View fullsize I have recently taken up gardening.⁠ ⁠ I use the term "gardening" loosely, as I don't have a garden as such - just a 6 square metre balcony on which I've installed some artificial turf.⁠ ⁠ My gardening efforts consist of buying some viola s
View fullsize So far, 2020 has been a pretty dark year.⁠ ⁠ Bushfires, COVID-19, racism. Dare I ask... what's next?⁠ ⁠ And here we are, approaching the midpoint of 2020, with a solar eclipse coinciding with the solstice (the longest or shortest day of the year, dep
View fullsize One of the perks of working from home is that there is more freedom to be yourself.⁠ ⁠ For some, it's a little bit more; for others, it's a lot.⁠ ⁠ Even though I have been working from home (self-employed) for nearly four years, I've found that self-
View fullsize I know what it's like to feel lost.⁠ ⁠ To look up suddenly and realise that you've wandered off the beaten path.⁠ ⁠ To panic a little as you wonder whether it's possible to backtrack.⁠ ⁠ To feel daunted at the prospect of going it alone, at least for
View fullsize It's easy to forget where we came from.⁠ ⁠ We get caught up in our daily lives. In the dramas. In the "to do" lists. In the doing, doing, doing.⁠ ⁠ So we forget that we are not "human doings" (as they say) but, rather, "human
View fullsize How do you feel about the future?⁠ ⁠ The future is always uncertain. And how we feel about uncertainty will generally determine how we feel about the future.⁠ ⁠ But there's uncertainty and there's UNCERTAINTY.⁠ ⁠ The uncertainty that we're facing rig
View fullsize Crisis situations tend to bring out the worst in people. But they can also bring out the best in people.⁣ ⁣ We've seen it unfolding on our screens over the past few months. Deception, greed and callous indifference. And, at the same time, kindness, g
View fullsize It's going to be a strange Easter this year.⁣ ⁣ And yet I find the timing of Easter to be particularly "on point" (as they say).⁣ ⁣ Easter, after all, is the celebration of death and resurrection.⁣ ⁣ And while the death aspect is quite prom
View fullsize Thousands of people are dying.⁣ ⁣ Our economy is in free-fall.⁣ ⁣ And we are shut up in our homes with only a handful of reasons to venture outside.⁣ ⁣ A crisis? For sure.⁣ ⁣ Opportunities? Plenty.⁣ ⁣ Humans are an incredibly resilient species. When
View fullsize Was it Einstein who said this?⁣ ⁣⁣ It sounds like the sort of thing he'd say, especially given that his theory of relativity was supposedly inspired by a dream.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ While it may sound a little tongue-in-cheek, there is a deeper wisdom buried in this
View fullsize Well. I didn't expect to be quoting Don Draper, but here we are.⁣ ⁣ I just couldn't ignore a quote that so perfectly addressed what all (or at least most) of us are experiencing at the moment.⁣ ⁣ I'm talking at being at a crossroads. A crossroads of
View fullsize With all this talk about the "new normal", I wonder whether anyone has ever stopped to think about the new "unnormal". If you're wondering whether that's a real word, well it isn't. Not according to any mainstream dictionary. But
View fullsize Something to soothe whatever ails you as we head into the weekend.⁣ ⁣ If you feel anxious, afraid, terrified, nervous, or even just mildly concerned about what the future holds, just remember this:⁣ ⁣ "Love is bigger than anything in its way.&qu
View fullsize Do you believe in magic? I do. Right now, floating above all the doom and gloom, there is pure magic. I'm not talking about the Harry Potter kind of magic. I'm talking about the kind of magic that occurs when you choose to see beyond the current cris
View fullsize Today is April Fool's Day.⁣ ⁣ The archetype of the "fool" is very misunderstood in our society.⁣ ⁣ For many, a fool is someone stupid or naive. "I felt foolish" is rarely a satisfying statement.⁣ ⁣ But the archetype of the "f
View fullsize Right now, there are a lot of people scurrying to protect themselves from the fallout of the #coronavirus pandemic.⁣ ⁣ And that's to be expected.⁣ ⁣ Our economy - and society generally - is in freefall, and no one knows when or how it's going to end.
View fullsize It's the beginning of a new week.⁣ ⁣ As social (or, more accurately, physical) distancing and self-isolation are becoming the "new normal", it's not surprising that you might be experiencing a range of emotions.⁣ ⁣ So here's my question: Ar
View fullsize Perhaps you've heard the saying: "Do one thing every day that scares you"?⁣ ⁣ I get why it's so popular. It's all about expanding your comfort zone. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Etc.⁣ ⁣ But, right now, I'd like to propose a change
View fullsize The world has changed.⁣ ⁣ We have changed.⁣ ⁣ And these changes are still unfolding.⁣ ⁣ It seems like a lot of what is happening in our world is out of our control. And it is.⁣ ⁣ But we do have choices. Lots of them.⁣ ⁣ Not just in what we are doing
View fullsize What problem are you currently grappling with?⁣ ⁣ This week, I've been thinking about how I can overcome some fairly persistent problems in my own life - and here's where I've landed.⁣ ⁣ Life is full of problems.⁣ ⁣ And while those problems might be