English Actress & Co-founder Hoffman Process UK
When actress Jane Horrocks ‘lost her fun self’, she knew it was time for a change. ‘I felt stuck in my life,’ says the mother of two. Her best friend and fellow actress Serena Gordon is the UK founder of the Hoffman Process, a much raved-about 7-day personal development retreat. Together they explain what makes this holistic and somewhat secretive approach so wonderful. ‘Creatively, I feel brighter and lighter.’
Meditation Expert ‘The hardest bit is the beginning, to get over the restlessness,’ says meditation guru Guy Burgs. But once you’ve mastered it, and your mind becomes coherent, many of the problems you thought you had will disappear. Burgs, who has fast become one of Britain’s leading experts in meditation, quit his fashion business in […]
Daring and Mighty (Female Power!) Katie Phillips has been there: single mum to a child in nappies, burned out, with no income, or place to live. ‘We – especially women – are pros at smiling and keeping up appearances. While I was actually dying inside.’ Through a process of self-help and therapies, Katie discovered her […]
Founders of Addictive Daughter When self-medicating with alcohol, men and drugs no longer worked, Joey Bradford and Persia Lawson decided to ‘sit through this and meet the pain.’ Persia, a daughter of drug addicts, and Joey, drinking and dating from age twelve, became best friends in drama school. After both making an ‘amazing’ inward journey, […]
Held Hostage by the Columbian FARC Ingrid Betancourt became headline news when she was kidnapped by the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC in 2002. The Colombian presidential candidate was held in the jungle, mistreated and tortured, until she, and 14 other hostages, were rescued by the Colombian military six years later. Betancourt, who has a son […]
Founder of YO! Sushi When he was forty, Simon Woodroffe found himself divorcing, without an income, and battling depression. A few years later he stood at the helm of a hugely successful business empire: The YO! Sushi chain and other YO ventures. ‘If someone asks me ‘what inspired you to start YO! Sushi?’ I reply: […]
