“The Whole News” Blog
Opening our minds to greater awareness and depth
Where’s the Order in Terrorism?
We’ve been keeping an eye on terrorist activity in the northern hemisphere because our three children are travelling through Europe at the moment. It’s quite unsettling as news of these crises emerges, sometimes only a day after our kids have been in one of...
First Night in a Big Bed
by Liliane Grace It is Tara's first night in her own bed. She shares the bedroom with her sister Amy. She lies in bed with her eyes and ears wide open. Mummy has kissed her goodnight and tucked her in tight. But, after her cot the bed seems very big and empty. She...
Don’t Change the Person – Change the System
If you lived at our place you would by now have become familiar with the sound of my voice yelling, ‘Oh no!’ and the clatter of my feet madly dashing to the sink so that I could turn the water filter off before the whole house flooded. In fact, I did once flood...
What Came Out Of The Cocoon…
If you read my blog of a few weeks ago (‘Watch a human being emerge from a cocoon’) you’ll know that I was in the process of rethinking my life! Well, I’ve scratched a hole in the chrysalis and I’m peering out. Here’s what I discovered in the process of being...
Watch A Human Being Emerge From A Cocoon!
The phenomenon of the caterpillar constructing a chrysalis and secretly transforming itself into a butterfly is a powerful and wonderful metaphor that inspires most of us. - What a beautiful illustration of the idea that nothing is destroyed or created but...
Managing Our Expectations as a Way of Avoiding Conflict
One of my ex-writing students is a Marketing Manager and we’re doing an exchange of services at the moment. Something I really appreciate about Ellen is the cleanness of her communication style. In one of our early conversations she...