As any plumber will tell you, effluent always flows downhill. It seems the same applies to the consequences of emergencies. It seems the people at the bottom of the social hierarchy are most vulnerable to the impacts of emergencies. Shanty towns are built on flood plains because no one else wanted the land. Famines affect… Continue reading Can we prevent effluent from flowing downhill?
A simple word that changes everything
“But” You can append this word to just about any sentence and it magically destroys any meaning you were looking to convey. “Yes, I think that dress looks amazing on you” “I would have been on time” I don’t want to be rude” BUT As we share our thoughts with people, take a step back… Continue reading A simple word that changes everything
Emotional Time Travel
Doctor Who is one of my favourite shows. What’s not to love about travelling back (and forwards) in time and experiencing all kinds of adventures. This year, I have discovered my own form of time travel, and I’m loving it! No, I haven’t found a way of unlocking the secrets of the quantum universe, but… Continue reading Emotional Time Travel
The end of life as we know it
For the past four billion odd years, an incredibly complex set of chemical reactions has repeated trillions of times, replicating a beautiful double helix structured protein trillions of times, in a process, we call life. Now and then something went wrong in the replication process, and a new molecule, ever so slightly different was produced.… Continue reading The end of life as we know it
Can empathy be learned?
What would it take for you to risk your life, climbing aboard a boat that was taking on water before it had even cast off the docks, to make a treacherous sea passage, with a crew who were modern-day pirates just last week? In the knowledge, that even if you were successful in crossing the… Continue reading Can empathy be learned?
The true power of tension
You must have felt it… the heightened awareness of your surroundings, the pounding in your chest, shortness of breath, tightening of your throat, sweating perhaps even a sense of nausea! There are many causes, but deep down in our guts, the adrenal gland has gone about producing adrenaline to help us face a serious… Continue reading The true power of tension
The boxes we make
I’m not a creative, I heard myself say. Yes, I make things, build stories and create ideas, but no I’m not creative, because I don’t have a neck beard, and you won’t find me riffing on the merits of single origin coffee coffee beans. It seems that I had made a box for creatives and… Continue reading The boxes we make
Scarcity is a wonderful thing
Scarcity gets a bad wrap these days. Just about every “motivational speaker” or “life coach” you hear speak will tell you that you must have an abundance mentality. There are always more opportunities, more money, more relationships wait to the to be earned. A useful parallel to think about is air. Chances are you haven’t… Continue reading Scarcity is a wonderful thing
It’s not fair
If your a parent chances are that you’ve heard these words hundreds, perhaps even thousands of times. The problem with them is that they are true but utterly disempowering. Life’s not fair. From the very beginning of time there were quite literally an infinite number of possibilities that could have led to something other than you being… Continue reading It’s not fair