I went to see Mr Pascoe every Wednesday at 12.30. I would drive the twenty minutes from my office and sit in his shabby waiting room with the pleasant receptionist who didn’t have a computer and never seemed busy. When he called me in he would leave the room while I got undressed. I remember that … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Trust The Process
Change
Why Your Life Needs More Destruction
In my dream, I can see an ex-lover across the road in the small hut where I used to go to pre-school, but I can’t reach her. She is saying something to me but I can’t hear her. As I turn the corner and approach the church, it is gone, raised to the ground and nothing more than a huge pile of rubble. … [Read more...] about Why Your Life Needs More Destruction
Why You Don’t Have To Change A Thing
The Christmas tree is beginning to show signs of age despite my continuing ritual of emerging from the gloom in the early morning and switching on the fairy lights before the kettle. As we rose from our heavy festive slumber and returned to work this week my phone and email worked a little harder … [Read more...] about Why You Don’t Have To Change A Thing
Why Assumption Will Mess Up Your Life
It’s “Stir-up Sunday” the day when we traditionally make the cakes and puddings, allowing them a few precious weeks to mature in the darkness of a cupboard in time for the Christmas festival. Most people, when asked why we call it “Stir-up Sunday”, would make the assumption that it’s a reference … [Read more...] about Why Assumption Will Mess Up Your Life
How To Start Again
The people on the corner appear to be building a house in their garden. Initially, I thought they were just demolishing the garages but over the weeks more and more of the grass has given way to foundations. Walking the dogs with my sister I joke that I won’t be surprised to see the excavations … [Read more...] about How To Start Again