Here is your weekly dose of three things that have impressed me during the week or that I am contemplating. 

Something Very Special For You - 
This year I am travelling quite a bit - right now I am writing to you from India! More and more people are asking me to come and do talks all over the world. I am really keen to do talks especially for the people who are students of my programs and their friends and family. I'm getting very close to launching my new online course about Happiness and we've done a few intimate talks in California for friends and families of my students about this new program. It has been so special for everyone.

Here is your weekly dose of three things that have impressed me during the week or that I am contemplating. 

My favourite article of this week - 
Cellphones at the dinner table? An etiquette expert weighs in - I don't know how you are but I get a little frustrated when people bring their cellphones to the dinner table. I want my friends to be present with me, not off somewhere else. So I was very curious to see what an etiquette expert had to say about exactly this. 

Here is your weekly dose of three things that have impressed me during the week or that I am contemplating. 

My favourite article of this week - 
You have to forgive me because I don't mean to brag about my home country of New Zealand. But right now Jacinda Ardern, our 38 year old mother of baby Neve and the nation, is once again all over the news in the UK. The papers are filled with articles about her.

Here is your weekly dose of three things that have impressed me during the week or that I am contemplating. 

My favourite book of this week - 
I feel so fortunate to have spent time with the author of this book, Ocean Robbins, on a number of occasions. He is an incredible human being and has an amazing story. Ocean Robbins’ grandfather founded Baskin-Robbins (the ice cream company). His father, John Robbins, grew up with an ice cream cone shaped swimming pool (can you believe it) but then walked away from the family company and fortune to live for over a decade on an island in Canada on only $1,000 a year while writing bestselling books like Diet for a New America and becoming a world renowned health advocate. He has been one of my heroes and health mentors for most of my life. 

Here is your weekly dose of three things that have impressed me during the week or that I am contemplating. 

My favourite resource of this week - 
The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2018 - I love a good podcast! And if you do this is the essential list for you to delve into....

Here is your weekly dose of three things that have impressed me during the week or that I am contemplating. 

My favourite article of this week - 
‘Our faith will be lost if we adopt technology’: can the Amish resist the modern world? This is a fascinating article about the Amish community in the USA who turn their backs on not only technology but also the trappings of modern life. I've always been intrigued by the Amish community due to their ability to live in the western world completely differently from most of us. As with anything there are pros and cons to all types of lifestyles. But there is much to learn from each other's differences.