Yesterday was a grumpy day. I found I was being easily triggered into feelings of frustration and overwhelm. It felt like my children were pushing the boundaries and avoiding doing their schoolwork, and other tasks we had agreed they would do to ensure they kept to a...

As I sit down to write this blog on 21st March 2020, it’s hard to know where to start.  Writing is very therapeutic so I know I need to write, for me and anyone else who this might help. The world is virtually in lockdown and has taken us away from so much of what we...

​In my previous blog I talked about the power of using mental imagery to help create a picture of how things could be different in an area of your life where you are feeling stuck or unfulfilled. The unconscious mind can’t tell the difference between what is real and...

The only constant in life is change, right?  So why do we so often resist it? Because we crave the familiar and the predictable.  We like to know how something will turn out before we embark on a novel experience.  We need to feel safe.  What happens if we fail?  What...

One of my amazing clients recently described life as being in three parts; something which really resonated with me. The first part of life could be described as learning how to fit in.  ‘Learning’ how to ‘be’ and what to ‘do’ to be worthy of love, connection and...

I’ve come to realise I have a real issue with leaf-blowers. Not the tool itself, you understand, but the behaviour that it can manifest in the hands of a human. Blowing the leaves into a pile so you can pick them up and compost them, or dispose of them in a ‘green’...