Inspiration – Robin Sheehan

“Some say that only someone (a man or a woman) who has experience of falling or failing can help someone else who is falling and failing.  To an extent, it’s true.  But we can’t all have experienced everything that everyone else has.  And to an extent that...

The Hound of Heaven

I fled him, down the nights and down the days; I fled him down the arches of the years; I fled him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears I hid from him. – Francis Thompson – ‘The Hound of...

Ancient Rites of passage

“Ancient rites of passage, perfected over thousands of years, were exquisitely designed to get the attention of young males and help them shape their mature masculine identity. Sadly, positive passage experiences for males (or females) are hard to come by today, and...