How honest can I be?
Increasingly the way I'm working with people 1-2-1 and in groups is really challenging them to express their present moment experience. Not talk about how work has been this week, not talk about what's happening tomorrow, just what's happening in their mind and body right now, and how they're relating to it. Are they accepting […]
Bridging the Divide – How Language Shapes Polarisation
I was shocked, saddened and really worried at what I saw in the videos of the recent riots happening all over the UK. They raised a lot of questions in my mind:, how do we put a stop to them in the short term, and keep people safe but also - why are they happening? I thought […]
Suicide prevention: a conversation
On average, 12 men take their lives in the UK everyday. This rate is three times higher than it is for women and middle-aged men (aged 45–49) are the age group most at risk. Whilst the reasons for someone to take their own lives are multi-faceted and complex, an open and compassionate workplace culture can […]
Building resilience by letting go of control
In this podcast episode, Emma and I discuss our relationship with control. We admit at the start that we feel a bit nervous because it’s a topic that we’re both feeling challenged by at the moment. Emma opens up about wanting to change the kind of work she offers but not knowing what it will […]
The hidden gifts of anger
When I first moved in with my partner, she said it was very unsettling that nothing seemed to irritate me. It absolutely did, I'd just spent my whole life learning to hide my anger using my old friend silent resentment 🙂 I particularly noticed how much of this went round in my mind when I […]
Could you forgive your son’s killer?
Today I’m sharing three stories of forgiveness that blew my mind. Imagine you’ve made a video about an issue you really care about. You’ve spent hours producing it and you feel vulnerable about telling the world what you think, but you also feel proud of what you’ve created. You then post it online and someone […]
Making sense of Trump voters
5 min read To people who hate Trump, this election result might have felt like a relief. The good guys won. But, as has been pointed out several times, this was not the rejection of Trumpism that many were hoping for. He got more votes than last time, and those 71 million people aren’t going […]
Your recycling is in a Turkish river
4 min read Last week I was listening to the Today Programme, and the presenter was saying, ‘Are you suspicious about what happens to your recycling after it’s taken away? Well you’re right to be. A new report from Greenpeace has found British plastic piled high and partially burnt in Turkey. They found waste from […]
The key to overcoming conflict
Marshall Rosenburg (1934-2015) was as American psychologist who believed that it is in our nature to enjoy giving and receiving compassionately. Given that belief, he attempted to answer two questions: What happens to disconnect us from our compassionate nature, leading us to behave violently and exploitatively? And, conversely, what allows some people to stay connected […]
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