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Are schools teaching what our youth needs to learn?
On official life expectancy, today's teenagers could expect to live into the 2080’s. Do we really think schools are...
Forming a vision: The Deep Roots Community
A spiritual catalyst for crisis times How can we kindle a sense of inspiration in our lives when so much around...
Vision and Manifestation
Fulfilling a vision: a long and winding road I use the word manifestation to mean the ability to bring a vision...
Gathering strength for stormy times
Keep choosing true reality over Fakeland glitz Is there a perspective to be found amid all this confusion? How...
Eco-hamlets: a sane response to crazy times
Improving food security and affordable housing supply There's a widespread view that strengthening local...
Starmer’s Natural Happiness U-Turn
Prompted by months of low ratings, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a radical change of routes with a new...
Black Mountains College: learning for a positive future
Another pioneering project in Wales Black Mountains College (BMC) is an exciting new project, which only...
We all need innocence and joy
It's about maintaining the lifeboat… The state of the world is so serious that these qualities may sound...
Feeling Safe by William Bloom
The physiology of joy This excellent book is subtitled How to be strong and positive in a changing world: it's...
How doing less can make you more happy
Jebelli is a British neuroscientist who argues persuasively that we need a lot less hours at work, and a lot more...
Losing control – the nomad way of living
A different approach to future happiness One of my big life-changing experiences was co-leading a dozen retreats in...
Deep peace can still be found
An Easter retreat on Caldey Island I marked Easter with a five-day retreat at Caldey Abbey, a Cistercian...
Taking extra good care of ourselves
Why it really matters now I'm guessing that this theme will resonate with many of you as it does with me. We...
Growing the light in a dark winter
I celebrated Winter Solstice in a group of 40 people atop a 1000-foot-high hill, with 50mph gales, in a fiery sunset...
Book blog: Nature Spirits by Susan Raven
Why deep human-nature connection is becoming urgent I invite you to tune in for a minute to the state of the...
The Body Keeps the Score
Book blog: The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma ...
Spiritual purpose and community
Why we all need collective strength You may wonder why I see community as important in the field of spiritual...
Creation Spirituality: what, why, how
Align your own creative power within the divine The essence of creation spirituality is this idea: that...
Nourishing body and soul
Nourishing body and soul: Reinventing spiritual community We live in a time of impending crisis, when I hear...
Green prescribing and Natural Happiness
I see green prescribing as one of the more hopeful innovations by the NHS in recent years. This blog explains briefly...
What others say about Natural Happiness
Feedback on the book, workshops and coaching Endorsements for the book Natural Happiness is inspiring and...
Natural Happiness Seed 1: Nourish Your Roots
This is the first in a series of blogs presenting the Seven Seeds of Natural Happiness, a unique way to help people...
Natural Happiness Seed 2: Natural Energy Sources
Do you find it’s getting harder to find the energy to get through the day? You’re not alone! Life and work really are...
Deepening with the Earth
How to nourish yourself with Nature connection Aiding our wellbeing through Nature contact has become a truism, but as...
Natural Happiness Seed 4: Shaping Uncertainty – The Co-Creative Way
Most people are trying to shape their lives amid more uncertainty than they can handle: co-creative skills make this...
Natural Happiness Seed 6: Growing Through Climate Change
The climate crisis can easily feel overwhelming, bewildering and depressing. Human nature needs something to hope for,...
Natural Happiness Seed 7: Natural Inspiration
The future outlook for all of us is turbulent. We’re going to need a quantum step up in our resilience, and that’s...
Navigation aids for a world beyond normal
In the past couple of years, the world has been rocked by a series of impacts, including the acceleration of the...
Is Earth a Karmic Enterprise Zone?
An extra-terrestrial view of our perplexities When even slightly plausible explanations fail, it's time to try...
Exploring the Future, some more…
Why organic navigation is better than analytical prescription In recent years, I've spent quite a lot of my time...
Seeing life differently
Raise your spirits by changing your view Can I invite you to take a couple of minutes, and ask what gives you your...
Faith, hope and clarity… in uncertain times
These days, it's easy to be worried, but it takes some skill and conscious choice to stay positive. That's what this...
How devotional movement and chants can help us with climate distress
One of the reactions I bring to my challenges is a search for understanding, and systemic solutions. In recent years,...
Thomas Berry: ‘The Dream of the Earth’
How the universe story can give us hope Berry has an unusual, eloquent, and valuable view of how we humans got...
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Amazingly, this book is an international bestseller. For me and others who have worked with UK woodlands for decades,...
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