Fresh Starts, Mayflies, and Letting Go Of Expired Ideas
When I was a child, summer holidays became my annual reset—weeks filled only with a notebook, my imagination, and small creative experiments. It was a…
Creative Spirit Knows The Way
What is creative spirit, and how does it reflect the gentle rebellion of highly sensitive people? “Your intuition knows what to write, so get out…
Socially Distanced Songs (Music Livestream)
The world locked down a month ago. I was working as an undertaker and needed some creative relief. So I did some socially distanced songs.…
Choosing The Highly Sensitive Creative Life (with Jacob Nordby)
Recently on the Gentle Rebel Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jacob Nordby, author of Blessed Are the Weird. For highly sensitive people,…
The Rocking Chair Test
We often live like we have all the time in the world. In denial of the fact that one day we will die. This is…
Embrace Change Without Burning Out (with Felicity Morse)
This month in The Haven, our focus has been around embracing change—how we navigate it, what holds us back, and why it’s so often accompanied…
Gentleness Builds Strength From The Inside-Out
Gentleness is not weakness. “We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and…
Collective Narcissism and Highly Sensitive People
The term narcissism is thrown around frequently—often as a way to dismiss those who think differently or challenge our views. But while individual narcissism can…
Narcissism and The Age of The Fragile Bully (with Laurie Helgoe)
Narcissism is a word we see everywhere these days. It’s a part of our weaponised language. The everyday vernacular we use to label and divide…
The Compassion Revolution (with Mary Freer)
It was great to speak with Mary Freer recently in The Haven. She’s the founder of the Compassion Revolution, a movement committed to building compassionate…