Event: The Natural Roots of Resilience: wisdom from the wood – a retreat at Hazel Hill Wood, near Salisbury Resilience is the skills to nurture our wellbeing amid the rising levels of change and uncertainty that most of us face in everyday life. This weekend we’ll explore the roots of resilience in human nature: how […]
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Mysteries of male elderhood: testosterone, presence and purpose.
Mysteries of male elderhood: testosterone, presence and purpose. When I turned sixty in 2008, I set a clear intent of moving into elderhood, growing beyond my prevailing warrior-hero approach to life. Six years on, I can report good progress but further mysteries.
Quick Book Notes – Charles Eisenstein: The more beautiful world our hearts know is possible
Quick Book Notes – Charles Eisenstein: The more beautiful world our hearts know is possible This book is a sort of guide to the New Story: not what it is but, a clear, compassionate process of how to move into it. He illuminates the personal and societal habits and mindsets holding us back, and their […]
Book Review: Freefall by Joseph Stiglitz
Book Review: Freefall by Joseph Stiglitz The flaky mortgage lending was aimed at exploiting the lower classes – he would say, deliberately. This is a clear and level-headed book on the causes of the American financial crash and the botched solutions to it.
Book Review: Resilience by Liggy Webb – a sound basic guide to personal resilience
Resilience by Liggy Webb – a sound basic guide to personal resilience If you do a web search for books on personal resilience, this one comes up as well rated. It is a clear, common-sense self-help guide to the basics of the topic.
How to enjoy a wet May: Finding your inner fire when the sun won’t shine
How to enjoy a wet May: Finding your inner fire when the sun won’t shine I am writing this at Hazel Hill Wood, sitting at the foot of my favourite beech tree, with a struggling campfire. It has been raining heavily for days, now it’s merely a light drizzle pushed along by a strong South-Westerly […]
Spiritual Roots for Personal Resilience – a valuable deeper dimension… at least for some
Spiritual Roots for Personal Resilience – a valuable deeper dimension… at least for some My own resilience benefits from spiritual roots, but it’s a topic I rarely speak about. It seems that many people are averse to the idea of a spiritual dimension in life, so this blog feels like a risky experiment in describing […]
Book Brief: Thomas Berry: ‘The Dream of the Earth’
Book Brief: Thomas Berry: ‘The Dream of the Earth’ – is myth both the problem and the solution? Berry has an unusual, eloquent, and valuable view of how we humans got into the current crisis, and how to move out of it. This view is powerfully presented in the ‘Dream of the Earth’, one of […]
Book brief: Active Hope by Macy and Johnstone – an excellent guide to personal resilience
Book Brief: Active Hope by Macy and Johnstone – an excellent guide to personal resilience I have taken part in workshops led by both Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, and regard them as two of the best teachers on personal resilience in a full sense of the phrase. This book is a clear, concise guide […]
Book review: Pete Townshend: Who I am
Living our future out: brilliant insights This is a situation where I’m delighted to admit to bias: I have loved The Who and their music since they exploded into my life in the Sixties. I have regarded Pete Townshend as a genius since Tommy, and his book, Who I am provides ample support for my […]