A place to be not at home, not at work – just human. Home keeps you grounded, work keeps you solvent—but it’s the third place that keeps you human. A third space is somewhere that isn’t your lounge room or your office, where you can show up, recognise a few faces, and feel the background… Continue reading Why Third Spaces Matter
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A Field Guide to Hope.
I told a friend recently that I fear I’m becoming cynical. She said, “Yeah, cynicism is so easy. Having hope is hard work”. Mic drop moment. This adventure of humanity is fraught with peril and possibility, often both at once. In facing the journey ahead, we can struggle to find the middle path between hope… Continue reading A Field Guide to Hope.
Interconnection and care
I recently spent 8 days in silent retreat, sleeping in a tent below the mountains of North Carolina practising mettā (loving-kindness) meditation. The late summer air was thick with gnats, clouding my face as they vied for the salts in my sweat. On the last day, I went out to the meadow. Afternoon sun… Continue reading Interconnection and care
Maybe you don’t need to work on yourself
7 ways to spot consumer self-care. Even in Adelaide, we are not immune to the allure of consumer self-care. When the wellness and yoga industries promise us quick fixes and total transformation, it’s easy to get swept into a frenzy of face masks and crystal baths till we convince ourselves that inner-peace is just… Continue reading Maybe you don’t need to work on yourself
The world is made of stories, not things.
As planetary citizens, we’re confronted by stories of despair and collapse. We are fluent in the narrative of catastrophe. And while that is very real, it’s not the only story.
You are not out of order
Clearly, being human is a messy business.
43.7% of people here in oz have experienced a mental disorder at some point in their lives.
Let’s face it. If anyone is out there just whistling through the whole ‘demic-that-shall-not-be-named, plus climate collapse, this ChatGPT situation, (I mean, Elon Musk in general), not to mention just trying to exist in late-stage capitalism, well you deserve a goddamn medal.
