Why I despise racism
Born as a white person, I never questioned why blacks did not attend the same good schools that I attended, why blacks were refused entry to restaurants, had a different entrance at the post office, were arrested for breaking a night curfew in white areas or could not sit on the same benches as white people in the parks.
The trap of the tribal bubble
Tumultuous change is accompanied by fear and anxiousness. It is fertile ground for the professional deceivers and populist leaders touting easy solutions to complex problems as we are currently seeing in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dealing with fear and anger
The only certainty in life is that change is a constant – Heraclitus- Anger is a close ally of fear. With many countries going into their second month of Covid-19 lockdown the strain is beginning to show with spontaneous angry protests in several bigger cities...Survival strategies in times of duress
Many people at the moment are feeling their safety blanket pulled away from them with a jolt. Within days lives have been turned upside down. The mental stress triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic is causing illnesses not spoken about much in the public arena. When you...You are not alone
‘No Man is an Island’ No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; – John Donne – We realize when alone that we are not an island. During these times of crisis separation has become the...
