the shouting – the risky business
There was a big crash of lightning today, just as I finished that post. NOW I need to get on a plane (domestic), with purpose. I need to go and check things out up where [...]
5
09, 2026
5
09, 2026
worst of times – Ava Della Pietra
I am sorry about the 'Here comes the sun' tragedy. I hope I still have that track somewhere. It might be difficult to listen to initially, because I feel guilty that the opportunity may have [...]
4
09, 2026
pride – where does it come from?
For maybe the FIRST time in my life I feel PROUD of how I handled this episode of psychosis. My mother isn't so sure. . . she was tired tonight (had been working hard all [...]
28
04, 2025
splinters
I feel like I am going to have to jump one way or another. Sitting on the fence is giving me splinters. :-P The choice seems to be between opening up in both directions of [...]
9
11, 2023
Winnicott transitional object in adult life
I find it very interesting that often when a particular long-term love interest finds its way back into my life I start reaching for my toy rabbit to cuddle. It is such an intuitive response [...]
16
09, 2023
A fly in the ointment – real-life
Have you ever considered the way that social media (or any form of social interaction) on the interweb impacts your real-world social life? I Googled 'social media is making us antisocial' (or a near variant) [...]
28
06, 2023
Feeling sad thoughts – self-compassion statements
Are you feeling sad today? I can empathise. I have been feeling sad lately too. Someone who had made me feel like they cared for me, left me suddenly and I have had feeling sad [...]
20
10, 2022
Self-compassion for a crappy day
Do you ever have one of those crappy days when things go pear-shaped for whatever reason, and you are left in psychological pain? We all have those kinds of days sometimes. It is a part [...]
13
05, 2020
Saying ‘sorry?’ – try ‘thank you’ instead!
Have you ever had the experience of someone pushing past you in the street, and them saying 'sorry', as they push past? Or have you ever experienced a situation in the world where someone needed [...]
18
04, 2020
Thoughts on the impacts of enforced isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic
How are you going? It is an important question to ask during this very unusual and challenging time of the coronavirus pandemic and all the quarantine conditions that we are all subject to at the [...]