I've just come back from a little trip to Tokyo to watch the World Athletics Championships, which was great fun. My last visit was over...

I've been living away from home the past few months, in Cairns. I often flee up there this time of year as the winter weather is divine...

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You’ve just settled into your favourite café with a good friend. Your brew of choice is on its way and you’re catching up on each other’s...

This was the opening subject of a recent interview I did on a new vodcast called Redefining Wisdom. The pod was started by a young man...

That's probably not a question you get asked often. But it's a worthy one. In Buddhist circles, which dominate in South East Asia,...

Do you meditate? If so, why? And what do you consider to be a good meditation? If not, have you considered it? If yes, what’s motivating...

I'm not a big fan of the wellness industry. The value-chain seems to be: pay me money and I’ll make you feel good - fast (ten minutes to transform yourself?! Really?!)   Add a charismatic, good-looking person and some vague, lofty-sounding spiritual talk, and you have people feeling wonderful. In and of itself, that’s not a problem – feeling wonderful is....wonderful!   But there are three key issues I have with t his. PLEASANT FEELINGS CAN BE MONETISED The first is that, bec

Golly! It's over two months since I started sharing with you my new learning on the engine room of our experience: attention . My own...

Writing my NY Reflections before the fireworks For the past decade, on New Year's Eve, my husband and I have engaged in a ritual - our...

Christmas is not a happy time for everyone. I want to send warm wishes to you for this festive season, whatever that is for you. If...

Our attention is the engine-room of our experience. Every day, our conscious mind brushes up against thousands of stimuli – sounds,...