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Writing for Our Lives is out in Waterstones now #mentalhealth
My former employer, a large charity supporting those struggling with addiction, mental health issues et al, released a book of poetry written by their service users and staff. Some poems did not make a cut and they needed more, I … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, book, happiness, happy, mental health, nomad, poem, turning point, universe, waterstones
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The Wisdom of Trauma with Gabor Maté #ptsd #mental health
I have learned about Gabor Maté from his work with psychedelics and then discovered his amazing work on understanding addiction and childhood trauma. This documentary is a beautifully made summary of his work and the many people he helped over … Continue reading
Posted in video & film
Tagged abuse, addiction, childhood, Gabor Mate, happiness, happy, healing, nomad, ptsd, therapy, trauma, universe
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My book on love addiction is now out on Amazon!
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 guide to healing love addiction is now available … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, love, self
Tagged addiction, buddhism, crush, happiness, happy, healing, love, meditation, mental health, nomad, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychology, relationship, self help, soul, spiritual, universe, unrequited
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The allure of unrequited love, or why we fall for unavailable people #crush
To all love addicts out there…
Posted in addiction, love, video & film
Tagged addiction, alain de botton, crush, happiness, happy, love, nomad, universe, video & film
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Letters to myself. On emptiness.
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
Love addiction – the ultimate post (inspired by @melissabroder)
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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Tagged addiction, crush, happiness, happy, love, melissa broder, nomad, obsession, pisces, universe, unrequited
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Melissa Broder on love, longing and infatuation #happiness
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
Michael Pollan’s “How to change your mind” and theory of the entropic brain #happiness
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
Posted in addiction, plant medicines, quotes
Tagged addiction, brain, depression, ego, happiness, happy, nomad, pollan, psilocybin, psychedelics, universe
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The Mind Explorers – London premiere and live Q&A, come and say hi!
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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Tagged addiction, anxiety, depression, documentary, film, happiness, happy, mental health, mushroom, nomad, premiere, psilocybin, psychedelics, retreat, universe
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Friend lost #happiness
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
‘Hello, my name is Doris’ is not what you think it is. Must see for love addicts #happiness
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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Tagged addiction, doris, film, happiness, happy, love, max greenfield, movie, nomad, review, universe
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Love crushes, obsessions, poetry… Love addiction and what pain-body has to do with it (Part 1)
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
Happiness Junkies
Can you get fixated on the pursuit of happiness? Absolutely! Happiness junkies (a good example in today’s article), fixate on it so much that inevitably lose the object of their pursuit out of their view entirely. Desperately wanting to be happy … Continue reading
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