Back in mid-March I had symptoms of a sore throat, slight cough, temperature and then the rest just unravelled into what looked like COVID-19. Within 24 hours my youngest son was ill, and two days later so way my wife. There was no testing outside of hospitals then so we have no way of knowing … Read more
In ‘Values Count’ (my previous book) I wrote about values based working. That book looked at why working from values is so important. In my new book (“Insight Coaching” coming soon), which I am in the midst of writing, I look further at values based approaches, and look at how they can be applied to the coaching process. … Read more
1. What if this was all that there is? How does that feel? 2. Would you be happy with what you have done so far? What does that feel like? 3. Could you list things that you have done that have made a contribution and created a better world for those around you? If you … Read more
We are taught by the mindfulness movement that meditation is about stilling the mind, but that is only one type of meditation. This one is known as single-point meditation (sometimes also referred to as samatha), focusing on one object (which could be the breath) to train the mind to still and quieten. This is the … Read more
Written last year, on an iPad whilst en route to the annual holiday. I kept this, didn’t share it. Then, this year our holiday was cancelled due to June having an accident (she is recovering but it had a horrendous impact on us both). And I have been on and off planes quite a bit, doing work in the Isle … Read more
That moment when we realise something is not as it seemed for every living second of our lives before then. And in that shift comes a completely different way to view reality. Up to that moment, everything made sense because of this founding principle by which we lived. Then, when the light shines through, we … Read more
We get out of life what we put into it, (so we are told). From experience, I know that I am happiest when I am focused on others rather than on my own needs. We spend childhood and early adulthood searching for happiness. We look for it in things, in possessions, in others, in experiences … Read more
This is the latest poem written in the sequence I am currently working on. The sequence is called “Blue: experiments in sound” and it includes a sequence of poems and accompanying sound pieces. It should be finished within the next month or so: BOUNDED PEACE Of understanding I know nothing even when the wind blows through these … Read more
One of my writing projects that I am currently working on is a ‘Retreat Diary’ from the week-long retreat I did back in April. Here is a short extract from it: From Shantideva’s “The Way of the Bodhisattva” Just as the awakened ones of the past Aroused an awakened mind And progressively established themselves In the practices … Read more
This is a guest post from Taravandana. It fits in really well with the series I have been writing about values. Thanks to Tarvandana for sharing this article: Last October I was fortunate enough to spend 10 days in Bhutan the small democratic kingdom found in the Himalayas nestling between North West India, China and … Read more