-Oct 14, 20194 minHuman connection and vulnerability..People say, and it confirms my personal experience, there is a direct link between human connection and vulnerability. It seems that, oft...
-Oct 14, 20192 minA relationship with competition...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 ...
-Oct 14, 20194 minMay is about play...Some of you may have noticed that towards the end of April my thoughts moved away from criticism and competition towards play! Phew! In ...
-Oct 14, 20194 minActing slowly..Knowledge which is unable to support action is not genuine – and how unsure is activity without understanding? - Rudolf Virchow I found ...
-Oct 14, 20193 minEmbrace the gap!Visitors to London who have used the Underground railway system there will be familiar with the recorded announcement that sounds out as ...
-Oct 14, 20194 minFreedom or suffering?Sincere apologies for the late delivery of September’s Newsletter. I am back in Brazil, for a month of teaching and my newsletter this mo...
-Oct 14, 20194 minOn connection One of the things I teach is how connection is the starting point for the creation of a human environment, one to the other, and one to o...
-Oct 14, 20194 minTime to think...My husband Michael recently watched a documentary about a flock of starlings in a disused farm barn whose call sounded identical to the s...
-Oct 14, 20193 minWhat does integrity mean?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? N...
-Oct 14, 20191 minA festive message...Like the dragonfly that needs courage to leave the familiar waters to get their wings, we recognise your courage in life. We want to than...
-Oct 14, 20193 minCarpe Annum!Hello dear Brave Hearts, For the first time since I started my newsletters I did not write in January! Did you miss me? Instead I went on...
-Oct 14, 20193 minA lesson in letting go of being in controlI am writing from snowy Europe. I am hoping the weather will not delay my flights today and that I can return to warm and sunny Cape Town...
-Oct 14, 20193 minStories told and untold..I’ve been thinking about how when we meet and greet each other, we have no idea of each other’s untold stories. The answer to “how are yo...
-Oct 14, 20193 minThe impermanent nature of things...One of the cornerstones of the Buddha’s teaching is that nothing is permanent, everything is subject, moment by moment, to change. This i...
-Oct 14, 20193 minTo “decide” something has such enormous powerI’ve been working with deciding. To “decide” something has such enormous power. It has the same root as other words that denote killing s...
-Oct 14, 20194 minTo give up the illusion of a happy childhood, can restore one's vitality and creativity.I have an early childhood memory that is providing me with insight for this month’s newsletter. I grew up in the city of Kampala, which,...
-Oct 14, 20193 minGoing back to my roots....In the second half of July I went to England. The ostensible reason for the trip was to reunite with people who I worked with 30 years ag...
-Oct 14, 20194 minPracticing Thinking for MyselfI’ve often said to people with whom I have regular thinking partnerships that it’s important to me they know they can think about the sam...
-Oct 14, 20193 minThe artist is a receptacle for emotions...Exploring how art can be used to oppose tyranny in Tlibisi, Georgia