I don’t know about you, but at times of humanitarian crisis it’s very easy to feel guilty, to be sitting in your home with the heating on watching the television feeling guilty for what you have when others are being met with mindless destruction and devastation? The question we have Read more…
Oh yes, he’s back! The drama llama has made an appearance again and it made me realise that as much as we like to think we have dealt with things sufficiently, there is every chance we haven’t. There are things that will reappear in our lives at times when we’re Read more…
Make lots of honey, lemon & ginger drinks and hope that it makes you feel better! As you will all know by now, I like a plan! In fact, I like to plan for my plans, I feel much happier when I have a plan and when the plan doesn’t Read more…
Positivity – what does that actually mean? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “the state or character of being positive:a positivity that accepts the world as it is.” As a coach, one of the first words we come across in our training is the word positive. We are Read more…
As I was walking my dog on the beach the other morning, I met with an older friend of mine and her pooch and we were talking about life in general (as you do at 6.30am) and just how challenging life could be. She was having a tough time managing Read more…
So here is is, “freedom day.” Free from what I ask myself? Free from Covid? No. Free from worry & anxiety? No. Free from the need to be cautious? No……..actually, far too many “no’s” to mention! So, if you are feeling anxious, if this whole idea of relaxing all the Read more…
“My husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/partner needs to step up” – I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard this phrase during a coaching session or chatting with friends. What does that actually mean? Within the context in which it’s discussed, it’s usually during an offload or a rant about that Read more…
We have a bank holiday looming, the sun has been shining (in most places) and there is a feeling of hope in the air. Although we are limited as to what we can do, some of the lockdown restrictions have been lifted and hopefully people are getting to catch up Read more…
So, this weekend the sun shone and inevitably where I live was literally heaving with people. Not just local people but very obvious visitors. As I walked my dog along the sea front I felt the anxiety levels rising as very little social distancing was being observed, in fact it Read more…
As Valentine’s Day approaches this weekend, I suspect it will feel very different to many? There will be those who will not be able to see their loved one, there will be those who have seen far too much of their loved one and there will be those who are Read more…