relationships Archives - Joanna Taylor

September 4, 20250Comments

L is for… Listening – and Loneliness

Listen... do you want to know a secret...? Well, it's not actually a secret, but it is something we seem to have forgotten, in this world of smart phones

July 30, 20240Comments

Reflections on AI

I was running a Short Workshop last week, and we were discussing the importance of Presence - and specifically, just how frustrating we each found it when we ended up

April 24, 20170Comments

The Gift of Being Present

In our world of fast-developing technology, and the need to stay connected with friends and colleagues through texts, emails and social media, the irony is that in our face-to-face relationships

July 21, 20160Comments

Dogs will be Dogs…

So Luna caught a mole yesterday evening... I've no idea where she found it, as there are no evident mole hills in the garden, but she was exceptionally pleased with

June 15, 20162Comments

Eat, Play, Love… Part 2

Since the sudden loss of our beautiful Daisy at the end of May, we have been helped by a great many words of comfort and wisdom from friends and family,

June 6, 20162Comments

Eat, Play, Love…

This is a hard blog to write... last Tuesday morning we lost our beautiful, funny, fuzzy little Daisy, and I am desolate. She was only 7, and she had leukaemia.

August 25, 20111Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 18: Finding the Right Candidate

One of our part-time canine members of staff has recently left to pursue a new career with her original breeder. Poppy does not seem to like being an "only dog"

August 18, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 17: Perception is Projection

Here in Wydale it might sometimes seem as if time stands still while the rest of the world passes us by (which is why it's such a good place for

May 31, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 15: Let Dog be your co-pilot

The other day I came across the following story, from the wonderful author and therapist, Bill O'Hanlon. Some years ago, at the therapy group practice where Bill worked, a couple had sought

by Joanna