No plans to plan for!
All the people who know me, know I love a plan so one of the biggest challenges for me has been having to curb my planning during this pandemic. I hold my hands up and readily admit that I have Read more
Lockdown Learnings…..
For me this has certainly been a time of contemplation, a time to review certain aspects of my life. Leading a considerably more simple life over the last couple of months now makes me question some of the things I Read more
Concentrate on what you can affect.
Over the weekend, I found myself becoming more and more wound up by the actions of others to the point that I could feel the anxiety sitting firmly at the base of my throat, ready to bubble over and let Read more
Your lockdown list…..
Ok, hands up, who started lockdown with a list of all the jobs they could/would get done whilst we were stuck at home? I did! Once I realised that my coaching was going to decrease for a period of time Read more
The guilt factor
Now being a life coach means that guilt is not an emotion that I feel comfortable even talking about usually, but as these are unprecedented times, I am going to write about it, feel suitably uncomfortable but also be honest! Read more
Working from home…..or not
As a Life Coach, I have now “worked from home” for nearly 14 years now so lockdown hasn’t altered that element of my life but I am only too aware of both the positives and negatives that working from home Read more
Overwhelmed
Well this weekend I felt completely overwhelmed. I don’t know what triggered it but I spent most of Sunday bursting into tears over anything – sad news stories, amazingly uplifting news stories, a piece of music that evoked happy memories, Read more
Week 3 of lockdown…….it’s a challenge!
Ok…..into week 3 we go! I’ve cleaned, I’ve painted, I’ve stained, I’ve sanded, I’ve scrubbed grout, I’ve wiped down skirting boards….. I’ve also read, made rainbow signs to go in windows, created happy birthday banners for our neighbours children self Read more
It’s ok to not be ok……
So, over the last couple of weeks I have had conversations with many clients who are used to being very organised, having structured and productive days (on the whole) and all of a sudden, life has thrown a curved ball Read more
Time for a Spring clean
Hooray…..the sun is shining, the daffodils are peeping through, people are looking more “smiley” as they go about their everyday tasks and I guess we’re all just feeling a little bit better about life? It’s very interesting for me how Read more