On taking a break

An eight-hour work day might feel outdated, but the point stands – rest is important and the right to rest was fought for and claimed, not given willingly. Image source: I found this on a website on trade union history, which now seems to have disappeared. At...

How to stop making bad decisions

Fungal hyphae emerging from a mycelium show the decision making history of the fungus My mum has a friend who recently retired from science to go sailing on his sailboat. Before getting the boat, he tried mountain biking and gave it up. And then he tried kayaking and...

Why you might want to pay for life coaching

I think life coaching is worth paying for because coaching has changed my life in so many ways. I believe that life coaching and self-coaching are useful tools that every human brain can benefit from. That is why I am a coach. However, I don’t think everyone should...

Anticapitalism means more money for most people

Common land, like Port Meadow in Oxford, is one form anticapitalism can take. Today I want to correct a misconception about anticapitalism that I keep seeing people getting confused on. Namely, that being anticapitalist means wanting everyone to be poor. Being...

Letting my practice hold me

letting the earth hold me Learning to let my practice hold me has changed how I approach life and work. I’m in a liminal space with my work right now. I’m leaving a career as an academic scientist (I study the evolution of bacterial populations) and hoping to sustain...

We don’t have to be deserving of love

Atlanta, who does absolutely nothing to deserve my love This week I’m writing about love. Specifically, I’m writing about what I’ve learned about love through spending most of my adult life as an unpartnered person, in a society that often seems to go out of its way...