Although the concept in itself has never really impressed me, I’ve often thought having letters after my name would show a life of learning and personal evolution. Now I have loads. I’ve got an impressive list of letters that sit snugly against my name. Yet none of them come from academia, nor do they come
Read More ...A New Understanding
Well, it’s been four months since I left Stanmore (the RNOH, Stanmore) where I spent three weeks on a rehabilitation programme, or perhaps ‘condition management programme’ would be more apt. I’m still processing the experience and trying to get my head around it. Strangely for me I haven’t, until now, written about it. It’s as
Read More ...It’s the value of the little things…
The young man that walks past me on the stairs, stops, walks back up and asks if he can help me. The doctor that asks me how I’m feeling rather then reviewing my symptom list. The bus driver that waits when he sees me hobbling along the road as he’s noticed my imploring looks as
Read More ...Calling A Truce
September 5th 2015 There’s no denying it’s hard to feel appreciation for a life that isn’t the one I wanted. It’s hard to wholeheartedly embrace the life I have as it’s a million miles away from the one I dreamed I’d have. Yet it’s the one I’ve got, so losing myself in whimsical ‘what if’s’
Read More ...2015 Yearly Forecast
Message for 2015 The shift from one year to the next is something we should be used to, after all, it has happened every single year each of us has been alive, and for many, many years prior to that. And yet, there is a sense that few of us have ever really paused in
Read More ...Ticking Along
As we continue to navigate the twists and turns of being human, it seems that we have entered a time for taking some big deep breaths and re-affirming our connection to life. We so often take life for granted, ticking along and along until one day we don’t tick anymore. Losing our tick does not
Read More ...Mind The Gap
As we continue to stand in-betwixt where we once were and where we want to be, there is a growing sense of awareness in connection to where we are now. Such an observation may sound obvious, but relatively few souls ever truly notice the present moment, focusing instead on the journey between ‘here and there’,
Read More ...Night Becomes Day
Over the past few weeks there has been a powerful sense of shift and re-emergence. As the inner (and outer!) winds howled and the rain cascaded down in torrents, there has been an undeniable sense of breakthrough as the chrysalis cracked and a new wave of clarity began its slow journey towards the sunlight. For
Read More ...It’s Time To Dance
Everything has its time in life. There are moments to smile, moments to cry, moments to reflect and moments to stand up and be strong; there have always been such moments and there will always be, as this is a part of life. Of course, for many of us, such moments often collide together bringing
Read More ...2014 Yearly Forecast
Message for 2014 As the wheels of life continue to turn, spin and rotate, we find ourselves, once again, standing at the edge of a new year. As one year ends, another begins, and just like the day that follows the night that follows the day, we find ourselves at the end of one cycle
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