By Kelly Hearn It is time to re-think New Year’s resolutions. Restricting contemplation of our lives and aspirations to one day a year is like waiting for Valentine’s Day to tell our loved ones we care; celebrating life exclusively on our birthday; being grateful merely for the 24 hours that constitute Thanksgiving. These calendar dates… Continue reading Rethinking Resolutions
Month: December 2020
On Loneliness
By Charlotte Fox Weber We can be lonely anywhere, in crowds, with our families and friends, by ourselves. Being with other people and feeling disconnected can be the loneliest of all. Loneliness is not about being alone. It’s about feeling disconnected. We are relational beings, so connecting means a great deal to us, and when… Continue reading On Loneliness
Launching Online Reflective Groups
It is nine months since the UK was put into the first lockdown to halt the spread of COVID-19. While this extraordinary disruption to the way we live our lives understandably unleashed tremendous anxiety, the hope at the time was that the measures would be successful and so short-lived. Fast forward to December. This early… Continue reading Launching Online Reflective Groups
Reimagining Work Post Covid
By Kelly Hearn We are coming to the end of a remarkable year, one in which the ways we live and work were fundamentally altered. As we head into 2021, hopeful that vaccines will usher in more freedom and mobility, it is an apt moment to consider what lessons learned will remain applicable beyond Covid-19… Continue reading Reimagining Work Post Covid
Coping with Covid Over the Holidays
By Kelly Hearn The holidays always bring up strong emotions. Some very positive: we look forward to the warmth of connecting with our family and friends in festive environs. Others less positive: we wonder if we’ll manage to ‘pull off’ the season without exacerbating family rifts or grieving lost connections. It’s fair to say that… Continue reading Coping with Covid Over the Holidays