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In this article I write about the effects on our lives of our mind using our body vs our body using our mind, to live our life. The former risks leading us into fear and dissatisfaction and is constantly trying to mitigate (potential) damage. The latter allows the mind to be guided by our actual […]

How can something like kindness make for a better world? It seems too soft and subtle to make any difference… Maybe we have all become used to the hard edge of life; of law, of rules and of being treated in a depersonalised and inconsiderate way. To be in the world, apparently, one has to have a thick [...]

2 years ago on this day, I had the privilege to stand in front of a City Hall full of new citizens and address them. It was an incredible opportunity to share my story, my feelings for Newcastle and its community and most of all, to welcome these new Novocastrians. Here is what I shared […]