Loneliness and connectivity in these times

Loneliness and connectivity in these times

This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another – that’s what, in fact, makes life worth living.– Clint Smith, author and scholar Some time ago, I read “The Lonely Century” by economist Noreena Hertz. In her book she...
Kindfulness

Kindfulness

“Contemporary scientific knowledge solidly affirmsthat kindness and compassion are to the brainwhat the breath is to life.” In the end of the 70s, like all young men in the Netherlands, I had to join military service for some time. I had just started to...
Self-compassion for men – The courage to be authentic

Self-compassion for men – The courage to be authentic

I had been living in South-East Asia as a Buddhist monk for about 6 years. When I came back to Europe in 1988 I fell into a strong culture shock and identity crisis. I remember one of the things that really supported me was reading a book by Guy Corneau: ‘Absent...