During the Covid pandemic, with so much uncertainty around, we are bound to speculate what the future holds for our physical health, financial problems, families and social lives. Our brains are amazing tools, designed to solve problems, to anticipate, plan and organise. But at times of stress, we often search in vain for the off-switch,Continue reading “Keep a Safe Distance From Your Thoughts”
Author Archives: Tom George
Hello, I'm Tom. I'm a musician, writer and various other things. In this site, you can find out about my creative work, plus read blog posts about life, culture and wellbeing.
Hope to make contact with you soon! :)
New song
New song “What I See”. Not too specific, hopefully it channels some of the feelings that have been going around in the last few days, weeks and months.
The Trouble With Masks
The Trouble With Masks – ‘stay safe’ or stay authentic?
Calmness is Your Contribution
You make ripples all the time. In your actions, words, hopes, intentions and concerns you can send out vibrations with subtle influence. Whether you intend it or not, you have an influence. Our task today is to make ripples consciously. In times of uncertainty it can be easy to try too hard, and send outContinue reading “Calmness is Your Contribution”
Two Views on UK Lockdown
1. Remember how much lip service was paid to mental health in the last couple of years? It supposedly had ‘parity’ with physical health in government thinking, despite being woefully underfunded. Well, the past month has blown all those platitudes out of the water. As long as we can keep people alive, the mental wellbeingContinue reading “Two Views on UK Lockdown”
Connecting With Wisdom
Originally posted on Tom George:
In the coming weeks and months, if you are in contact with elderly friends or relatives, ask them about times of crisis they have endured and how they dealt with the situation. Many of our living elders came through WW2, a time when entire streets were destroyed in a night,…
‘Isolate With Me’ – written and performed by Tom George
Connecting With Wisdom
In the coming weeks and months, if you are in contact with elderly friends or relatives, ask them about times of crisis they have endured and how they dealt with the situation. Many of our living elders came through WW2, a time when entire streets were destroyed in a night, with death arriving regularly andContinue reading “Connecting With Wisdom”
Finding Peace During this Crisis
Greetings, friends. As a follower of Eckhart Tolle I would say the best cure for anxiety is present-moment awareness. This poem came to me in response to the coronavirus crisis. Take care, Tom x At this moment The sun burns bright A cloud glows white The air holds light A bird makes flight AtContinue reading “Finding Peace During this Crisis”
Tasting the fruit of Yoko Ono’s poetic wisdom.
The Museum of Liverpool recently hosted an exhibition called ‘Double Fantasy’ charting the very public relationship and life of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In this already Beatles-saturated city it was hardly something to salivate over but as my mum was in town we paid a visit. As a loop of the piano introduction toContinue reading “Tasting the fruit of Yoko Ono’s poetic wisdom.”
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