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