What Actors Know, Self-With-Others & Other Writings
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We can do this. It takes guts though
To make the world better, we must imagine better. The future is made when we all become artists. ‘Why can’t things be how they used to be?” ‘I remember the good old days…’ ‘Everything was better when we were kids…….’ A brief glance at literature from the last thousand years suggests people have been lamenting…
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Take Action
However inconsequential it seems, an action achieves more than words. The slaughter continues. As you and I go about our day, a population deprived of fundamental rights for decades shelter from carpet bombing. Women, children, men, desperately hunt for food and water to survive the day. Children without parents howl in bombed-out buildings they once…
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A World Without Words
I’m finding it hard to write these days I’m finding it hard to write these days. Writing is a gentle place for me, but I struggle to go there. So much to be said, and no words adequate to the saying. How to address the enormity of the horror in Gaza? How to talk, without…
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A day of darkness
And I was so full of good intentions Some days you stride forward. Some days you stay still. Some days you must walk away. I woke today full of good intention. I reached my desk with a clear mind. Then a shadow fell. A conversation yesterday came back and I heard it differently. I wondered…
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What doesn’t kill you…
Calling bullshit. ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’. Bullshit. Let’s kick that into touch for a start. What doesn’t kill you can still hurt like hell. It can break your spirit. It can destroy your self-confidence. It can make you scared to try again. It can darken your world. It can snuff out your…
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Right here, right now, you’re good enough
A principle to live by Lack of self-confidence is brutal. Every decision is tinged with anxiety. Each step is hyper-vigilant. Any set-back triggers a confirmation bias response — ‘I knew I’d not be able to do this….’. Opportunities are problems. Challenges are defeats. One set-back wipes out ten successes. We’re told to change our thinking…
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Seasons of the mind
For many years I travelled continually. I was away from home for months on end. Often I’d be packing suitcases for a new trip before unpacking from the one just finished. I saw many wonderous things and worked with extraordinary and beautiful people. I saw the world. But I lost contact with the earth. However…
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Sometimes it’s really not you….
It’s the system I’ve created a free introduction to Self With Others, accessible to anyone in any sphere of life. It’ll offer you insights and guidance towards aligning with the world, struggling less, living more easefully and accessing greater daily joy. When you sign up you’ll receive two emails a week for 8 weeks giving…
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The Interconnected Self
The central idea of Self-With-Others From very early in life we’re taught to live a lie. It concerns the very nature of self. I call it the myth of The Isolated Self. We’re taught to believe we’re separate from other people, nature, the world, even from those closest to us. Writer Charles Eisenstein calls it…
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Inner Work
The second ‘domain’ of Self-With-Others Most approaches to professional or personal development focus on one area of our lived experience. Much personal development focuses on changing our inner world — how we think, feel, use our body etc. Much Professional Development deals with how we connect and forge relationships. Organisational or political perspectives deal with…