Changes
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I started this blog, along with my new coaching website, last September on my birthday.
A temporary condition
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The wisdom traditions all talk about impermanence.
Not rational
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The classic economic theory embedded in western democracies assumes that …
The long view
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Taking the long view – returning hope to our interpretation of the data – is not exclusively the property of the marginalized …
Body and soul
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There is a long history in the west of denigrating the body and privileging the mind.
We know more than we can say
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While I was in my first year of university …
Stop Resisting Negative Emotions. Do This Instead
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“The healing is in the return … Not in not getting lost in the beginning.” – Sharon Salzberg
Non-binary
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The psychotherapist Esther Perel observes that …
The better angels of our nature
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Social scientist Nicholas Christakis has coined the term social suite …
Unprecedented
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One of my favourite quips from 2020 was: “the unprecedented use of the word ‘unprecedented’.”