by Clare Myatt | Jun 1, 2026 | Thoughts
I rejoiced reading this article from The Conversation called From ‘French leave’ to ‘Irish goodbyes’: why you may be right to exit a party without saying goodbye. I resonate strongly with the desire to slip away at the end of an overpowering social evening, avoiding...
by Clare Myatt | May 1, 2026 | Thoughts
I can always tell when my friend has had a sleepless night with her toddlers. Beyond the obvious yawning there’s a general droopiness and lack of sparkle. She has good reason to be sleep-deprived and she reminds me that, eventually, this experience will pass. (Not...
by Clare Myatt | Apr 1, 2026 | Thoughts
“Like the mast of a ship” they said. “Imagine your back, your body, your whole backbody being like the mast of a ship. Tall, straight, unbending yet supporting the ship to stay upright.” I like this metaphor (from a cranio-sacral practitioner) and while it doesn’t...
by Clare Myatt | Mar 1, 2026 | Thoughts
“Under pressure, we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our practices.”* I’d never really thought about how I reacted under pressure until my training at Strozzi Institute. Years of therapy had given me an intellectual ...
by Clare Myatt | Feb 1, 2026 | Thoughts
As I sit with a blank page, it’s tempting to invite AI to give me a starting place (and occasionally it does) but today there’s a sense of being nudged to wait until something forms. So I wait…. What comes in the pause is something to share and celebrate. I don’t...
