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  • The Whole Nine Yards Ep 107 12.1.25 Unwavering with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

    The Whole Nine Yards Episode 207 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 12th January 2025 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Unwavering In a week of natural and man-made disasters how do we explain the unwavering human spirit? This week, we delve into the essence of perseverance and faith, exploring how these qualities shape our lives Read more

  • Standing at the doorway of the year (what I’m doing next)

    Waiting for stars to come into alignment, precursor angels to whisper in our ear and a sense of imminent goodness to happen. Sure, 2010 was a tough year and some aspirations have had to be put on a ventilator for a while – but day by day that infant we call hope will grow imperceptibly… Read more

  • Time to Leave the Basement

    Our brains, like our homes, contain comfortable areas that we don’t like leaving – even when it’s bad for us. Somethimes it takes a fire to propel us towards the Skylight Question.. Read more

  • The Trouble with Rock Pools

    A poem on life and depth by Roy Stannard Read more

  • Faith in a Big Society

    We negotiate life hoping that the future will bear fruit. Without faith, family planning would be a family gamble. Without faith, we wouldn’t sacrifice for the future – the present would be a cynical, nihlistic pig’s trough of satiated appetites. Nothing to hold onto – or for. The opposite of faith is worthlessness, helplessness and… Read more

  • A letter to the six year old me

    I was a cute kid, light brown hair with bright, wide open eyes, curious about everything, trusting about a lot more. I was a first born so for the first four years of my life I was a prince, the centre of attention and the focus of everything – except that for the first five… Read more

  • England’s Dreaming

    I was working in London. I dismissed the delegates early so that they could repair to the hotel bar in order to watch the game. The feeling of anticipation mixed with a layer of fear (Germany..penalties..average age of their team 4 years younger than ours) was palpable. Read more

  • Extinguishing the desire to smoke

    You are not a ‘smoker’, you are someone who smokes. After four hours of coaching Miss Y was set to go, but something seemed not to be right. It was clear that she still harboured a desire to have a cigarette and that this was troubling her. The smoking habit had become a barrier to Read more

  • The Art of Self-Presentation

    Ok, you have been asked to present a training seminar. Or make a speech. You. The You that normally chokes when asked for the time. Lost for words? More like abandoned in a huge wide open space called low self esteem. We’ll deal with the self-worth issue elsewhere – but let’s get you through that Read more

  • Off the map?

    How often have you heard the expression ‘it’s off the map’, or ‘I haven’t planned for this’, or ‘there is no routemap for what I am going through?’ The language of life often delineates where we go and what we are prepared to try. ‘That’s off limits’, or ‘don’t go there’ have far more impact Read more