Exploring the Humanistic Paradigm

A work in progress website collating essays, thoughts and illustrations in existentialism, phenomenology and humanistic psychotherapy.

My journal – gulp.

  • Patience, focus and boredom

    This month has been a good test: nothing good has happened, I haven’t achieved any of my current priority goals and I still feel deep into my chronic inflammation recovery post-celiac diagnosis. In short, January has sucked a fair amount.  This has allowed me to explore three ideas: patience, focus and boredom.  My flat is…


  • Year Note 2025

    This is the first Year Note that I ever write, and I think a good place to start is a bit of context.  It had been the previous year when I had decided to study counselling and work towards a career change. At that time, my marketing career was in the ruins after a couple…


  • Goodbye rye, farewell bakewell, ciao bao

    It turns out I am celiac. And I find out at 42.  I have spent a long time not feeling quite right. Fatigued, bloated. Many of the signs were there and I just wonder how far back they go.  It’s bittersweet.  A sweet chance to heal and get more energy. Letting go of the idea…