December 15, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Cide To kill or cut. Ecocide. Genocide. Infanticide. Homocide. Suicide. Bactericide. I wake up to the news of a terror act in my home country, quite an unusual event given our gun laws. The last mass shooting was nearly thirty years ago. I condemn any form of...
December 14, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Identity Theft I was at my father’s bank this past week, doing everything needed to get an Enduring Power of Attorney, when they discovered that someone had stolen my identity to open a bank account. Fortunately, it was recent, and they had not progressed far....
December 13, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When I dare to be powerful “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” — Audre Lorde A mother or father will step into the fire without thinking about themselves to save a...
December 12, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Otherisation When we other people – politicising diversity and difference. When we make the other wrong. We do this in the school playground. You may have done it, or been the subject of it being done to you. The nerd. The ‘in’ group. The dyslexic. It hurts...
December 11, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A few relational frames that matter Every action has an effect. Do we consider the effect when we take the action? We are responsible for the effect as much as we are for the action. The majority of people and enterprises refuse to take responsibility. People write...
December 10, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
On death My father’s wife passed yesterday. I was the one who gave him the news. My relationship with death vacillates, as I imagine it would for many people. Yet each night we long to sleep a deep and dreamless sleep, a mini death. Sinking into no thing land....
