December 17, 2011
As we come to the end of another year and
I reflect on our work, I am so moved by the
experiences we are so privileged to share
with many many people. First and foremost
the families, who allow us into their homes.
They share their lives, memories, longings and
aspirations so generously. The volunteers, who
bring their wonderful qualities in the [...]
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April 3, 2011
” I don’t want to knock Comic Relief – in fact I still have my certificate supporting the very first one and have continued ever since. But £80million+……
I don’t want to compare levels of deprivation. You can’t, but I do know that Church Street and Queens Park where we work here in Westminster have amongst [...]
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December 1, 2010
In the book “Owning your Shadow” by Robert A. Johnson he tells one of Jung’s favorite stories which goes something like this. The water of life bubbled up and made itself known at an artesian well and flowed without effort or limit. People came and drank and were nourished since it was pure and clear [...]
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August 11, 2010
The story of Eros and Psyche is one of my favourite stories and considered as a road map for psychological development. Love – Eros falls in love with Psyche – Soul and once Psyche has travelled through the under world and overcome many many challenges they are reunited and once married they have a baby [...]
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March 13, 2010
Why do we have to have such big houses? Home really is where the heart is as in dreams; houses will often represent the core of your being. It is often used as metaphors when families feed back to us and I don’t think that is by accident. Recently a young mother was encouraged by [...]
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January 25, 2010
What is it that we do? This is a question that comes up all the time and I reflect on in an obsessive way. What we do is so subtle, that it is not easy to capture with the crude evaluation systems available. People are not tick box ready and neither is what we do. [...]
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November 9, 2009
There is something called the Matthew Affect (Stanovitch 1986) “Unto everyone that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance, but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath” At this moment in time, by which I mean the credit crunch and the affect that it is having on the families we support, volunteers, our own lives, colleagues in other services, friends and family, it came to mind.
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