“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence It is often a waking dream of mine to imagine what might be happening around the world
Read more →Dear me from 10 years ago, This is your Future Self speaking. You are about 3 months away from making a very big decision. One that will significantly alter your life. How should I describe you? Baffled? Searching? Hopeful yet exasperated? Your children are 2 and 4
Read more →I went on a fabulous course called ‘The Way of the Horse’ yesterday at the Red Horse Foundation, near Stroud. We learnt about the intimate relationship Man has had with horse since the Scythians in about 700BC first started domesticating them. We have since abused this relationship
Read more →I’m doing some research around my program Future Self Now at the moment in order to contextualise it and attempt to explain why the experience is so powerful. I’ll keep you posted as I go along but I wanted to share this fascinating research into ‘Mirror Neurons’
Read more →I’m rather proud of this photo I took yesterday down by the canal in Frampton-on-Severn. It reminds me of what Julia Cameron (author of The Artist’s Way) says about paying attention to the details in our life: People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy.
Read more →Now that I’ve started running my Artist’s Way workshops again I’m going to be much more conscious about doing Artist’s Dates. These are basically about taking yourself off for about an hour a week just to have fun with you and you. They are meant to be
Read more →I’ve long had a love of trees – ever since I could reach up and sit on the swing under a huge oak tree we had in our front garden. I would soar up into its branches singing, “I’m on top of the world” by the Carpenters.
Read more →Of course the Universe always answers. The only impediment to us knowing this, is our listening (or lack of). There are days though when it feels like: “I ask and it is given”. Today for instance… This morning I was bemoaning the fact that there are no
Read more →My friend Pauline – a biographical counsellor – was telling me yesterday about a philosopher in her sphere who asserts that we don’t allow ourselves to go deep enough into our experiences. When we simply walk in nature and don’t fully take in it’s wonders, for instance,
Read more →The colour of the sky today was amazing. I went for a walk with my friend Liz and we had to keep stopping our chatter to marvel at how warm it was, at the autumnal colours and at how good it felt to be out amongst it
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