Our real work on this Planet at this time — I have a dear friend who teaches children on the autism spectrum. To me, that seems like an impossibly difficult job. Her students can’t be controlled, they don’t act sensibly or normally. They’re in near-adult bodies with child-like and sometimes mysterious minds. I asked my friend when and why she…

Then we can love from a safer place — In this world where egoic fears and negative beliefs stimulate dastardly hurtful actions, we need our personal boundaries. For example, I can have compassion for the ones held in prison who might harm me if they were free; I have compassion and love for my ex now I no longer live with his bouts of anger; I have compassion and love for the friend who dissed me, now…

He’s Helped to Shine a New Light on Them There’s only one underlying reason why Chris Rock aimed that now infamous insulting joke at Jada Pinkett Smith during this year’s Oscar Awards, and it was the same reason that caused Will Smith to respond by marching on stage and slapping Chris on the face. While at first it may…

Bullshit is an expression of fear. It’s the conscious or unconscious effort to lie, with the intention of deceiving or misleading. The aim is to protect the self, or to fit in with others; to be revered, to be supported, or perhaps be perceived as more powerful than others. Do…

Although I liked this quote enough to share it, I see a bigger perspective. — Here’s my perspective about this. A slight expansion on the above profound quote. Even the smallest act of loving kindness, for example smiling at a stranger, sends out ripples into collective consciousness and changes the world. This is powerful. None of us are truly weak or small and none of…

Our Best Selves Can Emerge It’s been proven that we can be our best selves — our most creative, focused, authentic, loving and connected selves — when we feel we’re in a psychologically safe space. This rings true for both our personal and professional relationships. Amy Edmonson, Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business…

It all boils down to this — Most humans have an inherent fear of ‘not-enough-ness’. It all boils down to this belief: "I’m not enough as I am". We may not even notice this belief is affecting us. Yet this belief is rife in western society. We’re mostly in denial about our ‘not-enough’ feelings. We try to…

It was mid-summer in Wales, UK. After thirty-four years of marriage, my husband’s life trajectory and mine were going in different directions. I had not been happy in our relationship for a while. The “not OK” times were out-weighing the better times and we’d each changed to want quite different…

Two weeks ago I gave up eating anything containing processed sugar. I wanted to rebalance my body and nurture my health. However, for a new healthy eating habit to succeed I needed a healthy, less stressed mindset. Many people may not realize how often we use food to ease our…