Around the age of 60 you are considering your future. Wanting to know – do I stay …
Around the age of 60 you are considering your future. Wanting to know – do I stay in my current work, find something different or make a more radical change? Not easy decisions to make when you are seen as successful. In the back of your head is the voice that says – is this […]
On my way to Dr Taylor
Last week, to my newsletter subscribers in passing, I said I completed my thesis – talk about an understatement! I know it is just a stage – I’m waiting to find out my examiners and have the date for my Viva (Intense interview about my research) but it is a massive milestone to complete in […]
My Second Vision Quest
Many of you will remember the profound effect of my first Vision Quest. It truly was life changing. Since July 2019 I have immersed myself more in nature, enjoying the feel of the earth beneath my feet and the wind on my body. Listening to the messages I get from nature. Last year I was […]
A Vision Quest Summary
I’m a couple of days away from my second Vision Quest, going back to Kentchurch in Herefordshire. A few days of preparation and then I go for my solo – 4 days and 4 nights with out food, a tent or technology. It’s heading for 2 years since my last one and I wrote several […]
Priorities
I’m in the final 4 months of my doctorate. On 1st September I will submit my thesis. It’s been interesting times. I love my topic – meaningful ageing and I’ve learned so much, not just about the subject, but also about the ‘how to …’. It’s a long time since I last wrote a thesis, […]
Do you plan to stop working when you reach retirement, or will you carry on? Radio Interview
I was on BBC Radio Oxford today along with Occupational Psychologist Dr Hayley Lewis. Kat Orman, the presenter asked: Do you plan to stop working when you reach retirement, or will you carry on? A study had suggested that workers over the age of 65 are likely to be responsible for at least half […]
I survived survival school
Back in July 2019 I went on a Vision Quest, which included 4 nights solo time in a wood with just a tarp. Wild camping indeed! No idea on what I was doing, but always up to learn something new, I’ve been looking to take things further. Closing my Vision Quest after a year, and […]
Your First Job
Second radio interview on BBC Hereford and Worcester today talking about first jobs. This was in relation to an article about how young people are increasingly concnetrated in low paid occupations. Listen to it here: The starting occupations of young people have increasingly been concentrated on the bottom rungs of the jobs ladder despite rising […]
My Vision Quest – 9 months on
9 months ago, I went on a Vision Quest. A time out of your daily life “We must all follow our vision quest to discover ourselves, and to find our relationship with the world around us”. It was truly life changing. Whilst on the solo fast you can write in a journal and every 3 […]
Rites of Passage: Strengthening our Communities
I’m recently back from a 10-day course: Rites of Passage: Strengthening our Communities held at the Asha Centre, Forest of Dean. I should have been in Nepal and Tibet. I was going to go on retreat and enjoy time with the Nepalese people. But with no longer being able to visit Tibet, I decided to […]
