The answer to everything

I feel wonderful today as I write this, and not because my life is perfect, or even because the sun is shining, but because I am alive, and I have the gift of another day

The answer to everything2018-05-18T10:35:44+01:00


Eric Fromm said that ‘Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties’. In my own creative process of writing a poem I recognize the stages of this. It all begins with an idea, a



I first came across this notion in the work of Carl Rogers when I was doing my training in person centred counselling. Authenticity, or ‘congruence’ or ‘genuineness’ is according to Rogers, and he spoke and


Follow Your Calling

I’m a great believer in starting anything new with a settling into the NOW. How am I feeling right now, this moment, what thoughts are arising, what do I observe within and around me? As

Follow Your Calling2018-01-31T19:03:58+01:00

How poetry arrived for me

I started off my adulthood by writing a poem. What happened was this – I was studying A Level English Literature in the sixth form. That in itself was the

How poetry arrived for me2018-01-22T11:41:44+01:00