Breaking Addiction
Here's a thing I'm going deeper into. We're all in recovery from something. Or maybe there are three parts; in denial (or unaware), in awareness, in...
Where is this going?
That's always something I ask myself! Why? Yes that's another one. Always nice to have a development to share. I've been talking a bit with Calderdale in...
good enuf
We are nice, we are lovely, we are great, we are beautiful. I am nice, I am lovely, I am great, I am beauiful. What do you feel when you read those words?...
life's an upndown
Something I've been talking/thinking about quite a bit lately. Working with people and the emotional stuff that's been going on for them shifts and changes...
white it out
On the school run this morning it was snowing. 2 kids in the car as cotton wool fragments scattered. The air was full of them. There was a break in the...
more news is good news
Hey there This year is starting off with a certain flavour. I have 2 things to talk about . One is related to trauma and addiction and another is about my...
New Community/Addiction Plans
This new year is bringing with it quite a bit of new stuff. New projects around addiction and recovery are coming into focus, including a new community-based...
spray
Take a look through the mirror through the story of life. Words prove useless. Feelings prove nothing. Talk with what's there. When a path is taken it is not...
Useful or True?
I have been inspired by some discussion which came about through the email I sent about whether or not we are our mind and body. This took me to thinking...
Perfection
Something I keep bumping into with clients and in the world. Everyone knows what I'm referring to when I'm saying "it's got to be perfect" - this has some...
Like Buses
Take a trip outside your mind - that's what I'd like to do, sometimes. I've tried it as it happens, loads of times but I've not managed it, mainly because...
Forward Moving Beings
Hello! I have been immersed in the Rapid Resolution Therapy world for nearly a year now and in so many ways it's helping me relook at my beliefs, or maybe to...
countdown
I've always been disappointed by TV. So I thought it's time to make a metaphor to diss it once and for all. It's a fun thing to do, anyway. Sorry if you like...
A year in recovery
I've been working with people in drugs and alcohol recovery for a year now. It's not 'my world' as in not my background but it's a beautiful and difficult...
I'm Not Working
Things about language hit me sometimes. Working or not working. We use phrases interchangeably and the other day I was struck by the crudeness of how we use...
get it clear
Just back from a fulfilling weekend mens' retreat and my reflections are on minsdet and attitude - particularly my own. For quite a while there I thought I...
Mens' retreat - free place available 15 - 17 September
Hi It's September, the kids are in school and nursery and it's summer again here! I'm looking forward to the weekend retreat, which is happening in just 10...
the world is how you are
Despite the chaos I often feel my life is swept up in, I have my moments of clarity. I also have my moments of weakness, moments, of suffering, moments of...
a man's whorl - words about men
I work in construction. I'm grateful for my job and I respect the people I work with - they work hard in an area that is pretty hardcore and unforgiving, one...
a collection of stories
This is one of those statements like "what is reality?" Meaning gives us purpose and purpose might give us a function and that might be all we need. I was...