I was wondering the other day why the new year is seen as the time to plan your life – ‘new year, new you’ and […] Read More
Author: Think like a tree
From my own woodland in Derbyshire, England, I explain the ideas behind Think like a Tree and how nature can show us how to live […] Read More
There are patterns common to all living things. These have been developed into a set of principles. I’ve gathered some from permaculture, some from biomimicry, […] Read More
Today’s Observer newspaper contains an interesting article about how the climate denial movement has transformed into the climate confusion movement. In this article I suggest […] Read More
I was inspired to share this excerpt from my book Think like a Tree: The natural principles guide to life for the benefit of all […] Read More
Wilding. The return of nature to a British farm, by Isabella Tree. Despite never having visited Isabella’s Knepp estate in Sussex I already know that […] Read More
I’ve just returned from a full-on four days in London at the UK’s largest wellbeing festival. Held in Olympia, a Victorian-built exhibition space, we stood […] Read More
When it comes to resilience our tree cousins are masters. They are undoubtedly our best teachers, having learned numerous tactics over hundreds of millions of […] Read More
You have probably seen the buzz around Marie Kondo’s de-cluttering phenomenon. It’s caught the mood, because, quite accurately, we, in the modern world have accumulated […] Read More
People often look at me as if I’m bonkers when I say that trees can see. But when you think about it, it’s obvious that […] Read More
Join me for a Think like a Tree workshop at Unlimited Wellbeing in Nottingham on 12 May 2019.
There are patterns common to all living things – these have been developed into a set of principles. Some are from permaculture, some from biomimicry, […] Read More
One of the joys of leading courses is to witness the creativity of the participants. There are so many talented people with deep understanding of […] Read More
So, today I’m going to write one of my preoccupations at the moment – jargon, complex language and the inaccessibility of many key ideas associated […] Read More
Several billion generations ago our great, great, great… ancestor was also the common ancestor of trees. We share the same DNA (although no-one yet knows […] Read More
Biomimicry Do you have a problem? The chances are nature has already solved it. Biomimicry is one field where learning from nature is really making […] Read More
My name’s Sarah and the bad news for me is that I’ve struggled for most of my life. Struggled with chronic illness, struggled with jobs […] Read More