I never really imagined myself having kids – the desire for it didn’t materialise (or I buried it so deep it could never surface). Over the years my reasons for this solidified into one statement that cemented itself in my mind: I don’t want my experience of the world to be mediated through someone else. … Continue reading My children are hippies and it’s the best thing that could ever have happened to me.
こんにちは。(Konnichiwa.) I am learning to read Japanese and it makes my brain ache in a good way. I had no plan to learn Japanese – I don’t need it for any reason, but I work for a language learning app, and someone in my team is completely redeveloping our Japanese course. She needs a Guinea … Continue reading Learning to read Japanese hurts my brain – but I love it.
Over the past few years, like many people I know, I’ve been gradually trying to reduce my climate footprint. It reduces the sense of futility I feel in the face of the impending disaster, and leads to many interesting conversations with fellow humans. One of the biggest changes I’ve made is to reduce the amount … Continue reading Climate and family: tough calculations
I was fascinated by a discussion on a recent Future Thinkers podcast between author/healer Cris Beasley and co-host Euvie Ivanova about unconventional approaches to therapy. Cris and Euvie discussed the benefits of short bursts of therapy as opposed to the months and months (and sometimes years and years) of therapy advocated by many clinical psychologists … Continue reading Therapy is awesome – but does it really have to drag on so much?
My stepson turned 21 this week, and I found myself reaching, in the way that wretched parents do, for advice I could give him to help navigate this complex section of life. (I say wretched because that is how I imagine we all feel; desperate to stave off our children’s future suffering by somehow imparting … Continue reading Waiting in the foothills
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