Communication
But it can be fixed. Here’s how. I’m tired. Tired of waking up to news reports that include terms like this… Just in case you have any trouble with the images, worry not, as I intend to break them down further anyway. Pulse.ng informed us of… “A
Communication
(That many of our leaders don’t seem to) While thinking out my second point in my post on what history really is—that it’s not merely what happened, but what’s recorded and (especially) transmitted—it occurred to me Nigeria suffers a failure on just that point. I
Communication
What it really is, and why that matters History is a funny thing. If you ask most people what history was, they’d reply something along the lines of, “What happened in the past.” Which is, well — not quite right. I mean, it’s almost right, but this is one
Uncategorized
(And the one thing that does matter.) I’m a big fan of electronic reading and I don’t get those who insist that paper is better. Okay, I actually kind of get them, but still. It’s hard for me not to think of my friends who insist on
Christianity
Readers, Talkers and Singers It occurs to me that one can group church people into 3 rough categories, based on their preference for expressing faith. The readers. Aka “Bible students.” * Spend at least half their quiet time quiet — I mean, reading the Bible. * Favourite verse: Matthew 4:4 But he
Humour
Do try this at home. (Practice not included.) Warning: Don’t expect this to be a funny post just because it’s about being funny. I’m not about to put myself under that kind of pressure, thank you. That said, I’m glad if you enjoyed the pun in
Poems
In honour of Verishima Unokyur, who died by suicide, and the family who survive him And so you were taken, right at the start of the year, you came to the end of your years. Your own are left forsaken, burdened hence with this permanent question mark in their lives’
Christianity
What an ancient story can teach us about getting through to one another Talking to one another is so easy to take for granted. There’s a particular Bible story about language that (whether you believe in the Bible or not) is quite instructive. It’s about the tower of
Communication
And 3 things you might be taking for granted about getting through to others In my last post, “There’s a gap between doctors and patients (where words apparently go to die),” I talked about how we as doctors consistently miss the point of what patients are trying to say.
Communication
(where words apparently go to die) In my last post, I explained why anyone goes to see a doctor… When a health condition gets too much in the way of our ability to live our life as we want. My point there was that people don’t go to doctors
Pain and Recovery
So in my last post, "How our wounds make us human," I explained what a wound is. I'll recap the definition: An emotional wound is the "breakage" in your image of yourself or of life, that's caused by a negative experience. In
Pain and Recovery
No, I'm not about to romanticise pain. Wounds hurt, and nobody likes them, including me. But they do make us human, and I want to explain how in this post. You know the saying: "Everyone's got a little bit of madness"? I don'