I’ve been recovering from covid this week and it’s brought up a lot for me. My old friend the striver came back. Most (actually ALL) of the clients I work with have ‘over active’ strivers – you know that CONSTANT noise in your head. The strive for perfection in every area of your life. Whether …
In the last week I’ve spoken to and come across so many people who are really struggling with everything they are feeling and experiencing. I’ve had so many emails about trauma, anxiety and how it’s impacting you and your life. Often you might feel broken, unfixable, that nothing might work. In fact, most of my …
What if, what you’re feeling is a sane reaction to an insane situation? Read More »
Before I went way on holiday for half term, I got a couple of requests for some exciting projects (details I’ll share soon). I realised a couple of things… the first was that I was close to reaching my capacity in terms of what I could manage (if you want free training on capacity… let …
“It’s all a bit full-on, isn’t it” – this came in today from my supervisor and it hit the nail on the head. Here are 5 strategies that might help you today – right now – or tomorrow – or the next day or next week…. whenever you feel like you can actually face it… …
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I think right now everyone feels at tipping point and I get it. There is so much going on. You don’t need me to list it out. I am not immune to what’s going on right now. Here’s some things that are helping me: Allowing myself to feel all my feelings – feeling into them, …
Today’s been tough. I can feel all sorts of catastrophic thinking today about various things. I understand why I feel that way. I honour all the feelings I have. My head, however, being full of thoughts isn’t helpful for me nor anyone else. It makes me cranky to be around, unable to be present …
I am loving hiding right now in my study writing this email and actually wondering why I’m not seeking more sanctuary up here. This actually feels more like a holiday I think than packing to go camping. Honestly, summer 2021 was not as I intended. I was meant to be going to my …
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Have any of you seen Loki? As a mum to three pre-teens, Loki/any Marvel production is a must so it’s been the latest series we’ve watched together. A very quick and over simplified summary – basically events happens which creates new variants of Loki (a marvel character) on different timelines and they then create …
Think you cannot do something because “it’s just not who you are”? Think again. Read More »
Summer 2021 – the summer i got a new hobby – camping! One of the things I recognised with camping was the importance of getting the basics right and investing in the right ‘stuff’. I’ve tried camping before using a ground mat in a small tent and literally getting no sleep, waking up freezing and …
On Friday my husband announced to all the kids – Mum’s right – we should all be journalling (he read a Harvard study). No shit batman. One of my favourite books is Atomic Habits by James Clear (he does a brilliant regular weekly email which you should sign up for to). His approach is …
