I’m a bit tired today but I’ve only got myself to blame. I’ve been out partying! I’ve been at the book launch of my fellow Hay House author and all round good man John Parkin. His new book (written with his beautiful wife Gaia) The Way of Fuck It: The Modern Way to Transform Your Life is as laugh out funny as it is profound.

F**k It? You may ask? What the F**k is that? I’ll let John explain:”F*** it” is the perfect Western expression of the Eastern spiritual philosophy of letting go, giving up and finding real freedom by realising that things don’t matter so much (if at all),’ says John.

John said F*** it to his life and job in 2004, leaving London with his wife and one-year-old twins in a camper van to set up the holistic centre The Hill That Breathes in Italy. He’s developed a philosophy that’s about getting what you really want by rejecting what you ‘should’ do and doing what you want to. I love his work and his attitude and when he came to speak at our Big Life Event back in April, I had a major shift in thinking. As a people pleasing perfectionist, John’s philosophy is like the doorway into a beautiful new world of letting go a bit (in fact a lot) and stepping in the flow. His new book is a perfect Christmas gift but ‘the f**k it philosophy is also a great gift to yourself. “Saying F**K it and giving up on things that are you causing you pain; saying F**k it and following your dreams, no matter what other people think: this is the Way of F**k It,” says John