‘Urge Surfing’ is a process that uses a mindfulness based relapse prevention programme. The video below is issued by the The Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies. Addiction is a complex subject. Abstinence and mindfulness approaches help manage the situation. Some people find abstinence the easiest approach, others can eventually re-learn habits, for example learning to … Read more
I recently took a trip up a road once described as the “most dangerous road in Europe”. It is the road that leads into the mountain region of Tusheti in the Georgian Caucasus. The road is a rough track with many hairpin bends and sheer drops, rising up from the Georgian plains to a pass … Read more
Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many. Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled, And each man fixed his eyes before his feet. Flowed up the hill and down King William Street, To where Saint Mary … Read more
It’s tempting to look at a new piece of technology, such as Facebook, and think of it as either a ‘good’ thing or a ‘bad’ thing. I’m certainly guilty of trying to decide on those terms, rather than thinking about if and how I want to engage with something new. I think everything has a … Read more
