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...
by Alan Heeks | Jul 25, 2017 | Featured Post
Since so many men share my love for the game, it seems appropriate to use it as a guide or metaphor for the inner life in a blog intended for men. The image of the club is like your image in the world around you. Whatever your present reality, the glories or otherwise...
by Alan Heeks | Oct 15, 2014 | Homepage Posts, Mid-life Crisis
When I turned sixty in 2008, I set a clear intent of moving into elderhood, growing beyond my prevailing warrior-hero approach to life. Six years on, I can report good progress but further mysteries. For most of my adult life, I have been a happy workaholic: drawn to...
by Alan Heeks | Mar 13, 2013 | Relaxation and Meditation, Soul Searching
Hazel Hill is a magical 70-acre wood near Salisbury, which I have owned since 1987. It has been an amazing catalyst for vision, healing and lots more, for me and many other men over the years, so I’d like to share the story with you. This will build on the previous...
by Alan Heeks | Sep 3, 2012 | Relationships
Recommended – if you’ve got the right woman! I first got married at the age of 22. It’s painful for me to look at those wedding photos from 1971: I look so young, and naïve. And it’s true: my experience of life and relationship was small. No one in their early...
