by Alice Bulmer | Jan 28, 2025 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Food, Metaskills, Tools of resilience, Wellbeing
This is the second post in a series. It’s a follow-up to My friends the plants. You might like to read that one first, for context. Once upon a time, I believed herbalism was a kind of alternative medicine, prescribed by a clinical herbalist. Which it sort of...
by Alice Bulmer | Jan 5, 2025 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
This is my personal take on plant-human relationships. I think having a relationship with plants is crucially important to help each of us navigate through challenging times. In our broccoli-hating culture, I’m speaking up for the plants. Everything from green salad...
by Alice Bulmer | Jul 10, 2024 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Life coaching, Metaskills, Tools of resilience, Wellbeing
Do you really want to do regular spiritual practice, but it’s just not happening? Your good intentions go astray when the course ends. Or after you get home from the meditation retreat. It took me many years to find a regular practice of my own. I’m sharing some...
by Alice Bulmer | Apr 1, 2024 | Becoming Alice, Music
On Saturday afternoons, you’ll find me making music with my friends. Our group is collectively known as the Strumbles. The group has been going for more than ten years. Most of us play ukulele and sing, with the addition of various other instruments: double bass,...
by Alice Bulmer | Nov 1, 2023 | Becoming Alice, Family skeletons, Life and death
It’s a weird time of year, here in Aotearoa-NZ. The last days of October and the beginning of November. In the Southern Hemisphere it’s simultaneously spring and Hallowe’en. We have kids dressed as ghosts and goblins, walking the streets in the evening sun,...
by Alice Bulmer | Sep 28, 2023 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Favourite, Life and death
There’s a small worm farm tucked away under a tree in my back garden. It’s not a fancy worm bin. Just some stacked plastic boxes with lids and dividers. At any time of the year, it contains thousands of wriggly creatures. Willingly consuming potato peels, apple cores,...
