Rumi’s guest house
Rumi, the 13th century mystic and poet, wrote a poem that I love called The Guest House. His idea is that we humans should be like guest houses, welcoming in whichever mood, emotion or experience shows up on our ‘doorstep’, whether we like the look of it or not, and inviting it in just the…
The impossibility of perfectionism
‘I’m a bit of a perfectionist, I like to get things just right’. I’m sure I’ve said something like this in a job interview way back in the mists of time trying to convey how I pay attention to detail and assure them I’m really conscientious. Nothing wrong with that, it’s a positive trait, you…
Is it time to befriend your inner critic?
A great deal is written in self-help books and websites about how to deal with your inner critic – that nagging or nasty voice that lives inside our heads telling us how we’re getting it all wrong, that we look ugly, that we’re completely stupid – and most of it tells you to ignore or…