How to be hopeful, fulfilled and functioning when there's no end in sight We’ve said goodbye to life in lockdown and normal life is resuming. Or is it? The adrenaline-fuelled, all-hands-on-deck, “unprecedented times” have passed, but we're still a long way from normality. In a time of crisis, we usually have the focus, energy, support and the cortisol boost to deal with it. And then we get the relief that it’s all over. Right now, it feels like [...]
Well, according to the Chinese solar terms, we’ve now moved into summer. And once again I'm writing about the benefits of tuning into the energy of the season, whilst we’re still in circumstances that make that tricky. Perhaps the transition of “Stay Home” into “Stay Alert” gives us a little more opportunity to be outside. However, we're still living with the reality of a pandemic so this summer is likely to be an odd one. But, as I’ve said [...]
So I would normally have sent out my tips for a healthy, happy spring by now but I paused because of the coronavirus situation. I questioned if it was relevant or even superficial. Spring is when we welcome the longer, lighter days and a return to a more external life. It’s a time of renewal, growth, vision, inspiration and hope. And that seems at odds with what's going on and the distress and fear I’m encountering regularly in my [...]
