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Do you feel like this image – as if half of you is not there? (If you can can’t see this image it is of a man who’s face and body is partially invisible). This is the experience of many people and they wonder why they feel uninspired, deadened and not able to enjoy their [...]

We are moving into the time of dreaming. As each day closes we are aware of the darkness descending, as the days get shorter and the nights get longer. Maybe our sleep gets deeper, and our dreams become more vivid. Or we awake each morning knowing we have been somewhere in the night, scarcely remembering [...]

I am delighted to announce Ritual Theatre, The Power of Dramatic Ritual in Personal Development Groups and Clinical Practice is now published in the UK and is on sale through the Jessica Kingsley website or on Amazon. Ritual theatre is one of the most ancient forms of healing that is still practiced in tribal societies [...]

Next Saturday all over Britain people will be gathering round bonfires and in their back ground to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, and setting off fireworks to celebrate the fact that Guy Fawkes and his conspirators failed to blow up the House of Commons. Why do we still burn the “guy” five hundred years later? In [...]

You eat your 5 a day, take your vitamins, avoid junk food, exercise rigorously – but have you had your daily dose of Tragedy? I am grateful for the inspiration and title for this article to Oliver Taplin, a well known Classics scholar, author of numerous books, and the presenter of  a number of TV [...]

Or what they should have taught you at school Did you feel like Keith Johnstone – that life lost it’s colour and magic as you were growing up? That this was just a fact of life. Life is a serious business, and it gets more serious the older you get. How many times were you [...]

What gifts lie hidden within? an inspiring story It takes a lot of courage to go on stage. I remember the first time I did, I was frozen with fear. But what did it take for this Korean boy to go on national television and perform to millions. An enormous amount of courage. And even [...]

Marianne Williamson tells us that, “ our “playing small” does not serve us or the world. She encourages us that in shining our light  “we are liberated from our own fear”, and that in doing so we “automatically liberate others”. Sounds easy doesn’t it? But if it was easy to come out of hiding,  wouldn’t [...]