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Scars: How our wounds make us who we are

Today I'm resting again. I've had to rest so many times over the past 4 months since the injury which could have killed me, so surviving this long healing is Ok.

Wendy Campbell

May 27, 20242 min read

What would you say to your younger self?: the 7th Seed of Hope & Kindness

This Seed has “germinated” from a different place to my last Seed of Hope – it arose from a panel discussion which I attended earlier this year. After the event, as I turned on the key of my car and drove away, one of the questions to the panel lingered… What would you say to your younger self?

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Wendy Campbell

Jan 1, 20192 min read

Leading and Making Choices from a Deep Place

After watching the episode of “The Crown” where Queen Elizabeth has to stand up to her uncle about his relationship with Hitler during and after the 2nd world war, and tell him he could not return to Britain, ever, I reflected that there is merit in making choices from a deep place.

Wendy Campbell

Feb 25, 20181 min read

Speaking Up: from the Inside Out

Imagine speaking to yourself as you would to someone you love deeply.— Oriah ‘Mountain Dreamer’ House.

Wendy Campbell

Feb 1, 20184 min read

5 Life Lessons from an Ageing Activist

When I was 16 years old, my first goal to change the world for the better wrote itself into my brain – to help open and respectful conversations about different belief systems. At that time our new school headmistress was leading us to have these conversations weekly. I enjoyed them and wanted to make them happen much more often. I thought that all I had to do to make our world kinder and fairer, especially about beliefs, was to change the way that others talked about it…

Wendy Campbell

Jul 24, 20173 min read

Where to now for Christianity?

This Easter Sunday, I've been thinking about what Christianity means in today’s world.

Wendy Campbell

Apr 17, 20173 min read

Our Deepest Fear is Not That We Are Inadequate: the 4th Seed of Hope & Kindness

Here is the 4th Seed which has just been “germinated” for you: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us… As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." — Marianne Williamson from her book 'A Return to Love', and quoted by Nelson Mandela in his inauguration speech.

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Wendy Campbell

Jan 9, 20172 min read

The Trump We Had to Have

Looking back over the past 10 days since Donald Trump won the US elections, the topic has rarely been out of reach. As usual after such a significant event in our human story, many people are jumping in to analyse what happened and what it means for the future. I’ve been listening, and beneath the fuss and upset I have heard this…

Wendy Campbell

Nov 19, 20162 min read

Resilience: The Still Point

“Except for the point, the still point, there would be no dance, and there is only the dance.“T.S. Eliot. For many years this quotation has sat in my mind, asking for my reflection yet never giving enlightenment.

Wendy Campbell

Aug 24, 20162 min read