The upside of anger: can fury be one of the deepest forms of human compassion? Imagine anger as a sign not of moral failure or justified outrage but the desire to care for another The Guardian - AU · Oct 18
The idea of ‘sin’ can cause shame and trauma. But what if it’s used as a cue to act? Instead of ‘being’ or ‘doing’ the wrong thing, a more useful understanding of sin may be of ‘missing the mark’ – a sense of not quite right-ness The Guardian - AU · Aug 9
Best Australian books out in July: Rupert Murdoch, unhinged short stories and a psychosexual thriller Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on The Guardian - AU · Jul 3
Envy used to prickle me constantly. But Buddhism teaches us that if someone feels joy, we too can feel it If I wish myself happiness, then I might gradually become more positively disposed to the happiness of others The Guardian - AU · May 31
We can’t all be heroes but as a species we can become more altruistic – with a bit of practice Humans are hard-wired to care for and protect each other. Becoming kinder is just like riding a bike The Guardian - AU · Mar 22
My teenager is exploring her spirituality. I support her leap of faith, even as a non-religious parent My daughter is dipping her toes into sacred waters, seeing what it feels like to surrender and finding a sense of meaning to life that is bigger than herself The Guardian - AU · Mar 8
I don’t believe in God but, as a trauma survivor, I’m learning to forgive myself In the context of spirituality, trauma is a hand grenade. But it can lead to deeper understandings of the world The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2025
Positive thinking can make success feel like the only acceptable option. But humility allows for grace Being humble isn’t about shame or self-loathing: it is the act of being present, of knowing there is room to grow The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2025
My sister died 10 years ago. Here’s what I wish I had known about dementia when she was alive I think back to my 20-year-old self and my sister, lost in her imagined worlds, and I feel compassion for us both The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2025
From Buddhism to Christianity: how spiritual reflection can draw on many different traditions I look for the threads common across religions: love, hope, service, transcendence The Guardian - AU · Dec 29, 2024
In finding beauty in the broken, we can form a bridge between the mundane and the divine Like a ceramic bowl with a golden fissure, mending my late sister’s socks wove my love for her into the present The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2024
Spirituality is the shy hope in my heart that I can co-create a better world It lives outside religion, promising a feeling of connection to others, the planet and our long, shared history The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2024
We should embrace our inner goddess – but let’s not create another test for women to fail You don’t have to wear a floral wreath or take milk baths to adhere to a modern goddess philosophy The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2024
Yes, praying and posing can bring joy – but true spirituality demands something more of us I don’t want to be ‘McMindful’ but rather extend myself beyond my ‘self’ and contribute to the wellness of all beings The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2024 Looking for role models among the spiritual leaders of history? Look to the women in their lives I want a spiritual role model who would have understood how to avert a meltdown at school pickup. So who are the women spiritual leaders?
The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2024 You don’t have to follow a particular God to say a prayer. The words are all that matter I no longer belong to the Christian religion but I can pray to mother wolf or the divine mystery and feel better
The Guardian - AU · Dec 27, 2023 Dementia has allowed my mum to live in the present. If she can forget, then maybe so can I When she can’t remember words, or entire life events, I don’t correct her. I try to enter her reality
The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2023 Without religion, Christmas can lose its meaning. Look to history to reclaim it I found Saturnalia and Sinterklaas and learned that December has always been about hope, which is surely something to celebrate
The Guardian - AU · Oct 22, 2023 I’m raising my child to live a spiritual life – I want her to inherit my values, not my rocky relationship with mental health I wanted to help my daughter navigate the choppy waters of adolescence. It started with creating our own ritual
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2023 The prospect of camping for a week was daunting – until I connected with the strangers around me Our rewilding camp shared a common longing: to connect with the land, and share the load of cooking, cleaning and, most of all, parenting
The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2023 ‘An absolute dynamo’: shock and grief as Nashville shooting victims mourned Details of three children and three adults shot dead at Covenant School in Tennessee capital have begun to emerge
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023 Children lost in shooting were 'feisty,' a 'shining light' Details from the rich, full lives of the three adults killed Monday at a Nashville elementary school have quickly emerged
Nottingham Post · Aug 28, 2022 Popular Nottingham swimming teacher recognised wherever she goes retires after 25 years The popular swimming teacher gets recongised a lot