A new understanding of happiness
Netflix has a new show called Living With Yourself, a comedy where your miserable self, with your lifetime’s worth of emotional baggage, suddenly has a clone with none of your … Continue reading
Telling your fortune
There’s a charity book stand at my workplace that sells cheap cookbooks and paraphernalia. Last week, the ‘book man’ brought a set of Oracle Cards promising ‘intuitive guidance to transform … Continue reading
Rise
Sometimes I think this blog should be called ‘things that are obvious, but not to me.’ I recently did a workplace Birkman test to better understand why I’ve been burning … Continue reading
Ode to life
I want life to be succulent. It want it to be like something juicy dripping down my chin. Life should be like a sweet mango, like strawberries in peak season … Continue reading
Phasting through distraction
Distraction is the new religion. I honestly believe that. It comes complete with ritual, purpose, compulsion, productivity, and an entire social and economic framework entwined with everyday life. The only … Continue reading
Holding space
I want to take your compliment Hold space for praise Somewhere in my body Accept it, take it like powerful medicine A homeopathy I will hold it under my tongue … Continue reading
Dig
Anxiety is elusive. Sometimes there’s a clear provocation. A thing happens and you can point to it and say ‘ah ha! That very expensive bill or that difficult conversation or … Continue reading
Five strangers in Florence
A few weeks ago, though it already feels like another life, I sat outside in the warm Italian sun with the cityscape of Florence before me. I was slowly getting … Continue reading
The power of faith
We can lift ourselves, inspire and support those around us to greater fulfilment, or we can drag ourselves down and limit what others believe is possible.
