Something for those readers who are single and would rather be in a partnership. Here’s an article I wrote recently for the internet dating site, Natural Friends: Are you feeling a lack of enthusiasm for dating as the year draws to a close? Longer nights, shorter days, colder and wetter weather can all enhance our [...]
In several of the articles I’ve written, I mention authenticity and the benefits of living in alignment with our values – living authentically. Beverley has contacted me to ask that I produce some kind of straightforward checklist on how to lead an authentic life. Here’s what I’ve come up with (so far!): 1. Know your [...]
A while ago I tentatively broached the subject of what I saw as the link between terrorism and our materialistic lifestyle. What prompted this was my fascination with the simple phrase “Live more simply, so that others may simply live.” So, I suggested in the article that maybe living and working in a way that [...]
The Paradoxical Commandments 1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. 2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. 3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. 4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. 5. Honesty and frankness [...]
“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 [...]
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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