My friend, Marigold, from the Sustainably Creative forum, sent me a lovely poem in response to the last podcast. It’s theme, about the changing of the seasons, reminded me of Cherry Blossom. Sometime last year I did a visualisation with my Ecopsychology mentor in which cherry blossom appeared, as part [...]
Ah, I’m having one of those obstructive technology hours. There’s no photo on this post because it won’t upload and since a problem with upgrading, there seem to be a few glitches around. Anyway, hopefully the tech wizards will sort me out…
I’m not sure where the last few weeks have gone. I try reflecting [...]
I’ve just started reading ‘Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis’. The 2nd chapter, by Susan Bodnar, considers the relationship between humans and their environment, using interviews with people in New York City. Bodnar says ‘Their narratives demonstrate how the same consumerist processes that are [...]
When did you last stop and be? Do you even know what that means? If you practise mindfulness or are an incorrigible daydreamer, you’ve probably got it sussed. I don’t mean vegging out in front of the TV or even reading a book. I mean just doing, you know, nothing. Sound scary? Well it used [...]
Everyone wants to be famous, apparently. One way to do that is to be hero. To go on the archetypal hero’s journey and self development is such a path. Awful experiences become opportunities for growth. Battling against the forces of illness, relationship issues…..
Barbara Ehrenreich wrote ‘Smile or Die’, upset by the view in the [...]
Back when I studied ‘A’ Level Psychology, one of the most interesting questions I think it raised is….
There appears to be a worrying trend towards medicalising ‘normal’ human experience. The DSM-5, an American diagnostic classification system for manual disorders, is currently being reviewed. The British Psychology Society, amongst others, have expressed their [...]
A little success
Well sometimes life has a funny way of delivering what you hope for, right at the final moment. There I was returning from a stroll through Norton Common. Whilst I was out I was thinking about this post and the sad fact that I’d made no progress on the neighbour front. Then [...]
Poetry ID reading at The Highlander, Hitchin 2011
I am starting to drive myself slightly crazy thinking about the community theme. For someone who trains people in assertiveness, I seem to be suffering from a severe lack of confidence in approaching my neighbours (the ones not directly next to me). I keep trying [...]
One of the key ideas in the book I am writing is that self development becomes hijacked by some of our less helpful cultural values. This realisation came to me several years ago when I suddenly felt tired of trying to ‘perfect’ me through more analysis. At the same time, the naval-gazing and focus on myself [...]
Little did I realise that the month I chose to focus on travel and transport would be a month when I would be doing a fair bit of travelling. I’m also not going to be online that much during October, so the weekly blog posts may be down to one or two. Anyway, my [...]
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