Reflections on Haiti
A few months ago, after an entire day of time wasting, I was about to delete my Facebook account. Twitter had been binned already, and as I searched for the ‘delete account’ tab, the status of a female friend caught my attention: “Thinking of Haiti tonight and grateful for simple pleasures in beautiful Vancouver.” Haiti? Back in my days of playing with various shamanic... Read More
Are you worried?
A couple of middle-aged ladies knocked on my door this week, and as I opened it they asked me, “Sir, are you worried about the trajectory that the world is taking?” And without waiting for a response from me, “Have you noticed how all of the things that man has created are beginning to crumble all around him?” “And why?” “The bible says…” At this point I stopped... Read More
Juggling Hand Grenades
I recently spent a week in Pembrokshire, West Wales, in a cottage that was accessed by a two-mile dirt track and had no electricity or phone service. The inhabitants consisted of myself, an assistant who was breaking a rather long and heavy dependency upon Marijuana use, and a very good friend who had been distant for many years (fifteen or so) and who had in that time developed... Read More
Change happens in a moment
One of the most profound realizations that I have taken from NLP is that change (and I am talking big, life altering change) can happen in a moment. In fact, nearly all of my clients have confirmed to me over the last six years that change ONLY happens in the moment. Every time I help an individual transform a phobia, an eating disorder, a confidence issue, a traumatic memory (that... Read More
Acting upon my goals
How are your New Year resolutions going? I made none (so have none to feel bad about breaking!) and have instead been working away on my bigger life goals each day, with an awareness that at least one step every day (actually many on a good day!) will get me there in the end. As some of you will know, I am in the second week of a month long method acting course here in London. Why?... Read More
