by Clare Myatt | Nov 1, 2026 | Thoughts
Perhaps you are as overwhelmed as I am with the sheer array of fascinating resources available. Ever growing, every single second. Less about rabbit holes and endless warrens, more about the infinite choice. Shall I listen to a podcast (it seems like everyone is doing...
by Clare Myatt | Oct 1, 2026 | Thoughts
Endings have never been my forte. I can describe with great acuity what happens somatically when my body gets even a sniff of someone departing. My heart thumps and races, my shoulders tighten, my body heats up and I feel off kilter. I know I am ungrounded. Curiosity...
by Clare Myatt | Sep 1, 2026 | Thoughts
The allure of rabbit holes continues. And when I say “rabbit holes” what I really mean is AI seducing me into a veritable rabbit warren of possibility. Endlessly. A simple question forms and reforms into an endless chain of related questions which feeds my innate...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 1, 2026 | Thoughts
It’s tempting to skip a blog for August given the heat and the holiday season, but as I contemplate doing so there is something that simply nags in my body – this is simply one of my practices. I have found something to share for the first of each month for many...
by Clare Myatt | Jul 1, 2026 | Thoughts
In a few weeks’ time, people around the globe will be celebrating World Listening Day and this has really piqued my curiosity. I think of myself as a deep and skilled listener, and the Acoustic Ecologists have a vastly expanded sensibility – actively listening...
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...
