If you feel grief, let it rock. Let it rock.

~ Martin Prechtel

If you are finding it difficult to navigate life with the ease, grace and confidence you would have hoped for and if you occassionally find yourself flinging self-help books at the wall, you are most welcome here.

This site was named No Safe Distance for a reason. None of this may feel particularly safe to you. Nor can you really escape the fact that you have some work ahead.  You won't find much in the way of sugar-coated platitudes here and you have probably already figured out that no Ten Step Formula is going to get you to the other side of the inner turmoil you may be feeling.

Instead of trying to steer you around your pain and confusion, No Safe Distance is here to accompany you through it.  The good news is that if you are up to the task, you are in excellent company with lots and lots of footsteps lining the path ahead of you.  It may be that you haven't noticed them before because this was never a path you were looking for, but trust me, they are there and part of the work of this site is to shine a light on them for you so you won't feel quite so disoriented and alone on your journey.

We won't be focusing on walling off or denying that things are tough right now. Instead we are going to work on keeping your energy "fluid". Through story, art, example, guidance, teaching and personal support from me if you would like it, No Safe Distance will help keep you moving forward, at a pace that is right for you, so you can learn how to integrate this time in your life in a meaningful and, ultimately, life affirming way.

Joy and sorrow are inseparable.
Together they come
and when one sits
alone with you
remember that the
other is asleep upon your bed.

~Kahlil Gibran