Allegorical tales like this one are designed to provoke. They are designed to get us asking the kinds of questions that, if taken seriously, may transform the way we live and feel about our lives.

When we are very young our survival depends utterly on how well we are able to shape ourselves to the demands of the world. We learn quickly that our family, school and culture has clearly defined expectations of us, and that fulfilling these expectations often requires that we ignore – and if necessary, exile – the voice of our true Self. By midlife, though, things often begin to change…

“Sometimes the truth depends upon a walk around the lake.”

The right question, asked by the right person at the right time, has the power to jolt us awake to the ways we have been asleep in our lives.

A poem inspired by the ground-making work of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard and mycologist Paul Stamets.

Excerpt from a recent post in Alain de Botton’s School of Life.

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Time spent in wild places doesn’t just right-size the ego in relation to the universe. It also teaches us deep truths about change.

Sound walking advice from Adrian this week.

There will never be a perfect time to do something that stretches you.

You’re not supposed to get it right out of the gate.

What if the weight we have felt over the past 18 months has somehow helped lock things within us into a more stable position?