Today we welcome the lovely Sas Petherick, whose humour, sass 🙂 and down-to-earth wisdom I admire. This is the latest interview in celebration of my new book, ‘What Helps: Sixty Slogans to Live By‘. What slogan helps you? ‘Nothing good gets away’. This was written by John Steinbeck to his son. How does this slogan help you? Reminding myself of […]
Kodo Nishimura Says: This Helps
Today we welcome the gorgeous Kodo Nishimura, a Pureland Buddhist monk and an international make-up artist. This is the latest interview in celebration of my new book, ‘What Helps: Sixty Slogans to Live By‘ – the others are here. What slogan helps you? Be honest to yourself. How does this slogan help you? It is very easy to […]
Really? Just as I am?
I have faith that we are all acceptable just as we are. I have passed this on to many people, and I have seen it bear fruit in their lives. It’s the name of our Buddhist book, and ‘just as you are’ is the most important slogan in my new book. This doesn’t mean that we are perfect […]
Luisa A. Igloria says: This Helps
Today I’d like to introduce poet Luisa A. Igloria, the latest interview in celebration of my new book, ‘What Helps: Sixty Slogans to Live By‘. What slogan helps you? The one I think of most of the time is an Ilocano saying. Both my parents were/are Ilocano, and I remember my elders offering it in various […]
My trip to Kyoto
A few days ago I returned from Kyoto, where Kaspa and I had spent a couple of weeks on our first half-holiday half-pilgrimage to the city where our form of Buddhism was founded. What have I brought home with me? Apart from a love of heated toilet seats… We witnessed a lot of beauty on our […]
Nithya Shanti says: This Helps
Introducing the latest in my interviews to celebrate the release of What Helps: Sixty Slogans to Live By – today with spiritual teacher Nithya Shanti. We’ll begin with Nithya’s: THREE MANTRAS FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING Here are three of my favorite mantras. They have been a source of countless blessings in my life and I have […]
Michael Nobbs Says: This Helps
“Little and often” is the slogan that helps me keep my creative life on gentle track. A friend said it to me a lot of years ago and since then it has become the basis for my creative practice and a cornerstone of my teaching. Every day (well five days a week) I set a […]
Salena Godden says: This Helps
1. Pessimism is for lightweights 2. courage is a muscle 3. It isn’t punk to ask for permission 4. Never, ever give up! 5, Make light! 6. Go where the love is These slogans help me switch off social media and get on with writing. They help me to be more generous. To stop comparing […]
What helps when your head explodes
This morning I worked on how I was going to launch my new book ‘What Helps‘ into the world. I’ve had a busy week, and today in my diary I’d written ‘take it easy’. As I started brainstorming about my book, I decided I’d like to run an online course called ‘This Helps’, and started to create an […]
When things go wrong, what helps?
“We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose – to be spilled.” ~ Yoko Ono When we are unsatisfied with our lives or when things go wrong, where can we find the best wisdom? It’s a funny old thing, wisdom. There are infinite amounts available out there. When seeking it you can choose from […]