Never Give Up!

I recently presented to a local anxiety group and what a wonderful experience it was. They were warm, welcoming and interested in pushing their boundaries into a new landscape. A few have stayed in touch and one lady stands out who had such a great question for me.

Systems of Control - Education

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” 

 ...William Butler Yeats

It’s been an interesting week of civil disobedience around the education, or SAT testing, of our children. A beautifully written article by a friend of mine in the States who used to be a teacher has inspired me to write. It was one quote in particular that made me smile, thank you Mike DePung.

The Mantis and the Crab

Yesterday I read the sexiest article I’ve read in a very long time. I think it will change the course of my winter experience this year. The article, written by Jeanette Winterson, talks about her experience of the dark and how resistance to winters heartbeat can upset the body’s natural rhythms. I’m not going to go into it here because it’s such a fantastically gorgeous piece of writing that to paraphrase it will serve only to numb its unctuous intimacy.

The Tao of Potter

Some say that our addiction to media (and technology) is divisive or designed to maintain a comatic state; it is what prevents us from living a 'whole' life, balanced and in harmony with ourselves and our surroundings. I would agree to some extent. However, when life (and media) is viewed through the lens of metaphor, it becomes a really useful healing tool.

Part Three - Resurrecting the Crone

The Mirror of Mortality?

Part One here | Part Two here

Why does ‘beauty’ even have to relate to age or be in the same sentence as it? Why would someone who successfully defies age, be hailed a star or be amazing and fabulous? If Mirren lived a ‘face-naked’ life, would she still be the new face of L'Oreal? 

Part Two - Resurrecting the Crone

Tea with Dad

I shuddered as horrified eyebrows raised themselves up to meet Hairline, who stared at him, angrily.

Resurrecting the Crone

Part One: The Decision (and how it met the business and the personal)

And with a gloomy sigh she uttered "Got to keep the Grey at bay" and my heart sank at the thought of another few decades of dying my hair. I had bumped into my Mum in town as she was rushing to make a hair appointment for yet another cut and colour.

That was early 2014 and became the day I vowed never again to dye my already Greying hair. I might have thought twice about this decision had I anticipated the deeply significant journey it would take me on.