To nap or not to nap ... ?
16th October 2022
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. Homer, the Odyssey Modern life doesn't feel well adapted to having a siesta. Even if I'm happily asleep in the afternoon, most of those who I might communicate or interact with are likely to be …
Why it might make sense to sleep with a weighted blanket
13th October 2022
Is there any value in using a weighted rather than a standard blanket? More to follow ...
Psychedelic integration - another take on a lifelong challenge
30th August 2022
"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." Friedrich Nietzsche "When I get to heaven, they will not ask me 'Why were you not Moses?'. They will ask 'Why were you not Susya? Why …
Positive psychology and psychedelics: possible synergies
22nd June 2022
I gave a talk today about Positive Psychology and suggested a couple of areas where there could be helpful synergies with psychedelics. Here is the full downloadable talk and below are a few of the slides ... initially just below are the first three: I've written in the past about …
Breathing
15th June 2022
"As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings." Dalai Lama "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." Marcus Aurelius I'm a member of a Book Group. We …
A fun exercise for increasing intimacy in couple relationships
12th June 2021
The Journal of Positive Psychology regularly publishes very interesting, helpful articles. One that recently caught my eye is titled "The marital version of three good things: A mixed methods study". OK, maybe not the most catchy title, but the reference to 'three good things' hooked my interest as this is …
Skydiving with grandad - twelve tips for a courage toolbox
10th June 2021
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” C. S. Lewis “Fear is the mind-killer … I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will …
Using a wisdom diary - the record form
5th April 2021
The first of the two blog posts in this sequence can be reached by clicking on "Using a wisdom diary - background". In this second post I give the nuts & bolts recording form: This wisdom diary exercise is adapted from the work of the Canadian researcher Igor Grossmann. Please …
Using a wisdom diary - background
5th April 2021
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” Confucius “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” Elbert Hubbard “No man was ever wise by chance.” Seneca The language is a bit archaic, …
An online interpersonal support group stirs up a mix of feelings
14th April 2020
"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel." "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." Both quotations by Polonius in Shakespeare's …