coach, writer, educator downshifting, sustainable living, sustainable business
“To find our Calling is to find the intersection between our own deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger.” Frederick Buechner. The news pages are filled with details of two major overwhelming events this week – the civil unrest in Libya with attempts to overthrow Gadaffi’s regime and the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. If [...]
“Learn to pause… or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.” Doug King Whether we’re at home or at work, creating space in our physical, mental or spiritual environments can lead to enormous benefits. Because of the nature of space clearing (we don’t remember exactly what’s there until we start moving things around!) the particular [...]
“Show up, pay attention, tell the truth, be open to outcomes.” Native American Indian Principles for Life. At some point in this week between Christmas and New Year, amidst the celebrations, the meals together, the chatter, the music and games in our family gatherings, someone pipes up with “What are your New Year Resolutions?” And [...]
“Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.” Anon First of all – thankyou to all of you who read my blog and newsletter. Why am I saying this? Because, I would like to let you know that I am very grateful every day for those who are willing to spend [...]
“Life, rather than money, is the appropriate standard for evaluating economic choices and performance.” David Korten (www.davidkorten.org) As a parent, a small business owner and a coach, the theme of competition features regularly as an antagonism. When my children compare themselves unfavourably to others, I want to remind them of their strengths and beautiful uniqueness. [...]
This time of year is traditionally a peak season in the harvesting of grains, fruit and vegetables that grow relatively easily in our British climate. Over the bank holiday weekend, I picked crab apples from our garden and boiled them up to make crab apple jelly. I love the colours and textures of the ripe [...]
Michael sounded perplexed when I asked him what first steps he wanted to take to get his sustainable small business started. “Well, ideally, I’d like to do a,b, and c” he said “…and that’s all very well, but there’s a problem with this plan.” “What’s that?” I asked. “Well, I never do what I say [...]
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” Lao Tzu You know you’d like to reduce your spending, review your cost of living and make do with less, but however much you think about it, nothing seems to spur you into action. What’s stopping you? Being “frugal” – sparing, [...]
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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