able to go to work. I also felt a bit calmer and made my own decision not to go in on the Sunday and go home and answer emails there. I think before I would have gone in anyway whereas I felt I had a bit more clarity and that helped me make a better decision for myself. Have others noticed changes in you since you have been meditating? After the course I went to Cannes to work at the film festival. This is normally pretty stressful as you are living and working in a pressure cooker with several clients all needing things at the same time. It can also be lots of fun but you don't have much time for yourself and by the end I am always pretty burnt out. This year I went to stay with my parents afterwards in the South of France and they both commented on how relaxed they found me compared to previous years. I also cooked a roast for my sister during the meditation weekend and we got on really well. Sometimes we argue but I really felt like the meditation helped that evening. I remember that on the weekend you learned to meditate you were working on a very important and demanding pitch. How did meditation help? I think meditation helped restore clarity and balance. The pitch was all-consuming and a major deal for our company. I had spent the past month or so working round the clock already and had