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Escapism and dependency culture: our avoidant relationship with painful feelings

In most parts of the world, which have adopted a global ‘short-termist’ consumerist mindset encouraging pleasure, problems including health challenges or painful feelings, are often viewed as things to ‘get...

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The Lure of and Obsession with Things External to Ourself for Happiness

“The immature fruit clings tightly to the branchbecause, not yet ripe, it’s unfit for the palace.When fruits become ripe, sweet, and juicy,then, biting their lips,they loosen their hold.” Rumi Psychological...

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Soul Abyss  

There is no map when you descent into the abyss of your own soul. You travel down, as divers do, into and through the complete and utter blackness of your...

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Yog and Prayog

We owe a great debt to the beautiful wisdom and practical applications of (ancient) Indian sacred knowledge and wisdom. They were scientists. I wrote about this in my blog when...

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Addictions are Blockages Within: a four-week online course

After a decade working on and off in the field of addiction recovery, with the last year in an addiction setting as part of my Doctorate, I am more certain...

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Does Your Path Have a Heart? Finding and Doing What You Love

“Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another...

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We Wear The Mask

In my latest blog I explore the concept of the ‘mask’ some of us might wear to get us through life. “When I think about myselfI almost laugh myself to...

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Our Voice in Our Sword

In the beautiful film Nomadland by Chloe Zhao, Fern, who has lost her job and her husband, is asked by a former pupil of hers she bumps into in the...

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