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I hope you find something to stimulate, provoke and inspire in these blog posts. If you do, please be courageous. Speak out! Leave a comment. Perhaps these posts can be an ongoing conversation...
Reclaiming Quality of Life…
‘My duffy lived a short distance from his body.’ James Joyce I find myself rushing. When there is no need to rush. I wash up, cook and eat driven by…
Discipline Is Love
I’ve been immersed, recently, in the work of Jungian analyst James Hollis. I was greatly inspired by an excellent podcast interview with James and Tami Simons, that I listened to…
Feeling better: Being Body -Wise…
To live wholeheartedly and fully, bodily awareness is essential. It is, after all, the medium through which we experience the world. Yet the fact that we are embodied is often…
Broken Open: On Difficult Transitions…
This blog post takes it’s inspiration from the title of a profoundly insightful book by Elizabeth Lesser. Essentially, the book is about the different ways life breaks us open. The…
Finding Contentment, Where We Are…
At the turn of the New Year, I found myself pondering what to write about in my New Years blog. An email from my Mum arrived in my inbox…
On Sensitivity
Ever felt that you are ‘too’ sensitive. I grew up with people telling me that I was, and that I should not ‘wear my heart on my sleeve‘ as Shakespeare…
Anxiety and Depression: The Limits of Diagnosis
Check out this insightful biographical piece by Alex Delfont, musician and filmmaker at The Newlife Foundation. ‘Disclaimer : The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the…
This too shall pass…
It is quite an experience being at Newlife. I am not used to sharing breakfast with fifty other people. The obligatory silence in the morning helps. We all have space…