Changing direction
I overheard a conversation of quiet desperation between a couple at a coffee shop over the weekend. It was on a topic I’m hearing more and more from my clients and friends. I remember not that long ago having a very similar talk with my…
The true meaning of feeling alone
Imagine a time when this happened to you or to someone you love: The person you cared about and depended on suddenly wasn’t around, leaving you feeling like there was nobody there for you, You finally broke through a glass ceiling in your career, only…
Be Calm, Be Powerful
There is a meditation – I think of it as the 10 times 10 meditation – that is one of a set of meditations from MatrixMeditations, written by Kooch and Victor Daniels. This meditation helps me whenever I feel anxious, or can’t get a worrying…
Your story
I had to write my early life story as part of my training as a counsellor – several times. The first time I wrote it, I was captivated by it, and loved writing about me. I laughed; I cried; I raged along with the main…
Follow your life, not your dreams
Last week, I heard Albie Sachs interviewed. He’s a South African activist who was arrested and jailed during the Apartheid years, and had to flee the country. After Apartheid, he became a member of the Supreme Court of South Africa. In the interview, at one…