Mother Teresa once said, "I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." As Mother’s Day approaches, I reflect on the complex relationship I share with my own mother. Mothers have been represented in popular culture as anything from angels to monsters. The […]
Author Archives: Jane Waterman
Principles of Practical Happiness
What is happiness? Whether you believe it to be an instinctual emotion that we are born with, or a learned behaviour, it is a state of being that many of us yearn for, but seem unable to fully realize in our adult lives. Happiness is often celebrated in our culture as being attained simply by […]
The Strength Within
When you look in the mirror, whom do you see? Do you see someone you admire, or even like? Do you see anyone at all? Mental illnesses – or mental challenges as I prefer to call them – are in some respects undergoing a revival of awareness in the modern arts. As a society, we […]