Antidotes and emergency kits To be prepared for the breakdown, the unanticipated, the glitches. To know that we have close by the antidote, the emergency kit. Be that the bandaid, or a swim in the ocean, walk in the forest, silence, meditation. Or a friend on call....
Glitched The image I have in my head is the zigzag pattern on a computer or TV screen when the signal is interrupted. That is the metaphor. The signal is interrupted. For the last few days I have been feeling glitched. There is a low current of irritation I...
Anger as a means to explore the boundaries of our humanity I have always been feisty. Fierce. Comfortable with my anger. Happy to express it. Learning to do so without violation of another is part of growing up. Our society today works hard to suppress expressions of...
Structure, ground, identity Real confidence comes from having a deep sense of groundedness. A certainty about structures, relationships and your own identity within them. To know that you are loved. That you love someone as-is. That your love contains the trees, the...
Facing the unfaceable I have done it. I have avoided looking at my bank balance, or the truth of a relationship, or the icky feeling in my stomach when someone has told me a truth about my behaviour. Ignoring symptoms in my biology, not wanting to know if they were...
Back to basics Be your word. Start with being your word with your self. Translation – be precise with the promises you make to yourself. I am going to do this vs I would like to do this but I am not committed yet. Ensure you have a community that points out with...
