When something connects
Sometimes something connects with a need inside us and does it in such a beautiful, simple way that we cannot imagine having …
Stopping
One reason for getting a puppy was because I enjoy walking and somehow having a canine companion felt right. And I do …
Sustainable Change project – when puppy and community are one!
The lovely Ethical Pets are helping me work out what items they do that would be good for Bobby. I’ve also found …
Self development: Moving away from the self and towards the interconnected self
One of the first issues I identify in my book about self development is that, well frankly, it can all be a …
Sustainable change project month 3 – Community: A last minute success!
A little success Well sometimes life has a funny way of delivering what you hope for, right at the final moment. There …
Is it about…..? Perspectives from poetry
Warning! By the end of this post you may not have understood anything more than the meaning you have given to it. What??? …
What are friends for?
Back in March, Oliver Burkeman wrote an interesting piece in The Guardian ‘Are our friends really just marketing tools..’. He talks about …
Loneliness, belonging and community
This week the Mental Health Foundation reported that more people of all ages are feeling lonely. Partly this is attributed to a …
Setting the tone
This week I’ve been in two situations where someone has negatively affected the emotional ether around them. The first was a delegate …
TA on the train
Transactional Analysis is a useful tool for understanding relationships. It helps us to understand some of the patterns we fall into when …