Personal - i.e. problems you may face and possible responses, at the individual or small group level.
The entries below highlight Dom Kelleher's subjective views on an ever-changing range and scope of subjects.
This is less a blog than a set of irregularly updated and often fragmentary views - on ideas and values, places and people - evolving over time into mini essais which pay humble homage to the peerless founder of the genre. The writing is provisional, always open to change as new thoughts and ideas emerge.
The kaleidoscope is Halcyon's prime metaphor, embracing constant change and viewing the world through ever-moving lenses.
Please see below recent climate-related change, including key developments regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate Action.
Imagine a ship that is sinking and needs all the available power to run the pumps to drain out the rising waters. The first class passengers refuse to cooperate because they feel hot and want to use the air-conditioner and other electrical appliances. The second-class passengers spend all their time trying to be upgraded to first-class status. The boat sinks and the passengers all drown. That is where the present approach to climate change is leading - Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard
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Please see selected recent happiness-related change.
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April 2024
Please see recent education-related change below.
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April 2024
This page will contain regular updates about A Mundane Comedy, Dominic Kelleher's new book, which will be published later in 2024. Please see below an introductory extract.
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To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they control it, wish to influence its direction - Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity
This book is about what goes wrong in our lives, and about how we can try to make things better, even if temporarily and contingently. It’s not about imaginary progress, which John Gray in Straw Dogs punctured definitively.
Please see below selected recent therapy-related change.
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Carl Jung, who founded analytical psychology. was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and religious studies.
Jung, like Freud, comes under the psychodynamic approach to counselling. He worked a lot with archetypes – recurring images or patterns that represent a typical human experience.
Please see below selected recent civility-related change.
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April 2024
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realised it sooner - Colette
Please see below selected recent gratitude-related change.
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April 2024
Please see below selected recent risk-related change.
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April 2024