The doctor said to me one day in therapy that he was angry with himself for being so reticent, so shy at parties. He watched other single men holding court, while he was relegated to the background, never sharing the
I heard this statement recently, beautiful in its simplicity: When healthy people have something to say, they say it to you. When an unhealthy person has a problem with you, they tell someone else! Confession time! Ever been an
Such a beautifully simple method for happiness! Such compelling robust research evidence to show that it actually works. Resisting would indeed be bloody-minded. And yet…trouble is, everywhere you look there are gratitude pushers. Engraving the word on rocks, putting it
Watching the two young men kiss lovingly on the sidewalk as they took their reluctant leave from one another gave me a small shock as I zoomed past in the taxi launching itself through the hilly streets of San Francisco.
‘You were lucky to live in the bottom of a lake! There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road…we dreamed of living in a lake!’ …Monty Python ‘Four Yorkshiremen’ This famed Monty
I went back to Nusa Lembongan, a very small and desirable Indonesian island, where we run our retreats. I expected coconut trees, fighting cocks, turquoise waters, the odd cocktail, and yes, a bit of local culture. I did not expect to