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March 2023

March 03, 2023
I have had a hard week. Not a ‘my cat died’ week, a ‘dealing with...

February 2023

February 15, 2023
(or, does gentleness lead to indulgence?) Last night I had a big pasta dinner followed...
February 07, 2023
One of the things I really love is when an improbably random trail of breadcrumbs...

January 2023

January 31, 2023
I have been working as a psychotherapist for twenty five years, and for the first...
January 24, 2023
Sometimes I worry that ‘Gentle Buddhism’ is an oxymoron. When I think of the Pali...
January 19, 2023
My dream last night was vivid and spooky. I was walking around a pond with...
January 17, 2023
One hundred and fifty four days in a row. This was how long I had...
January 10, 2023
As my first day of work in 2023 approached, I got myself into a painful...

December 2022

December 22, 2022
She was curled into a furry ball on the green chair, her tail pumping weakly...
December 20, 2022
I couldn’t remember my Word of the Year for 2022. 'This is not a good...
December 15, 2022
I only Googled his name on a whim. He was a talented poet, and many...
December 12, 2022
If you’d told to me ten years ago that I’d be living in a community,...
December 08, 2022
About a year ago I moved banks. I’d been with the same bank for twenty...
December 05, 2022
I have a confession to make. As a good Buddhist, I am aware that I...
December 01, 2022
A few months ago we took a deep breath and tackled the chaotic boiler room...

November 2022

November 29, 2022
Do you plan to meditate every day and then struggle to keep going? Do you...
November 26, 2022
A gang of long-tailed tits are skipping from branch to branch in the magnolia tree....
November 25, 2022
Before I share Ralph’s wisdom with you, there’s something you need to know about him....
November 24, 2022
This weekend I attended a protest with fellow climate activists in London and since my...
November 22, 2022
Ideally, we would all have space in our diaries to rest, recover and replenish our...
November 19, 2022
A flock of birds swim across the sky from left to right. There are maybe...
November 17, 2022
There is a Japanese word in the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism, ‘bombu’, which I...
November 15, 2022
Once a month book a retreat day into my diary – a Friday with no...
November 10, 2022
A breath between each task For a whole month now I have managed to find...
November 08, 2022
What's it all about? What is gentle Buddhism, and what qualifies me to speak about...

December 2017

December 25, 2017
I'm taking a break until the 9th of Jan, but that doesn't stop me from...
December 22, 2017
I'm feeling naked this morning, as my new novel 'Some Kind of Freak' has just...
December 20, 2017
Should I be training others? This is the question I'm asking myself as I study...
December 18, 2017
I had a heated argument with myself this morning. This is our first free weekend...
December 14, 2017
Just now I snapped off a square of dark coffee chocolate and savoured the sweet...
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