Homeopathy – Anything But Harmless
There’s nothing in it, so the recent homeopathic “suicide” campaign quipped. So at least it’s completely harmless, right? And perhaps it even serves a useful purpose, maybe at least it’s a useful way of harnessing the placebo effect? That’s what I used to think. I’ve used homeopathy myself – for a long time it was [...]
Euthanasia: mad, sad, bad or glad?
How tragic – and brave – that Ray Gosling should admit to helping his loved one pass in those awful, awful circumstances, and then be branded a potential murderer. Image by fedfil via Flickr Now, of course, we are going to be faced with a raft of legal, rather than moral issues and although I [...]
A counsellor blogs (with trepidation).
What can a counsellor write about that’s safe to be read in an unrestricted environment? Throughout my training, if there was one thing that was drilled into me more than anything, one thing that I have become most sensitive about as a counsellor, it’s confidentiality. Of course, confidentiality, in the immediate sense, refers to the [...]
The importance of dreaming big
By the time y’all read this blog, I will be 30,000 feet in the air somewhere between New York and San Diego. This week, the busy scientist will be at a conference on the molecular origin of lung cancer hosted by the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR). Image by susanbrandstudio via Flickr How this [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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