by Alice | Apr 25, 2017 | Books, Life coaching, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
This is a post about three books that have changed my thinking. They’re somewhat outside my usual bedside reading material. None of the three includes any recipes or organic gardening tips. None mentions Albus Dumbledore or the Beatles. But they’ve all had a profound...
by Alice | Mar 24, 2017 | Becoming Alice, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
Last year my life was transformed by a bullet journal. My friend Meliors Simms is usually far more up with what’s current than I am. About this time last year she emailed me and said, “I think you should know about this. Come over and I’ll show you.” And I entered the...
by Alice | Dec 24, 2016 | Life coaching, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
This is an article about four slightly weird practices that could make a big difference to your wellbeing. One involves holding your index finger on a small machine that occasionally emits gentle beeps. In another, you move your eyes from side to side while talking....
by Alice | Oct 2, 2016 | Alternative economics, Ecology, social wellbeing, Tools of resilience
Of the many great organizations we have in the Waikato, one of the absolute treasures is the Time Bank. I’ve tried to explain how the Time Bank works to several friends, and I always end up saying, “It’s really hard to explain. You have to try it yourself, to see what...
by Alice | Jul 13, 2016 | Books, Ecology, Music, Tools of resilience
Niki Harre’s book Psychology for a Better World is about how to make sustainability sustainable. “The bottom line is that as change agents, if we don’t offer people happiness, they won’t be attracted to what we do, and they won’t stick with the activity we’re...
by Alice | Feb 19, 2016 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Life and death, Tools of resilience
This is a post about Linny the cat, Atul Gawande, and David Bowie. “Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth.” – Eckhart Tolle. “To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.”...
