by Alice Bulmer | Mar 23, 2024 | Becoming Alice, Music, ecology, spirituality, Tools of resilience
I’ve been dreaming up a new modality. I call this Wisewoman—though it could be a nonbinary person or even a man in the role. It’s not about being an expert. It’s a way of offering wise, informed, non-judgemental, confidential support based on life experience. A...
by Alice Bulmer | Nov 1, 2023 | Becoming Alice, Family skeletons, Music, ecology, spirituality
It’s a weird time of year, here in Aotearoa-NZ. The last days of October and the beginning of November. In the Southern Hemisphere it’s simultaneously spring and Hallowe’en. We have kids dressed as ghosts and goblins, walking the streets in the evening sun,...
by Alice Bulmer | Sep 28, 2023 | Becoming Alice, Favourite, Music, ecology, spirituality, Tools of resilience
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 | Feb 14, 2022 | Becoming Alice, Music, ecology, spirituality, Tools of resilience
“I want a job that suits me and doesn’t drive me crazy. And includes music, or allows me time to make music.” This is the story of my long and winding road to life coaching. I hope it inspires you to seek life coaching much earlier than I did. Looking for my ideal...
by Alice Bulmer | Jan 22, 2022 | Becoming Alice, Music, ecology, spirituality
How to write a song: The other day a client said to me: “I’d like to write songs, but I don’t know where to start. How do I choose a good songwriting course?” This is actually a complex question! Writing a song is incredibly personal. Vulnerable. Even more than a...
by Alice Bulmer | Dec 10, 2018 | Food, Music, ecology, spirituality
My favourite plant is the nettle. The European stinging nettle, Urtica dioica. There’s a nettle patch at the bottom of my garden. Nettles aren’t pretty or sculptural, unlike many other plants that are considered weeds. But they are interesting and very useful....
