Closed Doors and Welcome Mats

I’ve slightly alarmed myself with the image at the top of this post… However, the starkness of it seems appropriate. How many of you have had doors slammed in your faces? Physical or metaphorical, they both hurt. Many of us have, on various occasions,...

Travel, the Marmite effect…

In the UK, we will sometimes describe something as having the ‘Marmite effect’. By this we mean, people will either love or hate whatever it is we are discussing. The phrase, ‘Love It, Hate It’ is even used in its advertising campaigns…...

How do you feel about Valentine’s Day?

Who loves Valentine’s Day? Whether single or coupled, and however much the grouches out there would decry it as abhorrent commercialism, Valentine’s Day is nevertheless an opportunity to invite a little more love into our lives, and to celebrate the love...

Anchored…

I’ve been preparing a workshop this week, a full day exploring how we can nurture a grounded sense of identity… I’m so excited! I’ll be working with students ranging from 8 to 14 years of age, and also their parents and I’ve been thinking...

Writer’s Block…

Ever started a sentence a gazillion times, because no matter how you typed it, it just wouldn’t tell the story you want it to tell? Fragmented identity works this way… We start it… a few tentative words on the page, for one audience, to tell one...