Recognizing burn-out in everyday life I often see clients who are struggling with the cumulative demands of life. It seems that modern life is inimical to human wellness. Work, parenting, academics, quickly eat up the hours of the day, leaving us fatigued and spent. For responsible, functioning people, busyness happens by default. Our sense of
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Shakespeare knew well the fundaments of human vitality. In Macbeth, Shakespeare depicts the inevitable devastation when one is deprived of sleep, a most basic physical necessity. After murdering King Duncan, Macbeth realizes that his guilty conscience will give him no rest until he is reduced to dust. He bemoans sleep’s departure: Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no
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Finding joy in everyday life often begins with noticing what is already around us. I have the habit of collecting moments of delight and wonder. These are quiet, unassuming encounters that uplift my soul and reveal the brightness of life. Sometimes I chance upon a small kindness that renews my faith in others; other times
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Coffee as a ritual of attention and gratitude Thomas Merton once wrote: “I love beer, and, by that very fact, the world.” This statement is at once whimsical and puzzling. How does a fondness for pale ale stray into a confession of love for the world? Perhaps Merton suggests a fundamental relationship between the mundane and the
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Nature and mental health meet in the simple experience of noticing the world around us. This harbour-side reflection explores belonging, stillness and the relief of a wider perspective. Nature and mental health in an ordinary city moment I am standing by the harbour, peering past the sailboats and skycrapers into the mountains in the distance.
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The Talking Cure There is little to do here But speak Tremulous at first Uncertain whether there is enough light under the sun To counter the darkness of your secret, Whether your dreaded thoughts Might rumble the earth beneath. Still you speak. At first in fits and starts, In whispers and breathy utterances, Until
Fire-Breathing (For Wildfires) is a poem of anguish, devotion and care in the face of a burning world. Inhale acrid smoke flying embers the bodies of trees particles of charred soil manic flames bourne of greed hazy blindness swirling confusion madness driven mad anguish multiplying anguish without beginning without end this searing pain. Exhale great
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This poem explores faith after disillusionment: the loss of certainty, the passage through loneliness and the possibility of remaining open to wonder. There may come a time when, Broken by false promises, Worn thin by stoked passions, You step through the threshold and feel yourself larger than what those walls can hold Leaving behind the
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