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I’ve long been aware that humans are not fixed, unchanging beings. Taking the physical process of cell reproduction alone, we are...

“Being still does not mean don’t move. It means move in peace.” ~ E’yen A. Gardner ~ A decade ago, I went to Africa, to the Kalihari...

I was out in the fields close to my home a few days ago, and felt as if I was in the middle of nowhere. I am interested to find how...

“I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I’ve been knocking from the inside.” Rumi...

“Balance is not letting anyone else love you less than you love yourself.” In this second article this week about balance and...

I guess most people will be familiar with the heady sensations of the early days of an affair of the heart. That time when our lover...

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken” Oscar Wilde Naturally, we all intend to be who we are, to be true to who and what we are,...

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen This mental health awareness week, let’s end the myth that...

When clients attend their first therapy session, one of the important aspects of our initial encounter is to give them space to tell the...

‘The days are long but the years are short’ It’s an often quoted truth that sometimes, although days seem to go on forever and to drag,...

As I sit here, rain is drumming on the velux window in my dining room ceiling. I love the height of this room, not just for the sense of...

Meditation is not about clearing your mind. It’s not about control. It’s about perspective. Meditation is about finding the stillness...

I hear continual narratives about what has changed as a result of covid-19, the lockdown and the grim reality of loss of life on a scale...

I’ve been reflecting this week on the creative tension between having a clear sense of direction and goals, and of letting life emerge...

“They come, they blow, they go” Mooji I was listening to a youtube video the other day, and came across this pithy phrase to describe...

Counting gratitudes is an often mentioned positive psychology exercise that is known to support well-being. Today I want to say a few...

I was recently reminded of a beautiful meditation from the late Thich Naht Hahn. It is simple, and elegant, and for me has a significant...

It’s common for people to want to feel particular ways. Happy, calm, peaceful, who would not want to feel good? In reality, all...

Death is in the news in an unprecedented way, for we walk in uncharted territory. I’ve noticed that the daily reports of large numbers...

“When we learn to move beyond mistaken concepts and see clearly, we no longer solidify reality. We see waves coming and going, arising...