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I haven’t written a blog post for a while. Why the silence? One reason is that this is a period in my life with a lot of inner movement. I’m turning 50 this autumn and that feels like a profound transition. There are parts […]
Last week, something special happened: I heard Parker Palmer speak live on Zoom for the first time in my life. It was special because Parker Palmer is one of my heroes — a sociologist turned writer and teacher on the well-lived life, who really […]
I had a difficult time finishing my PhD thesis, 20 years ago. At the time, I’d accepted a full-time postdoc position on someone else’s project, promising to finish my thesis before the job started — but I didn’t. So I had to continue rewriting […]
The other night, as I was scrolling through social media right before bed (never advisable, yet there we go), a question popped up in my mind: What am I even looking for? As soon as I’d asked, there was a candidate answer: I’m looking […]
It’s mid-October, and autumn here in Spain is well under way. Last weekend in the woods we saw tiny mushrooms. My writing programme is running. And I’m beginning to put things in place for November Academic Writing Month. November Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) is […]
The other day, I was listening to my favourite podcast, Bewildered with Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan. The episode was called ‘Don’t Control Yourself’. And my listening quickly turned into a feast of recognition. Since I’m deeply into the preparations for my 8-week writing […]