Tag Archives: addiction

My book on love addiction is now out on Amazon!

Posted on December 12, 2019 by

It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that a writer in possession of a blog, must be in want of publishing a book 🙂 I went the self publishing route and did it. My mini guide to healing love addiction is now … Continue reading →

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The allure of unrequited love, or why we fall for unavailable people #crush

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

To all love addicts out there…

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Letters to myself. On emptiness.

Posted on May 25, 2019 by

When you feel the familiar chill of the void opening within you, the deafening vibration of the growing vacuum, the infinite sinkhole of the Big Empty, don’t do what you usually do – reach for the phone, like a Pavlovian … Continue reading →

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Love addiction – the ultimate post (inspired by @melissabroder)

Posted on March 30, 2019 by

My book on love addiction is now on Amazon, read for free with Kindle Unlimited or get it here. This article by Melissa Broder and her book ‘Pisces’ were the latest eureka moment in my understanding of love addiction. The dots connected, the … Continue reading →

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Melissa Broder on love, longing and infatuation #happiness

Posted on March 9, 2019 by

Melissa Broder is the modern shaman/ philosopher/ poet. I’ve read her article for NY Times, and felt seen – most of what she says about love is what I’ve been recently realising/ discovering. In fact, her article triggered a reflection … Continue reading →

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Michael Pollan’s “How to change your mind” and theory of the entropic brain #happiness

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

I continue to explore the new world that opened to me. I heard that Michael Pollan’s ‘How to change your mind’ was a sort of Bible of psychedelics so I borrowed it from the local library (interestingly, it had a … Continue reading →

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The Mind Explorers – London premiere and live Q&A, come and say hi!

Posted on November 18, 2018 by

Recently I posted A new milestone… a new door opened… a new world discovered… #happiness. So what has been this amazing spiritual growth experience that has blown my mind so much? Inspired by the likes of Stan Grof, Ram Dass and … Continue reading →

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Friend lost #happiness

Posted on April 1, 2017 by

I had a dear friend write to me the other day. It was wonderful. We have not been in touch for a while. I do miss him a lot. He is one of those angels, a friendly soul who you … Continue reading →

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‘Hello, my name is Doris’ is not what you think it is. Must see for love addicts #happiness

Posted on February 25, 2017 by

What attracted me to this movie was Max Greenfield the idea, I thought it would be a bubbly romcom about a delusional, yet adorable, old lady with lots of laughs and aww moments. A bit like Happy Go Lucky or … Continue reading →

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Love crushes, obsessions, poetry… Love addiction and what pain-body has to do with it (Part 1)

Posted on July 4, 2015 by

Romantic love is an unachievable fantasy — Dalai Lama    Love. What a tricky, elusive, individual thing. We all know what it should or might be, we never really know if it is what we’ve got. When I was young, … Continue reading →

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