Blogs
Meaning, Purpose, Connection: what does inspiration mean to you?
I know the word spiritual is hard for some people. Replace it with inspirational if you prefer. I’m persisting with it because I believe that spiritual aspects of life and resilience will become more vital for most of us in the years ahead as turbulence grows.
The Overstory by Richard Powers
If you love trees, you’ll find this book fascinating: it’s a rich exploration of both trees and people, as individuals...
The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
Blog written by Lynn Murphy… I'm curious about habits, about what I do and why I do what I do even when I don’t want...
World’s happiest countries
It’s not about the money! The Happy Planet Index for 2016 again puts countries in Latin America and the Asia Pacific...
Why people need Nature more than ever
Insights from the book Your Brain on Nature. My top tip for Earth Day is to read this brilliant book, and give it to...
Stress, Wellbeing, and how Natural Happiness helps
Pictured: Alan with a group at Hazel Hill Wood. Recorded levels of stress have grown a lot in recent years, and we’re...
Book Review: Active Hope by Macy and Johnstone
I have taken part in workshops led by both Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, and regard them as two of the best teachers on personal resilience in a full sense of the phrase. Working in depth with this book could be a good start to exploring super-resilience.
How can we get beyond compassion fatigue?
The UN’s hope in designating this day, on August 19, is to ask all of us to remember and support the large numbers of...
Pilgrim perspectives: Camino di San Benedetto
I vaguely imagined that a pilgrimage is walking along a dedicated route with some kind of special intent. It is that, but far more.
Low-cost health care: Zimbabwe style
The Guardian recently reported a touching story about the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe. At a minimal cost, it has helped thousands of people suffering mental health problems.
Book Blog: In Love with George Eliot, by Kathy O’Shaughnessy
The genius novelist becomes human George Eliot has been my favourite novelist for all my adult life, but I knew...
A Buddhist View of Friendship
One of my favourite concepts in Buddhism is metta: this word is usually translated as loving-kindness, but its root meaning is the nature of a friend.
Book Blog: Your Brain on Nature by Eva Selhub and Alan Logan
This is an important and exciting book in my view, as it gives extensive research validation for the natural happiness approach, and the aims of Hazel Hill Wood as a natural learning centre.
Community with Nature: people in a field
It’s often said that the only real way to learn about community is to experience it, and this week was a good example.
Why we all need comfort zones
Do you have too much change and uncertainty in your life? It seems that most of us do, and it’s unlikely to get easier soon. Instead of hoping that the overload will go away, it’s wiser to explore how to handle it better. One good way is comfort zones…
‘A really positive uplifting weekend’
This was a wonderful weekend, combining Alan’s natural happiness model, Jane’s gifts in mindfulness and eco-psychology, and the sheer magic of this wood at bluebell time.
The Gardener’s Way: seasonal tips for November
This is the start of a series of blogs to highlight gardening priorities through the seasons of the year, and how we can learn from these for our own resilience and wellbeing. This blog covers the period from mid-October to the end of December.
Hope amid cancer and covid
GUEST BLOG This is a recent blog from a long-standing friend, Palden Jenkins – a deep thinker, old soul and...
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