anymore, I am so grateful to an incredible mother who inspired me with her inner beauty and grace, her fortitude and strength and her fierce loyalty for her family ...