“F_ck, Come on, you can do this,” I shouted to myself, pushing through the mini triathlon I took on last weekend. My legs ached, the cold bit through my skin, and I was already exhausted…
My Articles
“One Foot in Front of the Other” On Navigating Life
“(that’s the beauty of running) When you don’t think you can move forward, when you are sad about yesterdays or not sure what’s going to happen tomorrow, your purpose is just being there, putting one…
Masterpiece & mess. On being human
“I am a masterpiece… and a mess.” The moment I heard that, I thought, “Oh sh*t, that’s me!” I laughed so hard that people on the train platform gave me those curious looks you get…
emotional resilience
A few weeks ago, I was delivering a workshop on emotional resilience when I received a phone call that stopped me in my tracks and threw me into a vortex of events, emotions, and ultimately,…
On the impermanence of life.
Every day of the week I walk in the forest next to my home. Every day the forest looks and feels different, even if it seems unchanged. The leaves, the branches, the trees, the moss……
grief is love
please note the below text mentions grief, death and loss of a loved one ‘Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant’ wrote American writer Joan Didion when she wrote about her husband’s sudden death….
on change.
You will be a different person by the time you will have finished reading this short post. Whether you like it or not, you will have changed. Your body will change on a cellular level…
insecurity
‘Perhaps the truth depends on the walk around the lake’ wrote Wallace Stevens in one of his most famous poems. In my case it was actually the river that lead me to my moment of…
On courage
On courage
Where’s Your Ithaca?
As you set out for Ithaka / hope your road is a long one / full of adventure, full of discovery’ are the opening lines of a poem ‘Ithaka’ by C.P. Cavafy. Ithaka being a Greek island and poem inspired by the Homer’s Odyssey.