I think I always knew that I don’t like goat’s cheese but it’s only relatively recently that I came to realise I don’t need to. Some years ago, before that epiphany, I was on holiday and a persuasive man in a French market told me that he had a hard goat’s cheese which would convert […]
Inadvertent Birthday Hustling
I’ve been researching and writing a piece on “Hustle Culture” this week which has taken a lot more time than I’d anticipated. As a consequence, I have got behind with my other work. One evening, after we’ve cleared the dinner plates I say, “I’ve got to finish an “Ask A Therapist” question that was due […]
Everything You Believe Is Probably Wrong
I’m telling a client that trying to breathe deeply while he’s having a panic attack is a bad idea because one of panicking’s best features is the ability to convince you that you cannot breathe. I tell him, “Just try reminding yourself that even though you’re sure you’re about to have a heart attack and […]
Trying To Escape From Social Media
I’m trying to delete my social media accounts but it turns out that it isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. Like Donald Trump, freed this week from the responsibility to censure himself, I’m finding it hard to let go. I’ve considered that it might be symptomatic of something deeper. A reluctance to end things. My […]
The Stoppable Rise Of Technology
I have an app on my phone that identifies birdsong so that when I am walking through the woods I can tell a woodpecker from a robin. Every so often it insists on playing an advert that ironically makes me much less likely to buy whatever it is selling and makes me too bitter and […]
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