Updated October 2025 I read the message. My heart started pounding, I felt slightly sweaty, a knot was building in my stomach. Nauseous. I felt like a child again, caught doing something I shouldn’t. Except I wasn’t. My crime? I had made a choice that someone else disapproved of. I was angry, embarrassed, scared – … Read more
I have an inner critic. We all do. My inner critic can be really harsh (and disapproving like the cat in the picture!!) and if I listen to her, can give me a really hard time and pile on the guilt. However, she is also really helpful for helping me see where there might be … Read more
I am rubbish at asking for help. You are more likely to find me stacking the dishwasher by crashing the cutlery or forcing the plates in or spending hours researching how to do a task than to ask for help. I am also bad at receiving help! If offered help by my partner I am … Read more
I am a self-confessed early bird, my partner is a definite night owl – these are common terms used to describe how we work with our own energy cycles. Thankfully we all have different energy cycles, otherwise, there’d be no one available for those early morning calls to 111 with a sick child! Some folks … Read more
One of the Christmas traditions we have with our kids is looking at the Christmas lights and trees around our town (and beyond if we’re travelling). There’s something about the way the lights twinkle and shine. I love seeing how people use the same lights in different ways to get completely unique effects. My friend … Read more