Richard Hogan: One of the most important relationships in your life is with the planet

I’m a flexitarian, apparently

Teenagers take the environment very seriously. If you sat down with your children and talked through how the house could be more sustainable, they will give you incredible insights into what needs to change.

We have so many important and complex relationships in our lives. The family of origin we come from is perhaps the most complicated one and has a lasting impact on who we are. When we are teenagers, our peer relationships become paramount. Later in life, our romantic unions and the relationships we have with our children and colleagues become everything.

I’m a systemic psychotherapist, which means I was trained in systems theory. This is a fascinating body of work that explains how each system we navigate, whether that is family, peers, school, or work naturally falls into homeostasis (balance).