The Authenticity Project

by Clare Pooley

‘Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift,’ she’d chant to herself as she brushed her teeth. ‘It’s not happy people who are grateful, it’s grateful people who are happy,’

Meet force with softness. Recipe for life. Now you understand.’ And, strangely, he did.

Mother is a verb, not a noun. I think it means there are many ways to mother without actually being one. Look at you and your café. You nurture loads of people, every day.’