Article written for Volume 3, Issue 8 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). I have heard it said that when humans begin to respect the animal kingdom then they begin to understand compassion and equality truly. If you know anything of Buddhist teachings then you will understand that all sentient beings have value […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 7 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). What do you do when you begin to realise that all your years of training, development and climbing the ladder of professional work suddenly begin to feel sabotaged by thoughts of another possibility? You experience a creeping towards a divergent […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 6 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). Communication can be a tricky thing. Sometimes we hear direction but don’t always pay attention or even understand it. We are often rushed or thinking of other things, unfocused on the information right in front of us. This is also […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 5 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). There are enormous numbers of carers in our community providing personal service to others. They are dedicated to caring for loved ones to the best of their ability despite complex situations and a myriad of emotions that sit beneath the […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 4 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). The word Grief is one of avoidance to many people because it invokes a picture of inescapable pain. Nonetheless we all at times, feel the deepest grief and the widest oceans of loss. Any losses are all great cries to […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 3 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). Most of us are aware of the concept that everything works better when in balance. Do whatever you like in moderation they say. This is good advice. Do you follow it or do you harbour a quiet, uncertain little voice […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 2 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). Things sometimes feel stuck. It can seem that going forward is not happening and the same slow issues keep returning in haphazard frequency. Many of us have been experiencing similar issues. The last few months I have noticed this of […]
Article written for Volume 3, Issue 1 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). Arriving at the vet with the family cat recently, I asked the receptionist if I could book our cat in for his monthly arthritis injection. Since I had been given permission to administer these injections myself as a people nurse, […]
Article written for Volume 2, Issue 12 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). The catch cry these days is to be authentic and I love this. Indeed I agree and encourage this. Let’s be ourselves and own it! However I have to say it. Being authentically myself comes with some jeopardy. This is […]
Article written for Volume 2, Issue 11 of ‘Luminous Wisdom: Sophia’ (a Sibella Publications magazine). Recently I was driving through the suburbs, nudging my car up and over a rise at 10am. What opened before me was a beautiful message of heart-felt importance. Forever etched on my mind as I slowed and observed, was a […]