“Brave is matching your insides and outsides. Actions are not inherently brave - the honouring of the inner compass instead of the outer...

I've been blessed in my life to carry the wound of being misunderstood, and I have a son with the same wound. And there are many in our...

It strikes me as interesting how “integrity” is such a loaded word in the English language. I wonder how it is in other mother tongues?...

“The things that frighten us just want to be held.” ~ Mark Nepo Hungry, angry, lonely, tired: HALT. It’s an acronym used in the 12...

I woke up one morning thinking of Helen Keller. Well, I woke up thinking how we live in interesting times…….which was one of my mother’s...

In the last month I have been having a relationship with competition, flaring up in a way that is quite breathtaking when it happens. It...

This is a hard ask for our egos. However, if we pause to think about it, it doesn’t take long to realise that an intact ego surrounded...

“An old idea states that there are always two stories going on in life: one is the great drama of the manifest world, and the other is...

Well, I ended my previous letter with a quote from Mary Oliver and I am beginning this one with another of my favourite poets. I wonder...

Well, if ever there was a time for cultivating courage, this is that time. It’s hard to believe that just 18 months ago I was sharing...

Earlier this year, I couldn’t bring myself to write, so deep in the belly of this particular beast was I. Now, I have shifted somewhat in...

Thank you to all dear readers who responded with personal messages to my previous article on failure. It obviously touched a place of...

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned in previous recent newsletters that I have taken up the joy of studying recently. I’ve been flirting with...

Deciding to decide This month I’m venturing into a topic that intrigues me, and I hope you will enjoy pondering it with me. How do we...

Every so often I find myself in the midst of more than one book at a time. Someone said to me the other day that they are learning that...

This is one of those quotes, I come across them now and again, where I am clear I don’t exactly know what the author is saying. I was...

I am delighted to announce that my book is finally underway. “My book”, the first one of maybe more, I hope, has been announced on more...

What is the meaning of life?...The great revelation...never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches...

Ten years ago, not to the day, but roughly, Candice Smith and I spent the day together with a friend with marketing expertise learning...

I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can help you. Look at these things,...