Rosie Reflecting

The first four of these books are fictional and all set in Turkey, yet as all fiction have somewhere some grains of truth. the last three are factual books. The Architect’s Apprentice - Elif Shafak I've struggled to read two of Shafak's books before, in fact never finished them. My daughter mentioned this one and I read about it and decided to read it. This one I loved and  finished it. The descriptions of Ottoman life in 16 th Century Istanbul and the intrigues and the beautiful descriptive language she uses fill this book with color. Jahan by default arrives at the Sultan’s palace with Chota the elephant, about whom he knows nothing, yet manages to become his keeper. He meets many colorful characters along the way, some who will defraud him and others who will help him in unexpected ways.     Jahan manages to catch the eye of Sinan (who was in fact a real architect) and works together with him, never quite achieving the fame and fortune he might have deserved. Capt

The owl fabled epitome of a leveller The Leveller Remembering the Satir Categories from the last post, this is by far the best place to be, it’s not always the easiest place to be. Our default behaviours are often governed by nature and nurture.   Levellers have few threats to their self-esteem.   Words, voice tone, body movements and facial expressions all give the same message.   Levellers apologise for an action, not for existing.   They have no need to blame, be subservient, retreat into a computer behaviour or to be constantly on the move.   They are great communicators and have the ability to build bridges in relationships, heal stalemates and build self-esteem.     How does a leveller think and behave? The leveller response is a real-time congruent response.   All the other responses that manifest in the other behaviours are as a result of negative internal feelings causing words and actions to be incongruent.   It is very easy, under pressure, to respond to a situ