Alcohol glasses

Dry January

What began as a public health campaign, initiated by Alcohol Change UK ten years ago, is still going strong around the world. The initiative to abstain from alcohol consumption during the month of January is trademarked Dry January. By remaining dry for 31 days, it…
Group of friends in a park

People need people

People. People who need people are the luckiest people in the world. This, according to Barbra Streisand but I believe it to be true, too. It doesn’t matter how old we are, most people feel comforted when in the presence of others. I was reminded…
Queen Elizabeth II memorial

The Queen was human, after all...

On the afternoon of Thursday September 8th, I concluded a virtual session with a client and left my office space. My daughter asked, “did you hear the news?” “What news?” I responded. “The Queen died,” she said. To my surprise, tears immediately sprung to my…
Face mask on a fence

The Covid division equation

If you’re a mathematician, you may best know division as one of the four basic operations of arithmetic. In my world – that of understanding human behaviour – I associate the word division with the way in which people’s relationships are impacted as a result…