I don’t know many people who look forward to the month of January. Yes, it can be a time for new beginning’s and change but personally, I’m not a supporter of that. In all honesty, January can feel pretty miserable. What do we do to survive it? These are all Read more…
Many of us share a common desire to make a positive impact and contribute to a better world. So how do we do that? What can we do to make a difference? Firstly, there are the practical things that we can do to make a difference. Here are some the Read more…
As I have mentioned many times (so many times, I’m worried about being boring) I am NOT a New Year’s resolution person and have never set goals for myself at the beginning of the new year. I appreciate that we are not all the same but if you too shy Read more…
Historically the New year is a time for planning the year ahead, many people (not me) spend a lot of time looking at what they wish to achieve in the forthcoming months. I am NOT a New Year’s resolutions person, I never have been but I understand that it works Read more…
Do you have a bucket list or something similar? Do you set out all the things you wish to achieve in the next year or so? Do you enjoy doing that? I don’t. Planning for the future. Well, not at the moment I don’t. I do have things I want Read more…
The mindset of waiting for happiness is a never-ending cycle. Have you heard yourself or friends say, “If I were to get a better job/nicer house/new partner/more money things would be better, I’d be so much happier?” But then, you get the job and start thinking about what your next Read more…
“You don’t look 54” was the way a conversation at the weekend started for me which then led to a discussion about “what does 54 actually look like?” The conclusion we came to was that there is no definitive image that we can now say represents our age. These days Read more…
As women, we are particularly good at putting everyone else first and for some inexplicable reason, we feel guilty for taking time to look after ourselves. How many times have you gone to do something for yourself and then thought either “I haven’t got time for that right now” or Read more…
Small was feeling grim and dark Playing toss and fling and bang and crash, Break and snap and bash and batter…. “Good Grief” said Large, “What is the matter?” Small said “I’m grim and grumpy Little Small And nobody loves me at all. “Oh Small” said Large, “Grumpy or Read more…
We’ve all done it – chances are we still all do it – and that is worry unnecessarily about stuff! As a Practical Life Coach, I talk to lots of people who worry about a lot of stuff. Sometimes it’s totally justified and sometimes it’s just so overwhelming that they Read more…