How to Handle Criticism? - Neville Hodgkinson - Tuesday 14th October 2025 - Stanmore

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing." - Aristotle. Unless you live like a hermit, criticism is probably inevitable, and some of it may be valid as well. So how well do you handle criticism? Do you get defensive and fire back justifications? Take it personally and let it get under your skin? Or do you just let it slide? Join us for tips on how to handle criticism gracefully and constructively, even when it seems harsh or unfair. Speaker: Neville Hodgkinson Neville is an author and journalist who specialized for much of his career in writing about science and medicine. He has been a student of Raja Yoga for more than 40 years and is based at the Global Retreat Centre in Oxfordshire.