Life lessons from the movies: Hope Springs

Life lessons from the movies: Hope Springs

Is changing a relationship like changing a lightbulb? You may recall the old joke about how many therapists it takes to change a lightbulb.  The answer is one: but the lightbulb really has to want to change.  It may take one therapist or less to change a sterile...
Exploring elderhood at Findhorn Foundation

Exploring elderhood at Findhorn Foundation

Rich, expansive, poignant, nurturing and more… Community Centre, Findhorn Foundation In February 2013, I brought a vision to fruition: co-leading a week-long programme at Findhorn Foundation on elderhood.  My co-facilitator Ineke and I, had high hopes for the week,...
Amour: French film about love in old age

Amour: French film about love in old age

A picture of joy and pain: in equal measure? Stunning is a word much over-used, especially by estate agents, but stunned is the best way to sum up my feelings at the end of this film.  I have never seen a whole audience leave a cinema in such deep silence. The gist of...