How Poetry Changes Lives – Again and Again!
They say that you feel most alive at times of great stress and danger. Such as putting on a book promotion event. I sure feel... Read More

Youth – Stella’s poem
A remarkable poem written by a friend’s daughter after being shown this image by Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher Youth The future is in sight, But... Read More

Poetry – A Different Kind of Therapy
You’re experiencing a bad patch – stress levels high, sleep levels low. You wake every day feeling like roadkill. The world’s in a mess, the... Read More
Ancient Addictions
Was Alexander the Great an alcoholic? Did Odysseus take opium in the land of the lotus-eaters? Was the romance of Anthony and Cleopatra an alcohol... Read More

A Hint of Springtime
Guest article by writer and therapist Sandra Hemus It is a beautiful spring day. Officially, it is still winter. The sun is shining. I can... Read More

Pascal’s Wager – a Good Bet, but dont ignore the Outsider
When the great French-Algerian thinker Albert Camus wrote: ‘I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out... Read More

Ways of Writing
If you are aspiring to be a blogger ( and these days, who isn’t ?) and finding it difficult, you might like to reflect that... Read More