ancient path

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Title graphic reading 'The Ancient Path: Why Habits Are So Hard to Break' beside a photo of sheep grazing along a worn dirt path through green hillside pastures, with the 'Turning The Page' logo below.

The Ancient Path: Why Habits Are So Hard to Break

I was brought up on a sheep farm, and one of the most fascinating features of that farm was the tracks the sheep made across the paddocks. Right in the middle of a field, you’d find this narrow, well-worn path — pressed down by hundreds of hooves, over and over, […]

Foggy forest path — cover image for blog post on healing before growth

Why Do I Feel Worse Before I Feel Better? The Ancient Path of Down Before Up

Feeling worse before better? Discover the ancient path of down before up. I once saw this very funny cartoon. The first image showed a nice ‘up and to the right’ graph displaying how we think life should work. Progress, easy, smooth, success and without any struggle or challenge. The next […]

The Ancient Path: Why the Narrow Way Is Still the Right One

There’s an ancient path — one worn into the ground over thousands of years, easy to trust because so many have walked it before you. I was watching a program on TV about elephants. The Elephant Queen. It tells the journey of a family of elephants in the African savannah, […]