by Alan Heeks | Jun 7, 2018 | Creative Ageing and Elderhood, Featured Post
Listen to this story: When the soul left the body, it was stopped by God at heaven’s gates: “You have returned just as you left! Life is a blessing of opportunity: Where are the bumps and scratches left by the journey?” Poem by Rumi, translation Neil Douglas-Klotz A...
by Alan Heeks | Mar 13, 2018 | Creative Ageing and Elderhood, Featured Resource
Alan Heeks shares the roots of his fresh approach to creative ageing… I see the core of my writing as natural happiness: showing people how to cultivate their wellbeing and resilience through parallels with Nature. However, my second and third published books...
by Alan Heeks | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured Post, Sadness & Loneliness
Would you like to depress yourself? When I was given this book recently by a friend, I was pleased. I had vaguely heard of it as being about men’s issues, and it won some book prize in 2016. In reality, it turned out to be one of the most depressing and irritating...
by Alan Heeks | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured Post, Gender Issues
Guest Blog written by Shaky Shergill.. When the Harvey Weinstein scandal first surfaced, like other people I was surprised but not shocked, as a society we have learned to dismiss so many things as rumour. However, as the extent of the story was revealed I was...
by Alan Heeks | Jul 25, 2017 | Featured Resource, Friendships
Cultivating a garden takes some dedication and skill, and friendships need this too. One of the big improvements in my 50s and 60s has been more and better friendships. These friendships oil the gearbox of life: lubricating changes and crises which could be...