needs Archives - Joanna Taylor

June 15, 20260Comments

V is for… Values – and Violet

Our Values are the things that are important to us; they drive all of our behaviours. In many respects indistinguishable from Needs (we can have a need for peace,

March 27, 20260Comments

U is for… Understanding

There is a saying that, "Complete undertstanding leads to complete forgiveness" - I was discussing this with some students on one of my courses this week. When we fully

August 20, 20250Comments

K is for… Knowledge

There is a kind of knowledge that lives in books and in facts; it's easy to acquire, and many of us spend a lot of time reading more books, and

July 28, 20250Comments

I is for… Insight, Inquiry and an Invitation

Aren't our minds weird…? Well, mine certainly is, anyway! I woke up early yesterday, at around 4.30am, and I lay awake contemplating stuff. A week or so ago, we had been looking

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Teachings of Dog

October 18, 20210Comments

Teachings of Dog: Finding Your Voice

If there's one thing for which Schnauzers are well known, it's their voice. Loud, joyous, frequent, and sometimes embarrassing, has been our previous experience over the past 30-odd years of

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Teachings of Dog

April 1, 20210Comments

Teachings of Dog: What’s in a Name?

Mungo arrived into our lives a few weeks ago... confused and scared, he had been rescued from a puppy farm, where he had spent the first five years of his

by Joanna