by Alice Bulmer | Jan 28, 2025 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Food, Metaskills, Tools of resilience, Wellbeing
This is the second post in a series. It’s a follow-up to My friends the plants. You might like to read that one first, for context. Once upon a time, I believed herbalism was a kind of alternative medicine, prescribed by a clinical herbalist. Which it sort of...
by Alice Bulmer | Jan 5, 2025 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
This is my personal take on plant-human relationships. I think having a relationship with plants is crucially important to help each of us navigate through challenging times. In our broccoli-hating culture, I’m speaking up for the plants. Everything from green salad...
by Alice Bulmer | Jul 10, 2024 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Life coaching, Metaskills, Tools of resilience, Wellbeing
You want to start a regular spiritual practice—but somehow, it just doesn’t happen. Your good intentions fade after the course ends. Or once the retreat glow wears off. Life gets busy, and your practice slips to the side. I’ve been there too. It took me many years to...
by Alice Bulmer | Jun 5, 2024 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Spiritual wellbeing, Wellbeing
This blog post is the story of my spiritual experiences—in a world where “soul” and “spirit” are often unspeakable. Spirituality is usually seen as subjective and deeply personal—something you keep to yourself. (Still with me? Thank you!) This isn’t a theoretical...
by Alice Bulmer | Sep 28, 2023 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Favourite, Life and death
There’s a small worm farm tucked away under a tree in my back garden. It’s not a fancy worm bin. Just some stacked plastic boxes with lids and dividers. At any time of the year, it contains thousands of wriggly creatures. Willingly consuming potato peels, apple cores,...
by Alice Bulmer | Jun 17, 2021 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Family skeletons, Favourite, Metaskills
Deep in the forest, high up in the mountains of New Guinea, a huge bird strides confidently through the undergrowth. Foraging here and there for seeds and fruit and insects, the cassowary is the queen of the forest, the biggest creature in this ecosystem. She doesn’t...
