Here is a breathing practice to help instantly calm you down. I've been using this one for a few years especially before a big talk, and I've taught it to my kids as well.

As South Africa is now officially being locked down (so to speak) due to the Corona Virus, these two pieces came across my path in the last week. The first is by C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, and the second by the reformer Martin Luther.

Human beings are conscious. We know that we are here, we know that we are going to die. We know that danger lurks, I'm pretty sure neither of my dogs is worried about COVID-19, load shedding, or the economy.

The 3 hardest things to say are:

I'm sorry,
I forgive you,
and Worcestershire sauce.

Fasting, not as a way to lose weight or boost your ketones but as a practice has been around for millennia in just about every spirituality.

Where is meaning located?

Lately society, myself included, wants everyone to find meaning within their work…

Like most I love a good quote, especially an Einstein quote.. it's just that most things that get attributed to Einstein he either never said, or never said in that way.

My favourite discipline, practice, or routine is one that is designed to break just that.

We live in a culture that values taking action and for good reason, action trumps everything or just about everything.

Humans make tools*.

I visited the artist and blacksmith Conrad Hicks' studio yesterday. I've been interested in blacksmithing for some time now, and use it often as an…

Have you ever taken care of a baby bird? Have you done it multiple times, even though its chances of survival are slim to none?

What is the thing you need to do that will make today a good day? In other words, when you get into bed tonight and think back on today, what would make you go,