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Life Without a Tie
Do you ever feel as if your home, career, partner, family and friends tie you down? What if you were to let go of just one of these? How about all of them? How could you direct yourself without your usual, predictable conditions, comforts, and familiar routines?
In 2005, shattered by divorce and the loss of my father, that became my challenge. I let go of being a successful business leader to embark on a journey of reinvention by taking a six-month sabbatical. However, life had another plan for me. My nomadic adventure unexpectedly lasted fourteen years.
In Life Without A Tie, you'll read how a random, unforeseen series of events helped me strengthen my inner guidance, deepen my humanity, and forge a new, authentic path. From London to Chiang Mai, New York, the Himalayas and beyond, we'll relive the journey together. I'll share the highs and lows, the tears and laughter, and the principles which guided me throughout. I've reflected on and captured the insights and wisdom gained in each step, and I've also included my six rules for happiness, which I hope may encourage you to discover your own.
In 2005, shattered by divorce and the loss of my father, that became my challenge. I let go of being a successful business leader to embark on a journey of reinvention by taking a six-month sabbatical. However, life had another plan for me. My nomadic adventure unexpectedly lasted fourteen years.
In Life Without A Tie, you'll read how a random, unforeseen series of events helped me strengthen my inner guidance, deepen my humanity, and forge a new, authentic path. From London to Chiang Mai, New York, the Himalayas and beyond, we'll relive the journey together. I'll share the highs and lows, the tears and laughter, and the principles which guided me throughout. I've reflected on and captured the insights and wisdom gained in each step, and I've also included my six rules for happiness, which I hope may encourage you to discover your own.
566 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2022
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June 25, 2023
Definitely a book to read in small chunks and over time - if you’re like me and like to really think about what you’re reading and like to live with those thoughts, rather than racing through the text.
This is a fascinating account of transitioning from one way of life to another, with all of the decisions, the behaviour, the consequences plus the cultures and the people encountered along the way described.
So many of the experiences such as Vipassana, Plum Village, the Camino and others, are things I’d like to do in my potential remaining 7300+ days (I’m doing my best to look far beyond that, living a life that preferably doubles it) and reading about them here has re-highlighted them for me.
There are things holding me back - ties I struggle to break, don’t want to break perhaps, or am just not quite ready to address. But some progress has been made in my thinking, which is affecting my behaviour and the consequences.
The final chapter and the Appendices are very useful, allowing for another deep rethink. I’m sure that this is a book I’ll be dipping back into again and again and again!
This is a fascinating account of transitioning from one way of life to another, with all of the decisions, the behaviour, the consequences plus the cultures and the people encountered along the way described.
So many of the experiences such as Vipassana, Plum Village, the Camino and others, are things I’d like to do in my potential remaining 7300+ days (I’m doing my best to look far beyond that, living a life that preferably doubles it) and reading about them here has re-highlighted them for me.
There are things holding me back - ties I struggle to break, don’t want to break perhaps, or am just not quite ready to address. But some progress has been made in my thinking, which is affecting my behaviour and the consequences.
The final chapter and the Appendices are very useful, allowing for another deep rethink. I’m sure that this is a book I’ll be dipping back into again and again and again!
February 7, 2026
I would not usually rate a non- fiction book, but I brought this book after meeting the author at an event. I was intrigued to read Ray's story.
Life without a Tie to me was more than just a memoire, as it had throughout the book questions that also made you reflect on yourself and your life journey, which I liked.
I liked how the book was written and took my time with it. It is a book that I will dip back in and out of to reflect on certain elements or events of my own life.
Life without a Tie to me was more than just a memoire, as it had throughout the book questions that also made you reflect on yourself and your life journey, which I liked.
I liked how the book was written and took my time with it. It is a book that I will dip back in and out of to reflect on certain elements or events of my own life.
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