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Give a little bitAs Australians we enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world, the global economic meltdown notwithstanding. Yet how many of moan.. |
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Pathologising sadnessImagine losing the one person you love the most. In the long days, weeks and months that follow, you ride a rollercoaster of painful feelings and emotions. You are devastated and lose interest in everything. You can’t focus.. |
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The purpose of life
Many years ago, a friend and I attended a public talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. To this day, whenever I’m with this friend, Charlie, and the subject of HHDL comes up, Charlie, who’s a bit of a joker, recalls our..
Age shall not weary us
Old man, look at my life, 24 and there’s so much more. I have a very clear memory of hearing these lyrics by Neil Young for the first time..
’10 Lessons from the Earth’
With religious extremism sweeping and poisoning so much of the world, we need constant reminders that teachings on love, tolerance and compassion..
The magic of mindfulness
A friend of mine once said to me that if we really paid attention, an activity as simple as walking down a garden path would hold our interest..
All you need is … oxytocin
Many things make human beings unique: our thumbs, the complexity of our communication skills (excluding certain ex boyfriends!), and our fully..
Change for the better
Epiphanies come in all manner of circumstances. Some people see the light when they’re diagnosed with a terminal illness. Others experience..
Every little bit counts
Who doesn’t on occasion feel completely overwhelmed by the world’s colossal problems? Climate change, the GFC, political instability, religious..
Mental as anything
Photos are wonderful things, not least because they transport us right back in time and place to some of our favourite moments. In this case,..
Boxed in
Just a few days to go before Mind & Its Potential and as you can see, boxes and even more boxes are taking over conference headquarters...
Less is more
We hear it again and again, that the best things in life aren’t things. Yet we keep buying stuff. So much stuff that to contain it all Australian..
Hope springs
When you think about it, it’s amazing most of us see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. Day and night we’re bombarded with mostly..
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