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Living in discombobulating times
I’ve only recently come to recognise the reason behind my feelings of discombobulation (meaning disoriented and befuddled) in observing the dire state of the world. It’s a persistent, uncomfortable feeling that I think many, many people experience. This blog is my...
Presencing the Self at the frontier of your identity
One of the wonderful aspects of becoming immersed in nature, whether that is a more conscious activity such as a NatureConnect session or simply a wander through a forest or along a beach, is its capacity to welcome you into the freedom to be, a quiet fascination of...
Living through the Great Disruption: finding our inner North Star
We are in the midst of profound global disruption. The materialist, economic and social systems and associated paradigms that underlie our neo-liberal capitalist, hyper-consumerist and disconnected civilisation are undermining its viability and the measures of human...
Our broken wholeness: making sense of individual and systemic brutality – Part 2
In this stage of increasing global disruptions there is little certainty of where this transition stage is leading us or how catastrophically it will unfold. It is all too easy to become overwhelmed by doubt, despair and dread of a future we are creating. In becoming...
Our broken wholeness: making sense of individual and systemic brutality – Part 1
Watching the news on mainstream television is predictable in terms of its trivial or extremist content, simplification of events and often biased perspective. I’m trying to kick the anesthetising habit! In this country and most others, it cannot be otherwise given the...
New perspectives: opportunities for growth
The benefits of discovering a new perspective towards an issue, an event, one’s life should not be under-rated. A shift in your perspective may lead to a change in mindset that helps you deal with an issue or relationship. This change may stir deeper understanding and...
Realising the importance of connection during the disconnection and isolation of social lockdown
As someone deeply reflective about connectedness, one question that regularly arises in these ‘social distancing’ and self isolating days is how to experience connection in these times of disconnection. We have a civic duty to disconnect from social gatherings apart...
We are all made of flesh and plastic: the enormous price of plastic
I recently read a 2019 report by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature on the production and disposal of plastics (Solving Plastic Pollution Through Accountability report) and was naturally horrified by the stats and impacts, even though I had been aware of the...
Energetic connection is our inherent birthright
When you reflect on what it is to connect with nature, do you see this as a connection extending beyond your skin, even behind the perceptions that flow past your awareness? When you sit beneath a waterfall or hug a tree, does it ever feel as your skin boundary...
“We must be still and still moving Into another intensity”
It’s not that I’ve experienced trauma before as so many others have, its just that in the voyeurism of news stories I have been affected by others trauma. Having watched the survivors of the intense bushfires standing bereft by their burnt down homes, the people burnt...
Deepening nature connectedness while the world burns: some reflections on the Oz fires
Were you deluged in your daily FB feeds about the bushfires in December and January? I was. These frequent posts dominated my feed, views and stories about the existential threats to life, the smoke generated, the physical and psychological absence of the Prime...
Rain’s sweet embrace
Listening to the gently pattering sounds of raindrops kissing the thousands of thirsting leaves in my dry garden, I feel an upwelling of relief and deep appreciation for this rare cleansing. I take a deep breath and expire the remaining tension of grief and sadness...
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