I came across an article this morning by an American philosopher basically arguing that travel doesn’t change us. In her Case Against Travel she argues that we see and do things and have experiences on our travels, but at the end of the day we return home and continue to be the person we are, […]
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Recently I was asked what is the opposite of reactionary. The only word that immediately came to mind was inactive – but I felt that wasn’t quite right. So I didn’t really answer the question at all. I’ve been mulling on this for a few days now. Maybe they didn’t necessarily want an answer, they
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This Sunday is Mother’s Day in Australia. It’s always a tricky one for me. I no longer have my mum (she died when I was 23) and I’m not a mother myself. But it doesn’t mean I can’t spend a few moments thinking about her. To be honest, I do that often anyway – I
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I don’t know about you, but I am so relieved we are in the final week of campaigning for the federal election here in Australia. By the time we get to polling day it will have been five long weeks. Five long weeks of negative advertising, negative comments and negative press conferences. I would be
A vote for kindness… Read more »
Last week we fulfilled a long-time promise of clearing out both our offices. Over the years we’ve tended to stack a few boxes, or piles of paper here and there. Each time you walk into the room you say to yourself ‘must sort those out’. But then another week, month or year go by and
Clearing the cobwebs… Read more »
I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling really discombobulated of late (I’ve always wanted to write that word in my blog😉). There just seems to be so much stuff happening. I think it began with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Cutting short our holiday and rushing home to prepare. The waiting for it to hit,
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You’ve probably heard of forest bathing – which is essentially practicing mindfulness in nature. Being fully aware of your surroundings and what you can feel, hear, see and smell. Tik-tokers talk about a similar thing – silent walking. Walking mindfully… and without a phone! But have you heard of star-bathing? It’s an emerging wellness practice,
Getting star-struck…. Read more »
No, I haven’t lost my ability to write! The headline is from the ’90s dance track Insomnia, by Faithless. Insomnia, or an inability to sleep, is a very real condition for many, many people. Whether it’s not being able to fall asleep when you first go to bed. Or whether it’s that 3am wake-up that
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I’m always talking about the benefits of nature. Of course, I’m not unique in this… there’s so much research that shows being in nature has a positive impact on our health — physically, mentally, and emotionally. But after recent events, it got me thinking. Ironically, this beautiful, gentle thing called nature with all its healing
Everything is awesome… Read more »
A natural disaster really helps to put things in perspective. We’ve been without power, phone signal and internet for five days now, thanks to a cyclone called Alfred. At first I thought it might be liberating – a mental health detox from technology and social media. But in fact I’ve found it quite isolating. When
It’s the little things… Read more »
