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 responsibility seems to open the […]
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We live in a society ruled by technocratic elites. Their latest preoccupation: immortality. For Silicon Valley tycoons, the prospect of life ever-lasting is no more than a question of advanced engineering, scientific knowledge, and technological mastery. In their innovation-driven subculture, immortality is merely another point in a long line of technical challenges bested by human
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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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Facebook was founded in 2004, Twitter (now “X”) in 2006. The Apple iPhone was launched in 2007. Since those seminal years, wireless devices and social media have dramatically changed the world. Glowing screens dazzle our eyes. Our devices have become extensions of our bodies, reshaped every facet of our lives, from classrooms to newsrooms, from dating to cooking. More
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The past year has been tumultuous for the world. In a span of weeks, things seemed to have further fallen into disaster. Carnage, destruction, chaos spread like vicious ripples across the globe. Conflict in the Middle East has seen widespread bloodshed, environmental devastation, disruption to commerce, political upheaval, and a stupendous shock to oil prices.
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“Baby, please come home,” pleads Darlene Love in her Christmas classic. We can imagine Bing Crosby’s rejoinder: “I’ll be home for Christmas, you can count me.” Every year, millions of travellers brave sleet and snow, bustling airports and wintry roads to return home to celebrate the holidays. Hours of labour in the kitchen culminates in a feast
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Ruby drops onto the couch, sighs as if she had been holding her breath for three days. Although only 43, fatigue traces the lines on her face, despair shades her complexion. Her vitality spent, she has barely made it to our session. With two young children and a busy career, Ruby is constantly on the
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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 I am tickled by amusement. None of these gifts arrive with grand proclamation or
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In his autobiography, Speak Memory, Vladimir Nabokov wrote that “life is a slim crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” Take a fraction of that briefest spark, and we arrive at a day like today. Perhaps there is little that marks today as anything extraordinary within the span of our lives, yet within the
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It’s Earth Day. Outside my window, the leaves of oaks and maples are unfurling from buds. The air carries fragrance. The cherries and magnolias are in full bloom – an effusion of pink and white regales the streets. Everyday I watch the garden burst forth with shoots of green and petals of vibrant colour. Tiny
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