The Journal

This year has challenged me more than any other in my life.

Way before iPhones or Uber Eats, Philosopher Blaise Pascal understood the human condition and our desire to avoid being present with ourselves. In 1670 he famously said;

In all the years I have been practising meditation, I’ve been on dozens of retreats. All of them different.

Here are a few of my favourite strategies to make unpleasant feelings go away:

My body weight dropped dangerously low at the depths of my eating disorder. It actually didn’t feel that bad. In fact I didn’t really feel anything at all.

Here’s an interesting list…..

It’s no great surprise — our attention spans are narrowing. That desire for the next new thing compels us, scrolling and clicking our screens like maniacs.

I have been told by the experts that blogs are important. But does anybody actually read them? Hey, I’m no website expert, but my gut feeling is no. So the fact that I am now sitting dutifully at my laptop writing one is an act of pure obedience – and