Post-traumatic GROWTH Syndrome!

Post-traumatic GROWTH Syndrome!

by | Oct 3, 2018 | Personal Growth

Have you heard about Leigh Sales’s new book? Any Ordinary Day is about the ABC TV host’s experiences in going from what she describes as a ‘charmed life’ to a string of crises that have left her feeling fearful about the future. First her uterus tore when she was...
Dignified Excuses

Dignified Excuses

by | Aug 22, 2018 | Personal Growth

During my novel-writing course one student explained her absence the previous week with the excuse that she had ‘the plague’. Quite acceptable in the middle of winter.  Another student justified her lack of writing progress with a blush and the comment that a...
Self-harming – a conscious act?

Self-harming – a conscious act?

by | May 16, 2018 | Personal Growth

I had an unexpected realisation today. A friend has been taken ill and it struck me that a pretty good detox would probably handle much of the issue. This person is a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy who has only lately begun to eat a few vegies. He’s dealing with a...
Ball Tampering In The Light of Universal Laws

Ball Tampering In The Light of Universal Laws

by | Apr 4, 2018 | Personal Growth

I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts about the cricket ball tampering issue. Given my value on ‘The Whole News’, I’ve been pleased to see that the latest conversation about this issue has questioned the punishments imposed on the ‘guilty trio’. I don’t...