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Monthly Archive for December, 2009

The Christmas Special

The Must Listen podcast is the Christmas Special. At least 20 minutes went into the preparation of the this audio bonanza, which is 19 minutes more than usual. Honest. Find out who are the best fighters on the podcast in the only way these matters are ever settled, a competition but not as you know. [...]

 
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Pearls

I thought it might be nice this week on the penultimate newsletter of 2009 to have a guest article from my lovely friend Wael. Actually it is not an article as such, but a poem. My friend lives in Dubai, and this piece was sculpted after he completed my masterclass. Despite the fact that we [...]

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Serving Goose

In the world of the Must Listen podcast there much thought about Christmas. blagging presents, eating Goose, hating the season and an answer to the question; If violence serves no one, why learn to defend your self? It’s serious Info-Tainment.

 
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The Village Fool

Me and my wife Sharon were at dinner with an old friend recently when she started lamenting about the fact that everyone these days was letting her down, her family especially. As she warmed to her subject she gave us examples of her angst; forgotten birthdays, calls not returned and favours not proffered by friends [...]

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A beer and a pizza and a…

In this weeks Must Listen podcast Susan Boyle makes an appearance. Well, not in the flesh but her music and story illuminate the beginning of the podcast. There are a number of bad gags up to the usual low standard of comedy and a few self-help myths exploded. It’s all in this weeks dose of [...]

 
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A Beer, a Pizza and a good Wank!

During a difficult period some years ago I walked around Coombe abbey with my old friend Tony Somers and we talked. It was a good time for me because I was very depressed, and although I was suffering I knew that the depression was purifying (all the depressed parts of me were leaving), even in [...]

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Geoff on Ebay

Just to let you know Geoff has three sets of his books and DVD’s on Ebay right now, have a look and see if you can win yourself a Christmas bargain. Full set of Geoff Thompson Books worth over £300 – http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180440892389&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT Full Set of Geoff Thompson DVD’s worth over £500 (Includes the Masterclass 6 [...]

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Safe Hiding Places

We all need Safe Places, right? In this weeks Must Read article Geoff Thompson suggests rather than having such Safe Places to rest and relax in, to enjoy and have time to reflect we use our Safe Places as a place to hide when the going gets tough. It’s a good point isn’t it? In [...]

 
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Safe Places

‘We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments; under the most perfect conditions, under conditions of greatest courage, we enjoy and even thrill to the god-like possibilities we see in ourselves at such peak moments, and yet simultaneously shiver with weakness, awe and fear before the same [...]

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