by Amy Phillips | Jun 5, 2019
This phrase was one of the predominant messages I took away from the Asset Based Community Development conference I attended last week. It was reassuring to spend three days with over 200 people who believe that our individual and collective assets are the essential...
by Amy Phillips | May 29, 2019
I’ve lived my life on a very short leash. What was acceptable and not acceptable was all well defined—at least in my mind. I liken it to the plight of circus elephants that are tethered to a post at a very young age. They might struggle to get free but they are too...
by Amy Phillips | May 22, 2019
We’ve all kept a close eye on my sister Abby since her husband Stefan’s death, which was three months ago yesterday. She is one of the fortunate ones who have a loving posse around her, although many of us live farther away from her home on the Sunshine Coast than...
by Amy Phillips | May 15, 2019
I’ve known for a while now that re-engaging in some kind of intimate relationship is my next developmental step. Psychologist John Welwood claims in this article that “real awakening only happens in the charnel ground where we acknowledge and work with our wounds,...
by Amy Phillips | May 8, 2019
I remember being in my 30s and looking down at my body, saying, “There’s got to be more to me than this.” I’ve been working away at this project of ‘me’ for a long time now, and with this year of blogging (in public!) I have upped the ante. What frightens me about...
