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May 10, 2017 by paulrholley

Fault lines in evidence-based medicine

When passions are running high, logic may be unwelcome. If we are in love, in despair, or in pain, then it is empathy we crave rather than dispassionate analysis. Anyone with experience in human relationships knows and understands this. Feelings respond better to compassion than rational critique. This will be the ongoing fault line in… Read More

Medical practise Cancer Drugs Fund, evidence-based medicine 1 Comment
March 27, 2017 by JuliaLChambeyron

Still waters

‘Still waters run deep’ goes the expression, mostly referring to people who maybe don’t say much but who think deeply. I often think of the verse in psalm 23 – ‘He leads me beside still waters…’ We tend to think of water as moving: the sea is in constant movement, rivers flow, lakes have currents… Read More

Spirituality, Uncategorized balance disorders, Psalms, stillness Leave a comment
March 22, 2017 by paulrholley

The joys of coming out to play

The rush of elation took me by surprise. Normally calm and unflustered, I found myself uncharacteristically ecstatic. I was stood with fellow members of my brass band listening to the announcement of our first prize in an important contest. I have always been ambivalent about competition. I watch others strive for it and am touched… Read More

Exemplars, Getting high elation, music, performance, success 2 Comments
February 9, 2017 by paulrholley

Others must fail

‘It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail’. So wrote the American novelist Gore Vidal. This suggests that the human psyche needs an enemy in order to thrive; that it is more natural to compete than collaborate. At this point in history, we may be forgiven for such pessimism. Trends in religious faith and… Read More

Political and economic issues, Spirituality compassion, conflict, democracy 2 Comments
January 6, 2017 by paulrholley

The wake-up call

For a few days at the beginning of January, a wide swathe of the population wakes up to an uncomfortable truth: ‘I am less than I want to be’. Resolutions for change are commonplace if short lived. Actually, for a great many people, the truth could be more accurately declared, ‘I am more than I… Read More

Diet, Exercise New year resolution, overweight 2 Comments
August 2, 2016 by JuliaLChambeyron

Cherishing small moments

Those of us with compromised health, or those struggling with temporary setbacks in our wellbeing, when denied what I call ‘the big pleasures of life’, learn how to appreciate small, fleeting moments of meaning and joy. One warm summer afternoon last week, I returned home from a church service feeling tired, rather dizzy and hot.… Read More

Living with limitations chronic illness, family life, small pleasures 2 Comments

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