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Category: Protective Factors

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The Prison Journals – George Cardinal Pell

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 8, 2022

On March 13, 2019, George Cardinal Pell was sentenced to six years in jail for…

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Exploring John Muir’s Passion for Wild Places

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 4, 2022August 8, 2022

John Muir (1838-1914) grew up in Dunbar, east of Edinburgh, where he developed an early…

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Maintaining Our Passion For Trees

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 30, 2022

Despite living in an environment where trees are plentiful, we may not give them the…

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The Salt Path

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 31, 2022

Exploring the transformative effects of walking Any loss can deflate but a catastrophic loss can…

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The Gift

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

Gift-giving is at the heart of Christmas. A gift is a token, an expression of…

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The Coming

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 11, 2021December 12, 2021

‘OMICRON IS COMING.’ That was the headline that captured my attention, that filled me with…

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First Thoughts

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 17, 2021

I woke up the other morning thinking of the word ‘avuncular.’ I was curious. It…

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Living With Hope and Despair

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 23, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic people have vacillated between hope and despair. It has felt like…

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Finding Your Sense of Identity

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 11, 2021

The Cambridge dictionary defines identity as ‘who a person is or the qualities of a…

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C. S. Lewis on Walking, Writing, and Washing Dishes

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 28, 2021July 29, 2021

Clive Staples Lewis was born on 29th November 1898, in Belfast, Ireland (Northern Ireland today),…

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Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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