My Ghost Adventures Remembered
I have recently discovered the American TV show Ghost Adventures, and I really enjoy watching it! I used to be a fan of Most Haunted, back in the early days, but over time I grew to realise how much they were dramatizing the events they claimed to witness. I found my very own ghost hunting…
A Progressive Utopia in Northern Syria
In this year commemorating the 500th anniversary of Thomas Moore’s book ‘Utopia’, the very concept can seem hopelessly idealistic. Yet in the most surprising corner of the world the dreams of an anarchist social ecologist called Murray Bookchin (1921-2006) are being put into practice. In Northern Syria 3 Kurdish held cantons (Rojava) are working with…
Mindset & Mindfulness – Part 3 (Video)
The Quiet Mind Rasheed Ogunlaru is an acclaimed life, business and corporate coach whose simple ‘become who you are’ approach has helped countless business owners connect with themselves, their businesses and their customers. His background spans over 20 years in coaching, training, media, PR and performance. Rasheed is the business coach partner…
The Budgie – a Sensitive Soul
My mother passed away in February and I took on responsibility for her budgerigar Sky. He is a lovely little bird – very noisy and feisty – isn’t hand tamed and doesn’t like to be touched. Heaven help you if you try! He is approximately 5 years old – give or take. Mum used to…
Forest Meditation
I would like to share with you a wonderful meditation that perhaps in a more experiential way helps you to feel and experience the profoundness deep within. Often there are many wise words that are spoken but in actual fact they are only heard by the heart if you are capable of being present to…
10 Points on Leading a Culturally Diverse Team
There are many benefits to working in a culturally diverse team. When I think of this concept, I am taken back to my teenage years, and watching the original Star Trek films. I was mesmerised at the cultural diversity of the Starship Enterprise, and the media fuss when the first inter racial kiss on TV was made between the white…
Can A Marriage Survive Autism?
Four Things You Need To Know That Are Key To Protecting Your Marriage Marriage is supposed to be “for better or worse.” It certainly has the potential to be “worse” when you have a kid with autism. Our marriage almost didn’t survive Ryan’s diagnosis. What I didn’t know then was that I held the key…
Why Do We Suffer From Self Hatred?
Many of the issues that we are faced with in our daily lives are a result of self hatred. These include illness, mental health issues, addictions and compulsive behaviours and affect nearly all of us in some way or another. As children we learn that in order to get attention we need to adapt ourselves…
What Do I Want Nowadays?
I feel strange. I sit down to the brush and the paints. I let myself be guided by my sense of beauty alone and do not know what I am doing until I feel that it is done. Living house on the water This is what the words say: All I want is To play…
Chronic Lyme: Immoral Pioneers of Health
Chronic conditions suck. Literally and metaphorically. They are draining, depleting and compromise the quality of Life. Period. Plain and simple. I had one Andean teacher who really nailed healing 100% dead center. Many people talk about the need to make peace with an illness, to understand why it came. He noted that was crap (…
Living Life and Loving Life, Using Law of Attraction
This month I have once again embraced the Law of Attraction way of life, and I am living the results right now. It is truly a most amazing feeling, and something that I cannot properly put into words, although I will try. I had spent many years reading about Law of Attraction, watching web seminars…
Health Issues and What They Can Tell You
I wonder what is going on with the health issues of the population because I believe that I have experiences similar to others to ensure that I have genuine empathy. You see not only have I injured my lower back and knees, but to exacerbate the pain involved with that I also have a cold…