Robin Williams
This week Robin Williams committed suicide. Every suicide is a tragedy and a loss for all those that are left behind. As the story of the last stage of his life comes out it seems that he faced a number of … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: health
Electric Shockers
I am now back in the UK and enjoying reading the papers, listening to the news and basically relishing our summer. Almost the first article that I read on leaving the plane was about some research that had been done … Continue reading →
Burden or Blessing?
How easy it is for us to find people around us a burden. As I fly out to Hong Kong, the elderly woman sitting next to me is being escorted by her daughter who clearly finds the whole experience a … Continue reading →
And now for something completely different . . .
Last week I spent 5 days in a magnificent house in Wales called Buckland Hall. Many of you who live in the UK may have heard of it or even had the good luck to have visited it. The … Continue reading →
Girls and Madmen
In the news recently has been the story of the 200 plus kidnapped girls in Northern Nigeria. This story came out about 3 weeks before there was any reasonable response from either the Nigerians or the international community. Why it … Continue reading →
Loving Yourself
Recently in China the subject of truly loving yourself came up while a group of us were having a meal. One friend told us how a teacher of his had suggested that he took time out every week to love … Continue reading →
Compensations
This is such a big subject for all of us. Basically we all started to compensate about the time when we started feeling bad, feeling guilty and developing some dark thoughts and beliefs about ourselves. Most of us most of … Continue reading →
Childhood and Spirituality
I have just returned from China where I was giving a 10-day seminar to students who have worked with me for 3 years and we had got to know each other pretty well. One of the last focus people spoke … Continue reading →
Mapping emotion in the human body
This is one of those we-know-this-but-now-it’s-been-proved kinds of stories that I love. It is particularly relevant because Jeff and I have just returned from our annual Psychology of Vision training in Hawaii. 50 trainers from all over the world met … Continue reading →
Generosity
Last week I was in Munich for a five-day seminar, which is always a joy. It is well attended and participants really go for it. It was deep and profound with many insights including one about generosity. Generosity is a … Continue reading →