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 …
June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 The Gate There’s a gate Can you see it up ahead? Maybe you’re already here Wondering, looking, worrying Do I step through? …
June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 On activating our will Can we improve our health by activating our will more often? The will is the part of us that does …