On Interbeing

On Interbeing

More and more in daily life, I have little moments of realising how much suffering it causes me and the world around me, to experience myself as an isolated little unit, striving for independence and success in the world. A moment of realising I am getting lost in the...
On the Shadow of Needs

On the Shadow of Needs

While it’s no doubt an important and vital movement, coming into contact with our needs, it feels important to address some of the shadowier aspects of this, that often seem to lie beyond our awareness. We have a cultural blindspot around the necessity to be...
Why so much focus on sex and intimacy?

Why so much focus on sex and intimacy?

What if one reason we struggle in our intimate life, is because we’re wanting to get all our needs met from that one place? Perhaps the reason we put so much value, and hence so much strain on romantic and sexual relationships is because we are disconnected from...
On using vulnerability as a marketing tool

On using vulnerability as a marketing tool

While it can be touching to see social media used for intimate revelations, when it’s connected to promoting a service or an offering, it’s still a marketing ploy, and smells of something quite twisted and manipulative, although I imagine it’s quite unconscious...