The Questioning Mind
The mind is always questioning and seeking clarity and to a certain extent this is useful and does bring clarity, but when the questions start being deeper and more complex then the mind simply cannot cope. When this happens, the mind starts spinning and finding ways to drag in a lot of emotions and feelings,…
Find Your ‘Ness’
I am blessed to be surrounded by birdsong almost all the time. It wakes me up in the morning, keeps me company throughout the day and reminds me it’s time to stop in the evening! Of course, the birds are just doing what comes naturally and have no idea that they play such an important…
OK My Friends
OK, my friends. I know it is strange. I started this blog a year ago, promising to show you how I heal my body from a terrible nerve pain, resulting from a certain neuropathy, a condition that modern medicine does not know how to heal. I went from number one to number fifty-eight and before…
Make Your Own Yogurt from Scratch
I never understood why good yogurt is so expensive. Although after finding out what all is entailed with being licensed to process any dairy products, yogurt, cheese, cream etc. Yeah, I understand better. It is absolutely cost prohibitive for the small-dairy to set up for any commercial operation. The same rules and standards apply if…
Chaos to Calm: Stress Is A Myth
Indulge me for a moment…suppose stress IS a myth? Suppose we created the entity of “stress” so that society had something to blame for the dis-ease of the world: headaches, heart disease, nervous breakdowns, insomnia, anxiety…? These are real afflictions, make no mistake. These are not “it’s all in your head” conditions. However, I found…
A Homage to Creativity
Today we went on an outing to the Majorelle Gardens; our usual way of ‘being a tourist’ is to run through or past the places of history… But today we joined the queue, which happened to be a rather a lovely place to stand… It was a hot hot day in Marrakech, and fine showers…
What is ‘META-Health’ and How Can It Help Me Get Well? Part 5 of 5
So, having looked at the process of META-Health, and a personal example from my own life, how can this help you in your healing journey? My first step in working with a client is to ask for their ‘timeline’. This is basically a chronological account of all the Significant Emotional Events in their life. I…
You Cannot Pour More Water into a Full Cup…
“You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage” – Rasheed Ogunlaru This quote is simple but profound. It is a self apparent wisdom but like so many such wisdoms it isn’t always self-applied. We live in a world of 24-hour this and that, super-fast brains and broadband – and where at…
Grateful for My Mother
There are times when you are down and out, and have nowhere to go, and then your mother shows up. This is one of those times. I’m still in the hills of Oakland, California, writing the beginning pieces of what is later to become my novel, and then my mother visits. I’ve been in pain…
Guidance
What do you do when life presents you with an opportunity that seems too good to be true? Do you run away as fast as you can, convinced it must be some kind of scam? Or, do you seize it with both hands and run with it to where ever it may take you? I…
A Simple Drawing with a Lot to Tell
At 4 AM once more, something tells me to go to the studio to draw. What comes out surprises me, as other drawings did. Even though many of the shapes I use in my drawings remind me of plants I usually do not draw flowers as the subject of the drawing. But here the shapes…
Summer Smoothies: Brain Healthy and Easy to Make
Summer is a great time to add a lot of fresh foods to the diet. Especially locally grown fruits and vegetables. Or maybe you grow some of your own fruits and veggies? It’s amazing how easy it can be to grow, even a few things, in small spaces. Strawberries or blackberries in pots on the…