The question we keep asking wrong After more than two decades in medicine, clinical practice, and research, I had the slow realisation that neither alone was enough. I've come to believe most of us are asking the wrong question about health. We ask what should I cut out? when we should ask what can I build in? We ask is this food good or bad? when the honest answer is almost always: it depends on the whole of your life. Healthy living isn't a set of rules. It's a way of relat

"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." — Eugène Ionesco They began not with answers, but with questions — a stream of them, clear and curious, like ripples spreading across still water. “What is stress?” one asked. “How do you define it? What kind of stress? And what do you mean by learning in life — a skill, or a way of thinking?” We were sitting on a bench in Holland Park, where late-summer light slipped through the trees. Children ran past chasing pige

In a sunlit café, a graceful Turkish woman shared how the sea, silence, and small acts of kindness help her find peace. She walks away from conflict, prays softly, and gives quietly — not to be seen, but to stay steady. Her daughter copes differently, turning inward for rest. Two lives, two rhythms — both deeply human. A reflection on calm, resilience, and the quiet power of choosing peace.