Lost and found.

Lost and found.

I’ve just wasted another 15 minutes looking for my phone. This is a daily occurrence, I lose keys, phones, and my temper. I also regularly lose my train of thought, my focus, my balance, my direction, my composure, and some would say my mind. I do not lose weight or...
Assasination aisle.

Assasination aisle.

If you are between the ages of 50 and 65 and reading this blog, I would like to officially welcome you to the “Assassination Aisle” where your warranties start expiring, the check-engine lights come on, some mysterious diseases and unpronounceable syndromes will be...
Pathways

Pathways

I’m sure that with all the press about the pope, the upcoming conclave, the Vatican, the poor altar boys and weeping nuns and pondering the simultaneous horrors and beauty of organised religion, the last thing you want to read about in this blog is more about...
Labels

Labels

Recently I unpacked a patient’s homoeopathic medicine. The prescription noted that it was for sadness. What a beautiful word: ‘sadness.’ It feels like forever ago that I heard the term. These days we don’t have permission to just “sommer” be sad anymore. We are now...
Safe spaces.

Safe spaces.

Jonathan Louis Dent, who is an artist, actor, numerologist, astrologer and life coach (over achiever?) said: “Imagine if we measured success by the amount of safety that people feel in our presence.”  This week, for the third time in a row (please please forgive...