coach, writer, educator downshifting, sustainable living, sustainable business
“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” Charles Caleb Cotton. This guest piece, kindly submitted by James Bradshaw, explains why friends, old and new, are a crucially important part of being human and of being happy: “A couple of TV news items caught my attention [...]
There seems to be a kind of response to stress that says we need to work harder, force ourselves to give more, make it happen, cajole others into complying with our needs. I’ve noticed this urge in myself and travelled alongside clients as they’ve wrestled with this one. Jess was starting a small business providing [...]
“If we take an honest look within, we may notice a certain guardedness around our heart. For some people, this is a thick, impenetrable barricade. For others, it is a thinner, subtler protective shield or contraction that only emerges under threatening conditions. And nothing triggers this sense of threat so strongly as the suspicion that [...]
In our move to a more sustainable way of living and of doing business, we know that we need to change how we act and also how we think. Our actions, after all, stem from our thoughts and, unless we change our approach to how we think, we will not manage to downshift or to [...]
There’s a problem isn’t there with being a bit of a “greenie” and wanting to cultivate the love of one’s life? No, take that back – there are several problems! For a start, those of us who value people and planet above profit still, woefully, seem to be in the minority. We have begun viewing [...]
We’re going to get courageous and face the darker emotions that you are likely to experience when negotiating any major life transition such as downshifting. The most prominent and potentially overwhelming emotion is fear. This is what I mean by the darkness of downshifting and I didn’t want to pass this by. Rather than do [...]
I love trees and feel blessed to live in a house that is surrounded by them. Some are huge, majestic and noisy in wild, wintery weather. Some, like my recently planted crab apples, seem perilously fragile by comparison and very dependent on the wooden stakes that support them. It is autumn (fall) here in the [...]
Some people call living a sustainable lifestyle, “conscious living”. “Conscious” in this sense means in a state of awareness where we are mindful of our behaviour, our actions and the likely consequences of them. When we live consciously – sustainably- we live with an awareness of our connection to the universe and the part we [...]
This site seeks to explore the heart and soul of downshifting to a more sustainable, ethical and holistic way of living and working, in keeping with the needs of the planet, humanity as a whole and ourselves as individuals. (read more)
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