Author Archives: Jess Davies

How to sit with failure: A New Years Resolution.

Failure is something we humans can’t comprehend, raised on the notion that failure is for the weak; To fail is to lose, and no-one likes losing. But failing is inevitable, it is a part of life. I failed to get out of bed before 11am this morning, even when I promised myself I’d wake upContinue reading “How to sit with failure: A New Years Resolution.”

Escapism

Have you ever fully felt present? Inarguably engulfed in the here and now? Void of any outside influence or worry? It’s what we all desperately search for, isn’t it? The peace, the stillness, the seemingly flat-line of life, where gargantuan levels of life exists. I’ve escaped to the country for the weekend, which isn’t difficultContinue reading “Escapism”

It’s cool to be kind.

You’ve got to be cruel to be kind, or so we’re told, right? ‘They’re being mean because they like you’ is – quite honestly- a messed-up role we accept as a must-be fact when we’re infants; A bright-eyed and bushy haired four year old believing that the boy who pushed us over on the playgroundContinue reading “It’s cool to be kind.”