Introduction This is a time of profound uncertainty with the global COVID-19 pandemic. It is a time where we have all been forced to look into ourselves, to draw from our resiliency and where we have been allowed to reimagine how and why we engage as we do with the world and our communities. This…
The Best Man The alarm goes off at 07.30am and after snoozing it too many times, I’m now late. I turn over for a cuddle and spoon the pillow, realising it’s not her, she’s gone, long gone for years and sharing a bed with someone will never be the same again. I lie, then sit up…
From Mental Health For Millennials Vol 4 ‘On Wellbeing’ (2020). Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are. How deeply rooted in being. Allow nature to teach you stillness’ (Tolle, 2003: 5). This chapter looks at wellbeing in the context of resilience, which is the…
“Let Us Always Meet Each Other With A Smile, For the Smile Is the Beginning of Love” Mother Teresa Whilst travelling by train from Schiphol airport to Hoorn in North Holland this September, something lovely happened. As is the case on most forms of public transport across the world in 2020, everyone was wearing a…