What is wellbeing?

We talk a lot about it these days, and there are many ways that it can be found, but recently I've been aware of how grateful I am for stumbling onto a path of mindfulness, presence, certainty - call it what you will. A something that brings with it a sense of coming home, contentment, …

Celebrate Spring

With the slow arrival of Spring this year, I've been feeling more than ever how beneficial it is to celebrate changing seasons, both those of shifting temperatures, moonrides, tides and pushing and receding growth, and those that happen inside us. Days when we stand strong, take up space, step broadly; and those when we curl, …

The Black Mountain: A Homage

Sometimes, tension builds in my shoulders and my eyes grow dull with walls and short distances; sometimes, only wide space and cool air will shake me loose, only wringing out muscles will loosen the bones from each other, and only the wind that whips off a mountain top will empty my lungs. There's something about …

Living (a little more) waste-free

Sometimes, when overwhelmed by life, I tend to feel tired of the 21st century, and the fact that we haven't made a less imperfect version of it (there's a reason I have a PhD in Medieval Studies).  In reality,  I know I am incredibly lucky for simple things like, you know, not living in a …

Into the woods, and a thought about mothers.

There are some weekends when the outdoors calls you, and you must go - no matter the weather, your busyness, your plans - when you need fresh air in your lungs, a different sense of time, a world removed from the human everyday. One of the charities I am happy to support is the Woodland …