Dear Reader,
There are some days where things feel… a bit stuck. And there are days where things move. Some days it's both. Like the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu said. We laugh. And we also cry.
This week for me there have been a few dips, a few doubts, some tears, some release, and underneath it all, a sense that things are moving.
Today, an unexpected theme kept showing up. As beauty does.
Blue.
A book arrived - Do/ Blue from the Do Lectures series.
Then more blue, in completely different places.
Butterfly wings. A beautiful conversation. Invisibility cloaks. Light, bending and scattering in ways that make things visible… or not. Aphantasia.
There’s a lot to explore about perception. About what we see - and what we don’t. How we model things in our minds. And how, when things slow down, a deeper layer reveals itself.
Things are not always as they seem. Often they're waaay better.
Tomorrow, I start another 6-week surf therapy course. Blue health at its best. A new group of young people. Different stories, different challenges. And yet I'm sure it will be the same underlying shift, same as always: A little more calm. Then, more confidence. A lot of smiles, even on the faces that haven't worn them in a long time.
Overall - more belief in what’s possible. It’s powerful, magical, beautiful to witness, and to be a part of. And yet it's so natural.
Things are stepping up with me too. My own self-belief is expanding. This summer, I’ll be bringing The Calm Advantage to Verve Festival, and to Homewood House near Bath. And then the Hypno Haven at Paradhis - a symphony of music and wellbeing.
Resonating calm around the world and speaking of which, in very exciting news also in today (it's been a good day!) a major national festival just invited me to share what I'm calling:
A World of Calm: music, mind and modern hypnotherapy
More on that soonest. But before all of that…
There are a few places left for The Calm Advantage on 23rd April.
A room full of thoughtful people. A chance to step out of the noise. To experience all this immersively and first hand. To think clearly. To feel calm - and to create more calm in this wonderful blue world. If you’ve been meaning to come, this is the moment.
It's next Thursday.
It’s funny. We celebrate intensity. And that has it's place, for sure. But it’s when things settle - even slightly, amidst noise - that things really starts to work. It seems mysterious sometimes. But there is a lot of science that backs it up.
It's when we're most relaxed that we are most effective.
Calm isn’t the absence of something else. It’s the presence of something deeper.
Right now, it feels like that’s building.
Thanks for coming with me. And if you don't already follow me on LinkedIn that's a great place to keep up with my day to day thoughts and expeditions.
Have a wonderful weekend. And please let me know any thoughts, ideas, questions, or favourite colours. I love hearing from you and will definitely read, contemplate and respond. Let's talk.
Best wishes,
Adam
