Your Delicious Life

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. (Lao-Tse)

Need a Barbie boost? The future's bright

Finally, some Barbie dolls we can relate to:

Hot flush Barbie - Press Barbie's bellybutton and watch her face turn beetroot red while tiny drops of perspiration appear on her forehead. Comes with handheld fan and tiny tissues.

Facial hair Barbie - As Barbie's hormone levels shift, see her whiskers grow. Available with tweezers and magnifying mirror.

Bunion Barbie - Years of dancing in stilettos have taken their toll on Barbie's dainty arched feet. Soothe her sores with the pumice stone then put on her soft slippers.

Flabby arms Barbie - Hide Barbie's droopy triceps with these new, roomier-sleeved gowns.

Mid-life crisis Barbie - It's time to ditch Ken. Barbie needs a change and Alonzo (her personal trainer) is just what the doctor ordered, along with Prozac.

Divorced Barbie - sells for $199.99 and comes with Ken's house, Ken's car and Ken's boat.

Recovery Barbie - Too many parties have finally caught up with the ultimate party girl. Now she does Twelve Steps instead of dance steps. Clean and sober, she's going to meetings religiously.

by Alison Nancye
The more I read, listen to and observe the world around me, the more I realise what an incredibly achievement focussed world we have become. Whilst we have the wonderful Eckhart Tolles of the world promoting the notion of 'being' - quite hard to 'do' but you get there eventually!!! - we are still very focussed on what we need to achieve to afford us the 'luxury' of being.

I'm not saying don't strive for your goals and dreams, I'm just saying take time out along the way to reflect, and recognise what you have already accomplished, experienced and learned about yourself, rather than look at what you haven't accomplished yet.

So with half the year complete I always find this is a wonderful time to take stock of my life so far. Honestly, whenever I do this life-recipe exercise I am blown away what I learn about myself.

Have a go and see how your recipe turns out. And please feel free to post a comment or share this recipe.

Click here to download Alison Nancye's FREE life-recipe sample

If you haven’t seen the ‘Evolution’ commercial now playing as part of Dove’s ‘Campaign for Real Beauty’, you’re missin’ out! Evolution takes an average woman (no make-up or hairstyling) from human to billboard model in just 60 seconds.

The ad uses professional make-up and styling, time lapse photography and photoshop (fotochop) to demonstrate the evolution of beauty we typically see splattered all over billboards and womens magazines.
Get your popcorn ready, then click here to watch the film