The River Knows
I‘m writing to you through the gentle haze of golden white sunshine. My hilltop house faces south and, when the weather allows it, the winter sun peeks through the window at me in the afternoons. […]
January 2014
The Moral Molecule
Consider the lowly lobster. The scary-looking crustacean Homarus americanus has never been thought of as particularly moral, or particularly romantic (unless, of course, the context is drawn butter and a good white wine). Heavily armored […]
Spirituality Without Structure
Whatever your focus, spiritual practice should not be about meaningless ritual repetition. It should not be merely a habit or a means of appeasing others. Nor should spirituality be a wholly intellectual exercise. There is […]
The Secret Life of Wellness
Pierre attended a six-day workshop I was teaching in France. He was a tall, lanky man in his early forties who seemed disillusioned by life. He told me that the only reason he came to […]
Beating the Winter Blues
The start of the year is a tough time for most people’s self esteem. Traditionally it is a time for self-reflection and vowing to change ourselves for the better. We may resolve to go to […]
Returning To The Lakota Way
A pair of moccasins sit on a table in our living room and sometimes in my office. They were to have been my father’s, but after he died they were given to me. They are […]
The Key to Personal Resilience
Even with decades of research and thousands of studies published in hundreds of professional journals, there’s still no single theory of resilience. We can find specialists trained to help us with everything from physical resilience […]
Starting the Adventure of the Year
The month of February comes from the Latin februare, which means to purify. Sometimes it is a difficult time when we need to face residues of untransformed issues left over from the passage through the […]
Hotbeds and Hotbins
In 1999, the year the total eclipse of the sun was visible from Cornwall, Tim and I took our then small children to see it. They were awed by the experience. That same holiday we […]
February Chat Page 2014
Star Letter: Cherish your family Well Christmas has come and gone for yet another year. I have been particularly reflective this year about family memories of Christmas’ past. I have remembered with fondness how my […]