Category Archives: 3. Finding Meaning
The other kind of emotional pain: The ‘pain of truth’
While the pain of childbirth with a mother’s first child is considered to be one of the most severe pain levels a human can experience, surprisingly few women are traumatised Continue Reading →
The better the love, the better the heart
I was fascinated to read about research* showing that people diagnosed with heart failure did better, up to four years later, the better their marriage was. How much love was Continue Reading →
Be careful what you attach to
Guy Hendricks, on writing about Fearless Living, has some profound thoughts (thanks to my wife for passing them on). When we work out who we are and what we do, Continue Reading →
Juggling relationships with yourself and others against work
This 30 second speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola) is worth repeating. “Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air – Continue Reading →
The wonderful works of Irvin D Yalom
At my last workshop I promised to post details of the living psychiatrist (going strong at 79) that has inspired me more than any other. He is an authority on Continue Reading →
Managing an alcohol problem with meaning
One of my patients, a recently married, talented music producer, has been troubled for some time by his daily alcohol intake of often more than a bottle of wine a Continue Reading →
It’s scary, but what does that have to do with whether I do it or not?
I shared this thought, one of my ‘rememberings’, with one of my highly insightful, surprisingly enlightened, young patients. She said how as a young child she had journalled: ‘God doesn’t Continue Reading →
It’s all about taking risks – ‘Only the person who risks is truly free’
Thanks to one of my patients, let’s call him Joseph, who forwarded me these wonderful words on the importance of taking risks in life – so central to the purpose Continue Reading →
How ‘follow your bliss’ really works
People often wonder how following one’s bliss will actually take you forward and bring you those three elusive things. The full quote around Jospeh Campbell’s advice to ‘follow your bliss’, Continue Reading →
Pursuing a meaningful purpose in life is scary – where to start?
When I talk about Pursuing a Meaningful Purpose in life (PAMPering ourselves) most people’s eye’s glaze over and they say words along the lines of ‘But I have no idea Continue Reading →