Threshold Reflections

Crossing the Threshold: On Moving Without Guarantees There comes a point in many transitions when reflection is no longer enough. You have sat with the questions, you have felt the weight of the old life no longer fitting and you have stood at the bridge of no return...

Standing at the Bridge of No Return: When Staying the Same Is No Longer a Neutral Choice There are moments in a life when something becomes quietly but unmistakably clear. You cannot keep living in quite the same way. Nothing may have changed on the outside. The same...

Letting Go: The Quiet Courage of Releasing What Has Run Its Course There is a kind of grief that does not get talked about very often, and I think it deserves more honest attention than it usually receives. It is the grief of letting go of something that has not...

Facing the Swamp of Confusion: Why Not Knowing Can Be the Beginning of Wisdom Last post, we entered the dark wood together, that place where the old certainties loosen and the familiar path stops being visible. If you are still in that territory, or if you have moved...

Entering the Dark Wood: When the Life You Have Been Living No Longer Fits The poet David Whyte, translating a line from Dante, wrote: In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood where the true way was wholly lost. Dante wrote those words in the...

Let me start with a statement … ‘We live in a broken world with many fragmented people!’ I believe, like many others today, that we are at a point in time of existential crisis and no matter how or where you look at things, much of the world appears broken. Whether...

What a Retreat, it was Raw, Emotional and TransformationalThe recent men's retreat in the Cederberg mountains was, to be honest, far more than I could ever have expected. I wish to say a big thank you to my co-facilitator Sicelo Mbatha, for the humaness and heart that...

Life transitions vary from person to person and can be both subtle and obvious. Recognising that you are in a life transition often involves a combination of introspection, self-awareness, and an understanding of common symptoms. Here are some indicators that can help...

Today’s Life Transitions are many and varied and occur at various life stages, ages and in varying situations, from the time we are born until our last breath. Along the way we encounter a variety of significant life transitions, akin to a traditional initiation or...