What do you need to hear from people when bad things happen? Encouragement to realise that ‘everything happens for a reason’? Advice about how to think more positively? A reminder…
News [Podcast]
Yesterday I made a bold move. I turned the microphone off after recording this week’s podcast, and realised that I needed to actually take action on something I said. So…
Part 6: Rebel Community (What is a Gentle Rebel?)
How can you belong when you don’t fit in? The need to belong is strong in humans. It’s key to our survival. Without it, we would have been left to…
Part 5: Stop Fitting In (What is a Gentle Rebel?)
Have you ever done something you didn’t really want to do because you wanted to fit in? Was it below the standards and expectations you would ideally set for yourself?…
Part 4: What Truly Matters to YOU? (What is a Gentle Rebel?)
The rebel questions the systems on which our lives run. But not from a desire to bring about a world of chaos and anarchy. True rebellion is quite different from…
Part 3: True Power (What is a Gentle Rebel?)
Rebellion becomes necessary when a power balance tips beyond the line. There are many different ‘slave-master’ systems in the world. Institutional, relational, ideological, organisational, and political. We experience these relationships…
Part 2: Let Go of Resentment (What is a Gentle Rebel?)
“When an introvert looks at society and sees no reflection, she risks becoming alienated, either by staying true to herself and becoming alienated from society—called social alienation—or by adapting to…