Bustamite is found with Sugilite and Richterite in Sth Africa and consequently is sometimes called “Pink Sugilite”.

It is a beautiful pink colour – very different to sugilite both in colour and uses. Its used mostly as a stimulant – stimulating the heart chakra, re-aligning energy channels and stimulating self healing.

So its terrific if you have low energy or a depleted immune system – or even if you just need to kick-start healing quickly.

When You Can’t Leave: Designing for the Flight Reflex in Airports, Venues, and Hospitals

When You Can’t Leave: Designing for the Flight Reflex in Airports, Venues, and Hospitals

In high-stimulus public spaces, our bodies do more than react – they strategise.
Airports, hospitals, and stadiums all evoke subtle “Flight” responses: scanning, pacing, early exits.
Understanding how threat appraisal drives behaviour can help architects and planners design calmer spaces – and reveal why relaxation, not excitement, predicts dwell, spend, and satisfaction.

The Last Ten Minutes of Luxury

The Last Ten Minutes of Luxury

Guests pay for days yet remember minutes. The peak end rule explains why a stay often lives or dies on one high moment and the day of departure. What works, what fails, and how to design the arc so memory carries your brand home.

Swiss Cheese Thinking: From Disaster Metaphor to Strategic Advantage

Swiss Cheese Thinking: From Disaster Metaphor to Strategic Advantage

We use the Swiss Cheese Model to explain how failures happen—but what if we flipped it? This article explores how Swiss Cheese Thinking can transform traditional strategic planning into a resilience-based, investor-grade framework that absorbs shocks instead of collapsing under them.