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- The Camino de Santiago Doesn’t Change People. It Creates the Conditions for Change.
. . Spend any time reading about the Camino de Santiago, and you’ll soon come across stories of life-changing experiences. People find themselves. They discover their purpose. They return home transformed. Having hosted Camino de Santiago walking retreats in southwest France for many years, along the historic Le Puy route, I have no doubt that … - The Lies Society Tells Us About Success
. I don’t think success is the problem. I think our definition of success is. Most of us inherit our ideas about what a successful life looks like long before we’re old enough to question them. We absorb them from our parents, our teachers, advertising, social media and well-meaning friends. Get good grades. Find a … - How Walking Helps Untangle Thoughts That Talking Never Did
. One of the things that has surprised me most since I began hosting Camino de Santiago walking retreats is how often people tell me, “I just needed some time out to think.” Not advice. Not answers. Not someone to tell them what they should do next. Just time out. This might sound strange coming …Continue reading “How Walking Helps Untangle Thoughts That Talking Never Did”
- Stop trying to “Find Yourself.” You’re not lost
Everywhere you look, someone is promising to help you “find yourself.” I’m so fed up with that. It’s become one of those expressions we barely question. We say it after a divorce, before a career change, during a gap year or when someone announces they’re off travelling with a backpack and a vague itinerary. “I …Continue reading “Stop trying to “Find Yourself.” You’re not lost”
- Family Secrets and The Letter That Was Never Read
. The Wordweavers, my writing group, meets tomorrow. This month’s prompt is “the letter that was never read/sent.” Definitely a prompt that I’m going to use during my next Writing and Walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela retreats. The letter turned up where all the best secrets do: behind a drawer that didn’t quite …Continue reading “Family Secrets and The Letter That Was Never Read”
- Office Drama in Four Acts
There’s a particular kind of tired that has nothing to do with sleep. It’s the tiredness that comes from lugging something around — a decision, a conversation you haven’t had yet, a truth you’re not sure is yours to tell — folded up small enough to fit in a pocket, but never quite small enough … - Why Some of Your Best Thinking Happens While You’re Walking
Have you ever noticed that some problems shrink once you start walking? The problem itself hasn’t changed. The difficult conversation still needs to happen. The diagnosis hasn’t disappeared. Your bank account hasn’t magically recovered. Yet somewhere between the first few hundred metres and the next bend in the path, your mind begins to loosen its …Continue reading “Why Some of Your Best Thinking Happens While You’re Walking”
- Nature Doesn’t Solve Our Problems. It Changes Our Perspective.
. It would make wonderful marketing if I could tell you that spending two days walking the Camino de Santiago will solve all your problems. Unfortunately, it won’t. You may still have a difficult boss, a challenging marriage, an uncertain retirement, grown-up children who insist on making their own questionable decisions, and a tax return …Continue reading “Nature Doesn’t Solve Our Problems. It Changes Our Perspective.”
- What Hundreds of CrossRoads Conversations Have Taught Me About Life
The CrossRoads Conversations blog post series explores what my guests have taught me over the last twenty-odd years.
