Christmas is supposed to be the season of peace and good will – isn’t it? So how come that translates into an orgy of overspending, cooking, cleaning and shopping that has you weeping into the turkey with pure exhaustion on Christmas day? Over the coming weeks on the run up to Christmas, I wanted to create an online programme that will challenge you to create a new way of being and to challenge the thoughts that create the exhaustion.

I will be posting you short exercises, inspirational quotes over the coming days to see if we can train your brain for inner peace. But for today, I want you to write a list of ’10 things I love about Christmas’ and ’10 things I hate about Christmas’. And that’s all. Make sure there are 10 on each list. I will explain more in the next post.