Three Days of Darkness

When we look at circumstances and conditions among all peoples on our Planet Earth, we can see how bleak our present circumstances are. We can observe that all that has been happening and brewing up over decades, maybe, even, centuries or longer, that humanity has arrived at this point of reckoning. Indeed! This does seem…

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Steve Walker (Part 1)

Steve Walker is a veteran of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he has been homeless and is a recovering addict. Steve is also an angling genius and has just come 5th in the veterans’ carp fishing championships, at Fens Fisheries. This is the first in a series of podcasts where he talks about his life…

Updating the Inner Jukebox

As many charity shops will testify, lockdown was a perfect chance to sort and de-clutter, seeing many of us rummaging through the top-heavy totem-poles of our possessions with mild stupefaction over what we’d previously thought to need, keep or want. So it is too with the clutter of the subconscious. For the first time in…

The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path

In this post you will a path of Self-Improvement with which you may resonate. This philosophical guidance has been my guide for many years, and I offer it to anyone who may benefit from this knowledge. Gautam Siddhartha, otherwise known as The Buddha (the Enlightened One) gave the world two gifts, about 2,500 years ago;…

Braving the Blogosphere – Field Notes from a Wobbly Novice

For anyone climbing anxiously aboard the blogging-bus for the first time – wondering how to make sense of the bewildering array of route maps, unintelligible fare systems and suspiciously-stained seats on offer – please know that you’re not alone. And since it’s a process of travel rather than arrival, no direction can ever be wrong….

How Best to Support our Own Wellbeing, both Now, and Going Forward (Part 2)

If you’ve been following my blog, you might have seen an earlier post of mine where I explained that our inner  state of balance is not a static thing.  It’s just like keeping your balance on a bicycle, surf board, or anything else – it’s dynamic and responsive, requiring us to be fluid and flexible…

Dear Humanity

Now that the human race has slowed to a crawl, I hope that you see what I see… ~ People are collecting food and offering it for free. ~ Restaurant owners are feeding needy children and families. ~ Clients and patrons are supporting small business owners, even while said businesses are closed. ~ Parents are…

Whatever You’re Feeling Right Now, it’s OK – Part 5

So, my message is that whatever you’re feeling, it’s ok.  The situation we find ourselves in at the moment is far from normal and so if you feel that you’ve lost your sense of balance, that’s perfectly natural.  But there are things you can do to support yourself, you don’t have to do it alone,…

Victim? No Thank You!

Life is a beach and then you fry … Life always knows best, doesn’t it? How many times have you found yourself totally caught out when you thought you had it all planned and sorted out? Or worked for years towards a goal that you thought would make a huge change in your life just…

Whatever You’re Feeling Right Now, it’s OK – Part 1

I wanted to share some further thoughts, and my learnings, from this current situation, in the hope that it might offer encouragement and some useful ideas and tips. Bearing in mind that we’re in information overload at the moment, I’ll keep the posts short and hopefully easy to read. When the Coronavirus lockdown started, it…