Depression

On Seasons

Ode argues compellingly that marking time with natural rhythms and seasons can grow compassion and commitment to all life.  The underlying wistfulness and enhanced "sensitivity to the passage of the seasons" is embodied in the likes of Monty Don, who combines a kanyini-like love for the soil and place, with a sense of gratitude that seems to come "from the other side of sorrow and despair".

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On Economics

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Of Mice and Men - redux?  Chastening and often stunning images of the impact that global recession can have in our day and age might suggest so, yet the blooming sunflower might suggest too that hope springs eternal or, as Roy Harper typically put it so lyrically, "through all destruction flies new dawn".

By 2012, there were many such sunflowers emerging, displaying a wide variety of proposed "antidotes to the pessimism of the post-crisis world".  And if you'd like to hear further constructive suggestions for our way ahead economically, we would recommend that you also listen to the following podcasts: ...read more

Identifying dangers of "needing to please"

The ‘disease to please’ is apparently a dangerous condition that can lead to terrible suffering and even suicide, claimed a leading commentator.

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