Comfortably Numb
There are times in life when the wind is simply knocked out of you and trying to catch your breath requires concentrated effort. This week has been that for me. Tough doesn’t begin to describe it. When faced with a crisis that could ruin everything I have built, a numbness set in like a global anaesthetic.

My Good Soldier
My 9 year old son calls me “The Last Hippy”, like I am the lone dinosaur that roams the earth after some cataclysmic event. Needless to say, that has caused quite a lot of laughter from friends and family. The good side of this is that obviously my values have have imprinted on my son enough that he

Breaking The Ties That Bind
It has been a strange couple of days leading up to this full moon. Rather intense emotions flying about, behaviour of family members pushing boundaries, and interactions with people highly charged. Sure, we can put it down to a full moon and write it off but I think there is deeper underly

The Pheonix is Arising
It is amazing how busy one gets when you are building a life anew. It has been 5 months since I moved back to my motherland after 10 years absent. I have come back a different person than I left and this life I am creating is foreign, yet familiar. Foreign, because I have never known such lov

Standing Up And Being Her
One skill that has always been particularly hard for me, has been that of standing up for myself. The very concept swirls around in my head with little understanding of how I come to terms with opposing beliefs. My spiritual side, resting heavily on many Buddhist teachings, tells me how others treat me