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Growing Up: won't somebody think of the children!!

"Understanding what is “wrong” with people currently is more a question of the mindset of the practitioner (and of what insurance companies will pay for) than of verifiable, objective facts." - Bessel van der Kolk Hey guys, A couple of hot takes below, be warned! (Simpsons quote in title, I basically have become Reverend Lovejoy's wife since speaking to Erica Komisar on the podcast last week (see below) so really stepping into it) First up from The Body Keeps the Score, by Dutch psychiatrist,...

5 days ago • 7 min read

"I always try to lead with my curiosity and if there's something I'm passionate about, to see where it takes me, to explore it without any preconceived notions, without any expectation of results, without saying it has to be this way." - musical prodigy on the pod this week (see below) Hey guys, Welcome to this week's slightly disjointed newsletter. Let's dive in:Quote I'm thinking about, from the book I'm currently reading (The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk) "Isolating oneself...

20 days ago • 4 min read

Guys hi!I hope you didn't miss me too much last week (although the previous week was quite lengthy. If you missed it catch up here: Growing Up: ending social anxiety + let's talk about race (in a not annoying way) + Alzheimer's) This week is just a quick one! Although I do have two podcast eps to tell you about... But first: UNIDENTIFIED GUEST Ah, but we die to each other daily.What we know of other people Is only our memory of the moments During which we knew them. And they have changed...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

"Your race is not a significant feature of who you are. Who you are is your character, your value, and your skin colour doesn't say anything about that." (see below) Guys hi, I just watched the 10 min clip of Coleman Hughes on the View (Whoopi Goldberg's show) and was blown away. Someone on twitter put it so well:The End of Race Politics author @coldxman's appearance on @TheView is a great example of how much better public discourse is when people with different POVs interact. Sharp but civil...

about 2 months ago • 12 min read

Hey guys, Thank you so much to everyone who wrote to me last week. I loved reading all of your very varied responses!! So thank you for sharing.(I did say that I would tell you this week why I wanted to know about the people who you admired so if you're interested... (& also in case you missed it), pls see below.) But first: On my binge of finishing off books that I started (sometimes years ago), I recently finished Dale Carnegie's 'How to Stop Worrying and Start Living' (1948). Clearly I...

about 2 months ago • 10 min read
yellow flower in close up photography

Guys I just had an amazing idea. If you are reading this. You. Yes you. Could you please reply to me with the name of someone who you admire?They can be dead or alive. Someone you know personally or Alexander the Great etc. (If I don't recognise the name some context is appreciated e.g. my grandpa, John) AND bonus points if you include a couple of words as to why. E.g. Ronald McDonald, always tried his best. Or whatever. I'm not going to do anything with the information other than read it and...

2 months ago • 4 min read

Hey guys, Just landed back in London after a few days in Dubai on my way back from Melbourne (first time out of the airport, interesting place!). Time to face the reality of my life after 10ish weeks of mostly gallivanting... But first, I thought it would be fun to ponder the question of free will & whether there is such a thing... (For now assuming that there isn't so I can just let my life unfold and not be too concerned about what the future holds. ...just kidding only said that to annoy /...

2 months ago • 5 min read

Hey guys, This week on the pod I interviewed someone who worked at JP Morgan for 19 years. He tells the story of sitting at the memorial of one of his friends who passed away at 48 and thinking to himself "if I died at 48 is this how I would have wanted to live my life?". The answer was no, so he left and returned to his first love HISTORY. (Nothing against JPM). He now runs a history magazine, promoting the work of authors (historians and historical fiction writers). On his podcast he's...

3 months ago • 2 min read

"The intriguing thing about the effects of censoring information is not that audience members want to have the information more than they did before; that seems natural. Rather, it is that they come to believe in the information more, even though they haven’t received it." - mind-blowing, see below. Hey guys, I've now finished 10 books on my 2024 finish-my-half-read-books-plus-some-new-ones challenge. I'm currently reading Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini,...

3 months ago • 3 min read

"People want to be told what to think. They want to be told what to believe." - podcast ep this week (see below) Hey guys, I've employed the services of communication coach to help me during this transition period. Broadly, I know what I'm looking for and what I have to offer. I'm just not super polished at articulating it (yet). Hence communication. (As Warren B says: “If you can’t communicate, it’s like winking at a girl in the dark — nothing happens. You can have all the brainpower in the...

3 months ago • 3 min read
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