CURRENT MISSION

Doing my best to live and act with courage, wisdom, compassion, authenticity & kindness

ABOUT ME

I believe in 'trust through friendship, peace through trust'.
Father to one boy and three girls. 21, 19 and 15, respectively.
Typically have multiple books that I am reading at any one time. On the list at the time of writing:
- A Geography of Human Life (T. Makiguchi).
- Choose Life (A. Toynbee and Daisaku Ikeda).
Practising buddhist since 1986.
Earned first professional wage on the stage at the age of 11 and have continued exploring theatre ever since (now 47).
Mindmapping practitioner and trainer.
I design and facilitate workshops and am an advocate of the Open Space Technology (OST) and Non Violent Communication (NVC) frameworks.
I also design and author online training for additional income.

PHILOSOPHY

Love conquers all.
The law of cause and effect is very strict.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I show up and do my best.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet :-)

Interests

Walking.
Hiking.
Camping (including wild camping).
Being in/by the sea as much as possible.
Diving. Snorkelling and Scuba (I am an advanced open water diver).

• writing
• books
• design
• walking
• technology
• reading
• guitar
• blues
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• geography
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
You Shall Know Our Velocity
Armageddon in Retrospect
Mirrors of the Unseen
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
The Cloudspotter's Guide

Movies:
One from the Heart
Sunrise
7th Heaven
Hearts of the World
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders version).
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done:
Raised three kids.
Seen:
Each of them be born and grow into fine human beings.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach:
Acoustic Guitar (technique, classical, blues and improvisation).
Mindmapping for learning, organising, creating and planning.

I want to learn:
Unicycling.
Farsi.
More latin guitar.