On the way to intimacy

The resources I've been slowly reading The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski, a book that looks at what death can teach us about living fully, and this week I blazed through Harriet Lerner's the Dance of Intimacy, a book that looks at how to change patterns of relating that keep us stuck in a dance … Continue reading On the way to intimacy →

Forgiveness – freedom from judgement

The Resources This week I listened to Brene Brown's two part conversation with Harriet Lerner on the art of apologising. You can listen to it here. I found it very insightful and also thought provoking in light of the next chapter in Kathleen Dowling Singh's The Grace in Aging, which focusses on forgiveness as liberation … Continue reading Forgiveness – freedom from judgement →

Falling over and getting up again

I don't remember where I read it, but that's how a monk described his daily experience of faith as he was living in a monastic community. We fall over...and we get back up again. I like the idea that people who are living their lives dedicated to prayer and the disciplines of community also find … Continue reading Falling over and getting up again →