by Dr Denise Taylor | 27 May, 2023 | Getting older, Inspiration, Videos, Woodland
Hi, it’s Dr. Denise Taylor, and today I want to talk about being visible. There’s a lot written about people of around my age, mid- fifties upwards and about how we feel invisible, how we’re not seen, and we fade into the background. I don’t...
by Dr Denise Taylor | 31 Mar, 2023 | Inspiration, Poetry, Retirement
With age, comes, for me, a greater interest in and appreciation of poetry. I hope you enjoy reflecting on this by Mario de Andrade I counted my years and realized that I have less time to live by, than I have lived so far. I have more past than future. I feel like...
by Dr Denise Taylor | 26 Sep, 2022 | Inspiration
I’m a Vision Quest Guide, supporting those who have been called to undertake a vision quest, sometimes known as a wilderness fast. This is nothing like a typical training course. This is not an easy option for people. It takes strength and courage. They have fears....
by Dr Denise Taylor | 20 Sep, 2022 | Inspiration
A time out to step off your busy life, contemplate a question, or consider your future. Some academics get a chance to do this every 7 years. This often takes them outside their lecturing and other work with students, it is often still work, but different, where they...
by Dr Denise Taylor | 22 Aug, 2022 | Health and Wellbeing, Inspiration
There is fun, and then there is Type 2 Fun. These are the activities we only recognize as fun afterwards. They can be physically challenging such as mountain climbing or where there is a fear, perhaps of being laughed at. I do comedy improv classes and hadn’t realized...
by Dr Denise Taylor | 10 Jun, 2022 | Inspiration
I do this in depth at different times of my life. I kept a detailed journal whilst preparing for, whilst on my vision quest and for the month afterwards. I’ve also done it as I started new relationships as it helped deal with the feelings of insecurity that ran...
