ILLUSTRATION: SHUTTERSTOCK
Last month, I was waking at dawn and listening to birdsong. It turns out that when you slow down, that’s not the only thing you start to hear.
Normally, I’m rushing around so much that I don’t detect those little whispers of the soul; the subtle nudges that have to become great big shoves to get your attention. But I heard a loud whisper in July after visiting one of our Psychologies experts, coach and TED talker Tiu de Haan, who lives on a houseboat in London. I live in Sussex but my 16-year-old son, Charlie, has just been offered a place at a sixth form college in Islington to study film. A brilliant opportunity but a huge commute for him.