Do we believe that we have a right to trade a tiny being’s life for a moment of possible personal discomfort? Many of us do. However the harm we inflict on a tiny and ‘insignificant’, single wasp on the one hand, eventually scales up to the damage we do to ourselves, our fellow beings and the planet on the other.

Shorter, cooler days, and changing weather can certainly put the dampeners on things, signalling for some, a depressingly long period of doom,  gloom and lethargy, likely to last until spring. That’s no good if you have a demanding job, lead or influence others, and need to stay on top.  Here’s how to put some spring in your autumn step.

If the ability to build relationships where both people and their environment can flourish is the core to leadership of the future, then nature provides the perfect beginning place for any one of us who seeks to transform our lives and impact others, in an entirely new way.

Time. We just never seem to have enough of it. Why do we feel so bereft of this valuable resource? And what can we do about it?

When we slow down and ‘sit’ with nature in a companionable way, long enough to let our inner tensions dissolve, we eventually return to our true, most natural, open and receptive selves.