Some people will be feeling thrilled as the portcullis comes down tomorrow and the drawbridge is pulled up, between Britain and mainland Europe. They will probably be waving their union jacks, saying ‘Cheers’ and feeling they have won the fight to be true to good old...
Focussing on achieving Brexit as the ‘be-and-end-all’ solution to all our current problems, is very like the way women can end up focussed on having the perfect birth. It is totally understandable, but on the whole, totally useless. It is often the wrong...
It’s a truism: we are living in extremely challenging times. The current Brexit rollercoaster is riding roughshod over people’s lives and well-being. The constant discussions, arguments, clashes, and crises are extremely wearing. Uncertainty creates a...
It’s a truism: we are living in an age of anxiety. An age of too much information, too much stress, too much anxiety – too much too much. Consequently, many of us are experiencing emotional, psychological and physical overwhelm on a daily basis. The dial...
Having spent the past week in sunny Seville with my choir, the Highgate Choral Society, singing in amazing churches and breathtaking Cathedrals, one thing became very clear: we were all thoroughly relieved to be away from the terrible tumult of UK life. Over tapas we...
‘Crisis?’ ‘What Crisis?’ Many of us might be in denial, right now, that we are in a national crisis. But we are. When things get this tough, it is tempting to take recourse to Netflix (a telly version of hiding under the duvet). And really hiding under the duvet,...
You are checking your phone, browsing news websites, flicking on the TV or Radio, glancing at news-stands compulsively, wary of what bad news is coming next. After all, every time you check in, there seem to be yet more stabbings, shootings, random attacks, bad...
We are living in challenging times. The storm clouds have not only gathered, but are hanging heavily over our heads, as the fallout from Brexit becomes clearer by the moment. At first it seemed a wonderful bid for freedom, and now, it seems like a lemming-like jump...
Recent research (cite) has found that children are on their ‘tablets’ (iPads, etc.) for about three hours a day. They are flipping between mobile, PC, tablet, TV, gaming consoles and back again. Plus, the family is accommodating round individual screens, instead of...
I was amused to see the new Ladybird book series for adults takes a wry look at our current passion for Mindfulness. It claims Mindfulness is something where “you get to do a lot of sitting down”. When I was commissioned to write the Mindfulness Journal I wondered,...
