February 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
That old game again Rainy. Blessedly cooler. My dawn surfing session a challenge in every way. My head ruling. Anxiety rising. For no real reason. She is such a hard mistress, learning to surf at such a later age in life. What she asks of me is to feel. Feel the...
January 14, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Back to delight This morning, a dolphin jumped out of the water two feet from my surfboard. I have so many dolphin encounters, yet they never fail to fill me with delight. It is one of those perfect summer mornings. Not too hot, a gentle breeze. No requirement for a...
September 29, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The flavours of exhaustion Grief sucks everything out, leaving an infinite black cavity. Fear desiccates, our interiors shredded into micro fragments, the lizard in us hyper-reactive. Anxiety is walking a tightrope across a chasm of broken glass. A singular focus....
June 9, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
In the waiting room There are times in life when we wait. All of life has periods of gestation. This time can be a tumult of emotions. Patience, frustration, anxiety, peace, surrender. All roiling through us, quite often tangled into each other. Gestation is for...
November 30, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The energy bank account Negative deposits Stress Pain Anxiety Anger Frustration Lack of sleep Too much exercise without recovery Poor nutrition Lack of natural light Social Media Relational dysfunction or upset Work that is soul-destroying Greed Fear Precarity Malice...
