Category: Resilience
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MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment
MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment Light builds resilience. Light builds energy. Light builds hope. But what is a “Light Quotient” and why do we need to increase it? Sasha from The Pagan Homemaker describes a light quotient as simple ways to make you feel lighter, which increases resilience,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … in 2026 with visual journaling
MAKING MY PEACE … in 2026 with visual journaling This year, 2026, I have begun visual journaling using a combination of a loosely-based phenology wheel with watercolour paintings and notes. A phenology wheel is traditionally used to track natural events and cycles, such as flower plantings, bird migrations, weather patterns, daily temperatures, hours of sunlight,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with gaining ground in 2026
MAKING MY PEACE … with gaining ground in 2026 A Meditation for 2026 Today I sat in meditation, slowing my breath, imagining what 2026 will mean for me.
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MAKING MY PEACE … with serenity now
MAKING MY PEACE … with serenity now If you’re a Seinfeld fan, you’ll remember the classic Season 9 “The Serenity Now” episode which aired on 9 October 1997. George Costanza’s father, Frank was trying a relaxation technique prescribed by a self-help cassette tape. Every time he felt stressed, the instruction was that he must shout the calming…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with being a little delusional
MAKING MY PEACE … with being a little delusional When beginning something, whether it’s a new job, a creative project, a relationship, or starting a business, people often take steps forward without full knowledge of what lies ahead. Oddly enough, that’s sometimes a good thing. If humans were perfectly rational, they might never start anything…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with what it means to be grounded
MAKING MY PEACE … with what it means to be grounded I often write about “feeling grounded” and “gaining ground” – but what do I really mean? And why is being grounded one of the most important inner skills we can learn?
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MAKING MY PEACE … with natural disasters
MAKING MY PEACE … with natural disasters … finding hope and renewal after disaster … After a natural disaster, a flood, a fire, an earthquake – even a heartbreak –healing seems distant, but eventually it always arrives. Inspired by Liberian poet Patricia Jabbeh Wesley’s “Healing Will Come: Elegy after Natural Disaster,” I explore the stages…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the interpretation of dreams
MAKING MY PEACE … with the interpretation of dreams … poets have long recognized the significance of daydreams … Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud wrote The Interpretation of Dreams in 1899 exploring the realms of both dreams and daydreams. I have just read Angelo Zammit’s re-translated edition which brings renewed accessibility to Freud’s psychoanalysis, particularly the idea that…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with being fully at the table
MAKING MY PEACE … with being fully at the table … who’s at the table? A creativity exercise for inner healing … To kick-start my summer-time spark of creativity, I attended a workshop. At Kari van Tine’s workshop The Joy of Creativity, she conducted an activity called “Who’s at the table?” It was deceptively simple: write…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the hidden crisis in mental health: burnout
MAKING MY PEACE … with the hidden crisis in mental health: burnout … the importance of support for burnout in the mental health of early-career researchers … Following the UK’s focus on “Community” during Mental Health Awareness Week from 12-18 May, the European Mental Health Week (19–25 May) shifts the spotlight to the broader societal structures influencing…