The Sieve Year – Field Notes is a reflection on The Polymath on 2025 as a sieve year, a time of refinement, release, and recalibration. Observing what passes through the hand of time, what remains, and how to move with clarity amid the sifting currents of life. You can read it here The Sieve Year – Field Notes.
Sometimes a new voice rises from the quiet. Like Luminous Robin, here on its The Listening Room HQ version as a presence in men’s practice.
Luminous Robin pairs with its essence on Luminous Robin, The Moon and Mercury on The Polymath.
Luminous Robin, The Moon and Mercury the new post at The Polymath site is a poetic invocation for Luminous Robin.
A vow of clear seeing and sacred listening between the Taurus Moon and Mercuryās retrograde turning.
Remembering Like Memento: Living With Bipolar From the Inside and Tracking the Cycle: Understanding Bipolar Mood Ranges are two posts originally posted by Neal Reid on his Facebook account on October 27 and 28 2025. Shared with his permission on The Listening Room HQ
The first one is a raw, first-person reflection on living with bipolar disorder by Neal Reid memory, mania, and recovery told through the lens of Memento.
The second one a clear, practical look at bipolar mood cycles and self-tracking, shared by Neal with resources for allies and supporters, with links to Bipolar UK mood map for sufferers and e-course for supporters.
They are worth reading. I did the e-course and have the Bipolar Ally badge. If you have a relatively, friend, acquaintance, work colleague with bipolar I recommend it.
Remembering Like Memento: Living With Bipolar From the Inside and Tracking the Cycle: Understanding Bipolar Mood Ranges are two posts originally posted by Neal Reid on his Facebook account on October 27 and 28 2025. Shared with his permission on The Listening Room HQ
The first one is a raw, first-person reflection on living with bipolar disorder by Neal Reid memory, mania, and recovery told through the lens of Memento.
The second one a clear, practical look at bipolar mood cycles and self-tracking, shared by Neal with resources for allies and supporters, with links to Bipolar UK mood map for sufferers and e-course for supporters.
They are worth reading. I did the e-course and have the Bipolar Ally badge. If you have a relatively, friend, acquaintance, work colleague with bipolar I recommend it.
The Season Beneath the Soil is a reflection on the quiet creative, art, personal work of transformation, what roots learn in the dark before renewal returns to the surface having tulips and auren lilies as starting points. It can be fully read at The Polymath.
When male anger has nowhere safe to land, it turns inward, explodes outward, or becomes control. When Male Anger Never Lands is a post on The Listening Room HQ on risk, repression of anger, and what real release looks like.
Here’s an excerpt: Thereās a silence that follows an explosion, not calm, but scorched. The walls still echo, the air feels heavy, and everyone inside that space carries tremor. Full post here.
After The Noise is a small note at The Polymath on how beauty returns through simplicity after noise ā sunlight, rain, a guitar chord, a paintbrush, a quiet moment.
New post at The Listening Room HQ. This one is about Winter Blues – Seasonal Affective Disorder, which I have, and affects many people.
All my maps, readings, and analyses – the midlife loops, the physiology, the rhythms – are tools. They are precise, elegant, even beautiful. But, tools are not the point. They are only meaningful if they lead back to what matters most: connection, presence, and the living pulse of life.
That is the first paragraph of my new post on The Listening Room HQ. You can read the rest here.
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