October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 The Spiral Way The way of the growing soul is not a linear path. We do not slay dragons one after the other, …
October 4, 2024October 5, 2024 Healing. What is it? Healing is love’s discovery in a damaged world. It could be the easing of pain, a dislocation set right, a …
September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 Cracking up…in a good way What do we do with the cracks in our lives? These may be fault-lines in our behaviour or attitudes which …
September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 The incident at Rhodes airport Let me take you to the Greek island of Rhodes; and in particular, the airport. After landing, we nip over …
August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 Climate change Today we ponder two different inner climates – the climate of threat and the climate of possibility. I have known …
August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 Know your place! Sometimes the bad old days can feel quite good. Because in the bad old days, everyone knew their place. The …
August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 Love’s executioner In his therapy memoir, Love’s Executioner, the therapist Irvin Yalom recounts a difficult encounter with a seventy-year-old woman called Thelma. …
July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 Holidays They’re on the beach They’re in the sea They’re wrapped up, stripped off, In a few clothes, in hardly any …
July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 Orchestral manoeuvres in the light To be human is to be an orchestra. And our intent is to make fine music in our ‘one precious …