Growing through climate and polycrisis
We’re in a sea of worry: but we can help
Connect with your soul, and radiate love and courage Pause for a few minutes, and review your emotional journey through the summer of 2026. Probably there were times when you felt alarmed. Now consider the people around you: did you share your worries with each...
Climate anxiety: learning to inhabit it
You may call it climate anxiety, distress, overwhelm, or whatever. It keeps getting worse, and faster than expected: it gets me alarmed and unsettled, maybe you too. I’m writing this blog for myself as much as anyone, as part of my long-running search for ways to live...
The Upsides of Upheaval
What could possibly go right? Perhaps like me, you now feel that things have been increasingly chaotic for so long that you've dropped your hope that they'll settle down anytime soon. If so, how can we make the best of a life that's ever more uncertain and...
The 9 dimensions of super resilience: the key to enjoying mounting uncertainties
Would you agree that for most people, life and work have become a lot more demanding and uncertain in recent years? And is that trend likely to grow in future? If so, what’s the positive response to the challenge? This is what I’m calling super-resilience. Currently,...
Deep Adaptation and climate change: an introduction
Back in 2018, the sense of urgency about the climate crisis rose sharply, helped by several key voices, including Greta Thunberg, and Professor Jem Bendell. Jem uses the term Deep Adaptation as a focus for facing and adapting systemically to the major climate and...