Stories of the Journey Home - Storytelling

I met my wife Sundara three years before we became lovers. In the interim I lost touch with her, but throughout that period I was possessed by a very real and tangible sense of fear. This fear seemed to have … Continue reading →

Last spring I called a Story Circle on the theme of Love. People answered questions online, and some joined me for an online call, and we all went deeply into these questions: “what does love mean to you? What has … Continue reading →

I’m preparing a Christmas performance of stories for children and have been digging into the archive of stories that I told at my children’s bedside when they were young. They are now 11 and 13 years old, and a very, … Continue reading →

All my life I’ve tracked a wavering course between purity and impurity. I yearn for a spiritual cleansing in which all my faults will be erased and I will no longer feel so vulnerable. And yet all my attempts to … Continue reading →

This summer Sundara and I were shocked to discover that one of our dearest friends had cancer. Parabhakti is younger than us, and totally dedicated to his spiritual path and to the art of wellbeing. And yet the way that … Continue reading →

We have always needed to answer the basic human questions: “Who are we? What are we in the middle of? What does all this mean and where are we going?” These fundamental questions don’t go away because they are more … Continue reading →

Quick note: My two intuitive storytelling trainings are already enrolling. If you’d like to learn Intuitive Storytelling with me this autumn check out this page. When I was eighteen I went on my first “Forest School Camp”. Over one hundred … Continue reading →

Even though we’ve been living in our new house for several months now, the noise of the nearby motorway can still bug me. And that itself intrigues me, because there’s always something. If it wasn’t the road noise, probably it … Continue reading →

My wife Sundara has created a series of screen savers for us both, with pithy quotes from spiritual teachers we like, set against beautiful images. It’s nice to have my workflow interrupted by these reminders to stay present to the … Continue reading →

This time last year Sundara and I finally got the keys to our new house. We’d been waiting several months already but it had been worth it. We were buying not just a new home for our family, but also … Continue reading →

I was talking to a client recently who admitted to pushing herself too hard. I explained that when I do that myself, I call it “working for the boss”. Being self employed, she immediately understood what I meant. “Working for … Continue reading →

Last summer I called a free “Online Story Circle” on the theme of belonging. I asked people to engage with this topic by answering four simple questions, and joining me on a call to go deeply into it together. This … Continue reading →

We were never meant to move this fast. Our nervous systems evolved in union with a natural environment that moves much, much slower than the modern world. And the more wizzy our gadgets become, the faster our world gets. It … Continue reading →

My family and I recently left the house that has been our home for the last 6 years. It’s been harder than I thought it would be. That place had become something of a cocoon, or you could say a … Continue reading →

I’ve often thought of nursing as a special profession, one of those rare roles in our society where love and compassion is part of the job description. Of course, the reality is more complex. Like most of the helping professions, … Continue reading →