I’m writing as I prepare to transition from time ‘out’ of the everyday world to being back ‘in’. Having published Approaching Difference Differently, it was important to regroup, recover and replenish, and I’d planned to spend some weeks on retreat on Holy Isle. The futility of plans – something I keep having to relearn! Getting […]
When writing the final chapters of Approaching Difference Differently, I coined the phrase ‘ending with the beginning in mind’. This reflects a premise that, for conversations that take place over a series of gatherings, it’s helpful to be aware of the way each encounter starts and finishes. The opening and closing moments of a conversation
Last Saturday night, I lay on my sofa, weeping. I was watching the Strictly final, and comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell were dancing a waltz to ‘You’ll never walk alone’. I’d shed a tear when they first did the routine, but this was full-on snotty snuffling. I was deeply moved by pretty
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For someone who’s written a book about pausing and breathing – albeit principally in the context of conversations – I recently realised that I wasn’t doing much of either! Without noticing, I’d become preoccupied with routine tasks and some self-imposed expectations around bigger projects – and got drawn into a tighter and tighter circle of