I feel angry, sad, and stuck as I think about writing this article. I'm reminded of a time that I posted a link to my online suicide prevention course and was called 'sick' for making money doing this work. I feel torn...Read More
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We are barely functioning – literally.
Have a squiz at this article in the paper that I was interviewed for. Interesting stats on our literacy in NZ and some of the things I have been doing about it. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/104111160/we-are-barely-functioning-literally
The problem with calling everything a feeling.
"When I believe my feelings, and those feelings misrepresent reality, I am headed for a self-referential pit that will get deeper and darker as I dig myself into my home-made delusion." © Copyright D. Riddell, 2012 Book Reference: Personal Insights...Read More
Hearing the ‘Yes’ behind the ‘No’
A favourite author of mine reminds us to “Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'. “. It reminds me of how distracted we get when we hear ‘No’. We get distracted, and perhaps quite rightly so, by our own feelings, needs,...Read More
Well-being and our relationship with Reality
You are in a pit. You have your trusty old ladder. You try to get out, but it hurts too much so you stop. You don’t really know why it hurts. It just always has. Somebody offers you a pill....Read More
Do we discover or create ourselves?
"The difficulty and pain of change is the fear of giving away my identity to become someone I don’t readily recognize. Real progress means adopting a new and different identity." D. Riddell, 2012 I think one of the lies we...Read More