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…
Now I appreciate that not everyone is a football fan or are English and support English football but last night England beat Denmark in the semi finals of the European Championship. Before you discard this post, it’s not all about football! For the England team and their management (and many Read more…
“Live the life you love” The words that have sprung out of many life coaching articles, that have leapt up and punched me in the face from lots of coaching related websites and I have to hold my hand up right now and say…….I HATE THAT PHRASE (well in relation 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…
“I don’t have enough hours in the day!” “I just wish we had a weekend once in a while that wasn’t fully booked.” “I’d love to arrange to see my best friend but at the moment I don’t have a free weekend for the next month or so.” It will Read more…
Oh what a difference some blue sky and sunshine makes! Everyone I have spoken to over the last few days has felt better, more positive, uplifted and generally cheerful. Yes it is only the beginning of March, yes, we all know that the weather will continue to change throughout the Read more…
2021, a New Year, a new vaccine, a time to be hopeful but at the same time a struggle to remain optimistic with talks of another national lockdown and more severe restrictions in place. So I could talk about how we cope with the next few weeks/months but i’m sure Read more…
I don’t know about you but I feel decidedly un-Christmassy right now and those who know me, know that this is unheard of! As you’ve probably gathered, I am a positive person on the whole and both personally and professionally, I always try to look for the good in a Read more…
As we continue to navigate lockdown 2 I am having very similar conversations with my clients most days and they usually start with “I just don’t know why I feel so…..flat/tired/anxious/angry/upset/worn out?” It seems that we felt, perhaps naively, that the second lockdown would be easier, that somehow “we’ve got Read more…