Wrapping Up The Decade!
It has probably not escaped your notice that we’re coming to the end of the decade! I don’t know about you, but it feels to me as if there’s some significant shift on its way as we head into the […]
acknowledgement
What’s your nature to nurture…?
The exceptionally sunny summer draws to a close, and as it does, the days feel different – the temperature has lost its heat, there’s an autumnal dampness in the air and the light has changed…the blues are deeper, the yellows […]
One thing at a time
There gets a point where there’s nothing else to do than the very thing that we’re avoiding. When we know what we need to do, and we squash it, over and over again, it will find a way of rising […]
Two ends of a spectrum
Everything lies somewhere on a spectrum. And really, it’s only our own perspective that determines where we pitch ourselves on each spectrum and how much importance we place on that point! I recently went to two yoga classes at the […]
A hundred years
The landscape for women is going to look very different in a hundred years time. Flatlands to futuristic cities I recently happened to see a series of photos from various of the Gulf states, taken between the start of the […]
There’s always a pause
There’s always a pause before all of the important things. Have you noticed? Or at least there could be… A pause between courses during dinner. A pause at the end of an inhalation…and at the end of an exhalation. A […]
Where do you start?
Have you ever had the stark realisation that you’re not in the best shape of your life? Maybe the realisation materialises as subtle hints in the first instance…perhaps you’re puffing when you go up the stairs; maybe getting up in […]
What is privilege?
Never before have I truly understood privilege… Until the kind of understanding that smacks you in the face and says, look at the gulf between our worlds; the glaring divide between those that can jump on a plane to go […]
A nod to remembering
You know instantly from the image. No words needed to connect all of us with the thread that runs powerfully through our culture…that they will be remembered. It’s a moment of ceremony that engages us profoundly – a moving, united […]
Finding your running feet…
I have to credit a great friend in helping me to find my feet in running. This was a good while ago now, and actually, I already knew where my physical feet were, but he helped me to keep them […]