How to love mindfully
December 30, 2015
Oh I do love a bit of Thich Nhat Hanh. I recently discovered that the Vietnamese monk who brought us the mindful concept of “washing
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Category: books I’m reading
What to leave out: The key to creativity
September 24, 2015
I highly recommend long reading. Not least because of the lovely knowledge that unfurls from it. I also think that committing to a long read
In defence of bookstores
September 16, 2015
Here’s a bourgeois inner-city faux-boh statement for you: The death of bookstores is another win for capitalism. Sounds like something people in fisherman pants said
This brutal trick for A-types will sift out mediocrity
September 15, 2015
I came across a book by writer and business consultant Greg McKeown: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. I’m rather a fervent fan of the “less is
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
August 13, 2015
I think this says it all: I thought this confronting tale of life in a Mumbai slum in the early 2000s was fiction (such was
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
August 6, 2015
I gravitate to reads about walking. Especially those that extrapolate the connection between mindful reflection and walking. Hence today’s review of What I’ve Just Finished Reading.
Start with a big fat lump in your throat and run with it
May 27, 2015
As an angsty teen I read Robert Frost’s The Path Not Taken and would feel all kinds of profoundnesses. I would also read the bible, looking for
Have you married yourself yet?
April 16, 2015
I’ve just been introduced to the poet and philosopher, David Whyte. In his book The Three Marriages, he says we need to navigate, yep, three marriages
Each of us is responsible for everything
April 8, 2015
I’ve been reading Simone De Beuvoir’s The Blood of Others. It’s a grating read. It cuts to the pain of an ethical quandary that I
Just Show Up
April 17, 2014
One of the highlights of my stay here in New York has been connecting with author, blogger and spiritual junkie Gabby Bernstein. Gab did my I