For as long as I can remember, anxiety has been a feature of my life. It has been an almost constant companion on my journey and not always a welcome one. In fact, I spent many years wrestling with it, feeling ashamed of it and weakened by it. Here’s what I have learned. Fighting anxiety makes the problem worse When […]
Largely, we are agreed that we are headed for problems if we continue with our activities without drastic mitigation. The focus is very clearly on the climate emergency. However, there is a great deal of dispute about what should be done and by whom. Efforts appear to be centred very much around technology and a “Green” economy. There is a […]
Week 3 This week we will: Continue our mindfulness practice by connecting with the senses Keep nurturing our seeds (physical and metaphorical) Rediscover our hidden talents for exploring the world around us Experience the natural world using creativity Review of Week 2 Last week we started to get in touch with our senses. This is a really strong and accessible […]
I spent many amazing hours as a child in nature. Over the years, I have steadily become an increasingly indoors person. It creeps up slowly – swapping school for an office, then devoting home time to cleaning a house and cooking meals, not to mention taking care of the children. During this period the internet came along. Initially access was […]