8 gifts of inspiration from Save Me from the Waves  

By Lesley | March 27, 2024 | 2 Comments

A new book from Jessica Hepburn is always a joy & I was honoured to attend the launch of Save Me from the Waves. If you don’t know Jessica, she’s the author of 2 previous books ‘The Pursuit of Motherhood ‘which described her journey through 11 failed IVF attempts, & ’21 Miles; swimming in search of the meaning of Motherhood’ cataloguing swimming the English Channel & answering the question ‘does motherhood make you happy?’ Since then, she has become the first woman in the world to achieve ‘The Sea, Street, Summit Challenge’ – swim the English Channel, run a road marathon (London) and summit Mount Everest (or Chomolungma as she calls it, which is the original Tibetan name) plus she’s listened to every episode of Desert Island Discs. Save Me from the Waves describes these last 3 challenges. If (or hopefully when) you read Save Me from the Waves you’ll realise that lists are important to Jessica & the magic number in a list according to Desert Island Discs is 8, so what better way to celebrate the book than listing the 8 gifts of inspiration I received from reading it. 1. Answering the question ‘what do I want’ will change your life. Jessica describes how hearing Jimmy Carr say, ‘What do you want?’ changed her life & it’s a question I’ve asked myself regularly over the years. It’s a big question & tempting to avoid as we distract ourselves by living day to day. It takes commitment to step … Read more

a moment of self-compassion can change your day. A string of such moments can change the course of your entire life.

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