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Poetry tea: Spring is coming (soon-ish…)

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Sink-in moment: “Will you have a coffee with me?”

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Just sayin’…

by 30 March 2012
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Earth Hour is tomorrow. March 31st, 8:30pm. Don’t forget to switch off your lights for climate change!!

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Path with a heart

by 28 March 2012
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A young person just starting her career spoke to me recently about feeling as though she was not “on her right path”. I hear this a lot. I wish I …

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Poetry Tea: A holy silence

by 27 March 2012
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“Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we …

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A dancer = someone who has to move to think

by 26 March 2012
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People who couldn’t sit still. People who had to move to think. In the clip, below, TEDster Sir Ken Robinson explains how education risks killing creativity. He beautifully describes how …

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Fight = Joy

by 23 March 2012
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I heard an actor describe an acting lesson she never forgot. Her acting teacher held a quarter in his hand and asked every student in the class to try and …

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What makes us different, weird or ‘alien’ – once harnessed – is precisely what makes us extraordinary. This blog is a loving attempt to celebrate and encourage you to unleash your own special brand of alien for the extraordinary benefit of the world. Learn more about the origins of the blog here. Contact me here.

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