Surrender to the Infinite

I met a wonderful woman the other day. She is passionate, loyal and kind-hearted but she also carries a heavy burden. She is attached to t...

I've been struggling recently with a demon I'd suppressed for a long time and now he's out and he's vengeful! The demo...

Isn't it weird that as soon as I'm without my community around me I begin to question my own way of being? I start thinking, 'A...

When I was in Thailand recently I was responsible for cooking lunch for a group of twenty people each day. It was really fun but I was feel...

Letting go a of a lover is especially difficult if you’re in the habit of basing your self-worth on whether of not you’re loved by someone ...

An ideology is a collection of beliefs about the world and how it works. Our ideologies often go unexamined because they were picked up whe...

One of the little contradictions in my personality is that although I find the idea of using toxic chemicals on the earth or on my body irr...

I’ve been a great believer in lists for most of my life. They help organise the mind, prioritise tasks and prevent important things fr...

It's tempting to look back on one's life when you're in a slightly pensive mood and start identifying all the mistakes you feel...

There’s many a pop-psychology and self-help book that advocates making sure your needs are met in relationship. Many don’t go so far as t...

Many people believe that human 'rights' are something we are born with. But have you ever stopped to think that maybe 'rights...

I'm not a particularly artistic person, but I've always really relished the creativity of fashion. Although I buy all my clothes s...

After reading The Moneyless Manifesto by Mark Boyle (aka the Moneyless Man) I've become more and more convinced that learning to live ...

I know what I'm about to write isn't going to go down too well with some people, but hear me out. Feminism has done a lot to provi...

Simply because I do not like the word, letting go of my career was less challenging than you might imagine. All that 'careering' ga...

Until recently I held a job where a lot of the time I got to be the boss. I led teams of people in the garden and although we worked collab...

It's incredible how strongly mythology can affect us at the subconscious level. I'm an intelligent, independent woman. I've w...

Being raped is a terrifying experience for a seven year old child. I know because I've experienced it. The mind is clever at dealing ...

Recently, I’ve been reading this book called ‘Multiplicity: The new science of personality’ by Rita Carter, fascinating stuff for a psychol...

One thing that’s always been distinguishable about me is my lack of roots. It’s not that I’m in any particular way a rootless person; it’s ...

Jealousy is a common emotion for most people and indeed is thought by some to be a healthy expression of love in a monogamous relationship....

It's a curious thing that the illusion of certainty gives us a sense of security. Even though we really have no idea what will happen i...

Since my late teens I had a mild addiction to tobacco which I managed to hold at bay for eighteen years. I'd go for periods without smo...