Getting It Right – And making it work well for you
You will have challenges in your life that you have to overcome, and it doesn’t matter if they are bigger or smaller than the challenges other people have to face. If it’s a challenge, it’s a challenge, and therefore requires some attention. Add to that the fact that there is absolutely no point in comparing […]
Managing Energy – Incorporating all kinds of days
Kim Witten, PhD wrote a great article on Medium entitled “Stop Trying to Manage Your Time”, in which she gave us lots of alternatives to try-out. I particularly liked Dr Witten’s focus on managing energy rather than time, and her reminder that small actions can have a huge impact on our wellbeing (She gave the example of removing a […]
Choices – Driven by experience or expediency
“Only the madman is absolutely sure.” — Robert Anton Wilson Many things fail to launch in our lives. As we grow older, we realise just how long that list is. Even the things we think we know quite well, might just be a small subset of all there is to know on the subject. I […]
An A-Z of Equality – Equal rights and equality of opportunity is everything
A lways thinking about equality can beB etter for everyone, itC an change the world for the better, andD elivers results when positive actions are takenE qual rights and equality of opportunity is everythingF air societies can work better, and that isG reat news for minorities, itH elps the downtroddenI nquiries help to answer questionsJ […]
Taking Time To Tick – Meandering moments
time fliesuntil you startwatching the clockor until you look to seewhere time has gonesee what effect it has hadon your song do you feel that you belong?are you having fun yet?keep on asking foreverbut never, everstop doing whatyou’re doingwhatever that may bethat keeps you feeling youngand helps to keep you free and only when you […]
Writing for Wellbeing – I take a step forward this week
This week, I was accepted on to an MA degree programme on Creative Writing and Wellbeing at Teesside University in the UK. This is not a subject that I am unfamiliar with, particularly as I have spent the last 6 years in a writing group for wellbeing, initially run expertly and independently in UK Bristol […]
Doctor, Doctor – Just exactly what health advice are you giving out
Doctor Jenny, your advice is freeto do all the things good for me and yet, I see your proclivityis to do only dangerous activity like ride off a mountain on a bikecross a fast-flowing river on a hike ignore the no-swim sign to traverse the lakeenjoy smoking rollups with ready-rubbed flake at the weekend, you […]
Turning A New Leaf – Nothing is what it seems
I turn the page,and there you are,somehow new to me. I love your words,your grace, your poise,your absence of chaosand your gentle enticing,away from the pain andweary breakdown ofthe closing of the day. The light fades and youslip from my desperate grip,reminding me of balance,when all I wantis a resting place wherenothing is what it […]
Arrival – Arrival is now
Arrival is now.It has always beennow, and alwaysprovides new learningand refreshed yearningfor a future brightwith possibilities. Arrival is a haltand a reminderthat we are allthe captain ofour own shipand deciderof where she sails,and what shoresseem most attractive. Arrival is hopewithout seeingtoo far ahead.Nothing needs tobe written in advance. Take what you willand leave behindall that […]
Not So Cute – But absolute skill
This cat creeps throughthe lawn and I viewthe slinky muscle flowas she gently goesabout her pursuit I don’t find it cutebut admire stillthe absolute skillof the co-ordinationpresent in this creation She makes her prey screamand I know she will dreamof this particular momentreliving the tormentshe delivers with glee when she sets it freeonly to pounce againand […]