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When will it end? How will it end? How much longer can I deal with endless ground hog day existence? Well, although we don’t have the answers, we can do a lot to help ourselves suffer less in these unusual times. Like get interested in our boredom. What does it feel like to be bored? No doubt there is a mind full of thoughts- but what are they? Thoughts about the “good old day”? Or thoughts about the future and what ifs- or is it this moment right now you are judging as wrong

We all want to be calm, peaceful and happy. And we will do almost anything to get it. From eating those things we know aren’t good for us, drinking to excess, needlessly shopping, to watching endless Netflix – we often unconsciously do things to satiate this restless urge to feel content. And the irony is- the very act of looking outside of ourselves, seeking something we feel we don’t have, keeps us unhappy, unsatisfied. In this lockdown situation we find ourselves in, we ar

Today I found my 7 year-old lying in bed crying. He was clutching his beloved Scalextric car and to my questioning look he pointed to the wheel. Oh no, I thought, now what? I couldn’t see anything in particular, so he explains the lettering on the tires have worn off a bit. I honestly can’t see much detail without my glasses, but assuming he is right I give him a hug and try to quickly cheer him up with a – “well, never mind”. But he does mind. This is important – it’s his fa

Feeling like life is passing you by and all those fun experiences you used to love have ended for ever with no sense of return? The concerts, the restaurants, the international travel.... when, when will it all go back to normal? This pandemic is a FOMO's nightmare, with the only solace being that no one else can do anything either. Well, my suggestion would be to sit with it. Sit with your discomfort. This is the invitation right now for all of us. All wanting to escape, to