How to Deal With the Pain of Loss
Death is part of life, but in Western cultures especially, this is not something we choose to dwell on or prepare for. We have created an environment for ourselves in which much pain, suffering and drama exists around loss in any form, be it loss through death, or a break up. The feelings and emotion […]
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What My Favourite Superstar Taught Me
If I told you that millions could adore you and you would earn millions of dollars if you would simply be yourself, would you believe me? In fact, I would even go one-step further to say you could achieve fame and fortune even if you were fat, spoke funny and were born on the wrong […]
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Having Nothing to Say
I write a blog each week, based on my own experiences or the events I observe around me and most weeks I feel like I have something so say, something of value to give to the world or an encouragement which might lift my readers up, but today I have nothing to say. Absolutely nothing. […]
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The Disease of Comparing Ourselves
In a recent conversation with my friend and colleague Katrina Bourke in Australia, we touched on a very important topic of how we often are in a state of comparing ourselves to others. How we look at other people and see them as being better or worse than we are. More often than not, we […]
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7 Tips for Dealing with Self-Pity
Dealing with self-pity is not always straightforward and if you’re anything like me, you might be a little intolerant towards self-pity, both your own and that of others. In fact, I have a mindset of “suck it up and get on with it.” However today I can’t just “suck it up” and am feeling huge amounts […]
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The Day I Knew It Was Over
It was a Friday afternoon in the month of March. I was on a train from Cologne to Amsterdam and I started feeling angry. For months the only emotions I felt were numbness, helplessness, sadness, depression yet suddenly something within was thawing and I was furious. Since the previous November he had been torturing, bullying, […]
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Love Stories from the Camino
Love stories from the Camino fascinate me. Last year as I walked, I heard epic tales of people who had fallen in love along the Camino as we walked together or in previous years. I wondered where they found the energy for romance or to put their best foot forward, so to speak. Nevertheless, as […]
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The Joy of Extravagant Giving and Receiving
Last weekend I was chatting with friends about giving and receiving. We all noted how we behave in social situations. When invited to a dinner party we all take a small or sometimes not so small gift with for the host. When invited out for coffee we quickly jump in attempting to pay the bill. […]
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The Camino Gives You What You Need
Yesterday I arrived in Spain to begin my volunteer stint as a hospitalera at the San Anton Monastery. It was a long and arduous drive taking two days and when we arrived my fellow hospitalero, gave me a quick rundown of how everything works. As it was late afternoon there seemed to be very few […]
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