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Belly to Belly

Belly to Belly

She stares at me with squinted eyes, pounding her cocktail straw up and down, up and down, like she’s delivering a tiny handjob. “So where are your friends? Are you here alone or something?” She asks. “My friends,” I say, waving my hand dismissively in the air, “are over there.” She laughs, and I know…

Travellers Mind

Travellers Mind

Travel is stimulating because you perceive things from an open perspective. Like a six year old who engorged his Daddy’s magic mushroom stash, everything is fresh, exciting, absurd and foreign. Aspiring Casanovas often feel judged, “What if they see/hear me?” and that’s not full gangster, not at all. Travellers are aware that if their actions…

Maintain a Balanced State to Avoid Emotional Exhaustion

Maintain a Balanced State to Avoid Emotional Exhaustion

I’ve coached about a hundred men now and I’ve noticed recurring and universal patterns in their behaviour  We’re all similar, yet the majority of us feel separate and unique, like the human experience hasn’t been played out a billion times. Nope, you’re special. Nobody has ever gone through what you’re going through. When a student has a certain issue with…

The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

I’m trying to write but these old hens are sitting here clucking about how Suzy has been, “Strutting around in her new three-hundred dollar shoes,” and, “Those tables were very poorly set and didn’t we drive such a long way to get there?” The wonder and horror of what we may become and what we…