We love to process the world through story. It underpins much of what we know of ourselves and our history. Take the idea of the stand alone genius for example. The celebrated individuals throughout the years that have transformed the way we think of the

Society is not renowned for its sensitivity to the needs, anxieties, and pains of humanity. In fact we only have to watch certain TV shows to see how brutal it can be. Shows peddling the dog eat dog reality of a competitive world such as X Factor, The Ap

There is an old zen proverb that says: A martial arts student approached his teacher with a question. "I'd like to improve my knowledge of the martial arts. In addition to learning from you, I'd like to study with another teacher in order to learn anothe

Highly sensitive and introverted people create their own energy. This is an important thing to recognise and embrace. It's also important to recognise that if you’re responsible for managing and creating it then external sources can potentially take it.

Movement and creativity are close allies. When you're feeling uninspired or stuck, what do you do? In this week's episode of the podcast I talk about why motion is key to loosening up our creative process, broadening perspective, and bringing life to ou

It turns out that it's pretty easy to destroy good work. All you have to do is...well, nothing really. You just leave it. Stop. Let nature take its course. About 6 months I wrote a blog post. I was taking my running more seriously, working towards runn

Do you get drained by a potential and looming period of busy? Image Credit: Moving Back a Bit over Legaspi by Storm Crypt Image Credit: Moving Back a Bit over Legaspi by Storm Crypt (via Compfight) I recorded this week’s podcast twice and made a decisi

A while back I was invited to write at Space2Live.net about the things that can sap our energy as HSPs and introverts without us necessarily realising. Knowing WHY you feel a certain way makes it a lot easier to cope with and recognise HOW you can address

There was almost no podcast this week. What with all the weddings, work, and creative flow I've been experiencing I didn't realise it was Wednesday again...ALREADY! But I wanted to explain a little bit about what I've been doing. In fact it brings me gre

I'm no expert in mindfulness and meditation. I find it very hard to keep it up, especially when 'life gets in the way', but I seem to have been speaking about it a lot recently in various contexts. So I thought I would give some of my reflections on it an