In search of meaning

Enjoying the day to day moments to find meaning Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's Man's Search For Meaning: the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust is not a light read but it's very much an uplifting one. It is also one that will continue to offer lessons the more times it is read. His stated aim … Continue reading In search of meaning →

Insight

Don't look here, look over there What exactly is insight? Time to break out the dictionary - it tells me: the power of discerning and understanding imaginative penetration (yes, I know...) awareness the apprehension of the principle It's about seeing things differently - going beyond the obvious, digging deeper and looking to grasp something more … Continue reading Insight →

Yield (in the pursuit of listening well)

For the last 20 years, I've specialised in restructuring and insolvency law. I read a lot in my job. It's an occupational hazard. Judgments. Skeleton arguments. Consultation papers and responses. Legislation - drafts (several) and final. Commentary on the same. Journals, articles and maybe the odd chapter or two from a text book. Thoughts on … Continue reading Yield (in the pursuit of listening well) →

Parenting and patience (or lack thereof)

Home-schooling. Lock-down. I'm not as zen as I thought...

Near death experiences: beyond real?

I recently picked up a copy of Near death in the ICU: Stories from patients near death and why we should listen to them by US critical care physician Dr Laurin Bellg. It's an intriguing topic. The many first hand accounts of consciousness experienced outside of the human body are hard to comprehend. Objectively hard … Continue reading Near death experiences: beyond real? →