This blog follows on from a recent video I posted about my observations from social media and the reality I am noticing from my own experiences, but also from speaking to friends and clients. There is a lot of social pressure at the moment to do great things during lock…
The whole world has been thrown into a very unfamiliar set of circumstances where, if like me you are not a key worker and you are following the guidance, you are staying at home to keep safe,protect others and save lives. And I am sure you will join me in…
I’m writing this blog, because so often I hear people saying that they don’t feel good enough and as it has been #mentalhealthawarenessday this week, I think now is a good time to talk about it. But firstly, I want you to think about the following questions… What does being…
Yes, I am going there… that place we don’t like to go, because we aren’t sure what we might find, particularly us Brits… Emotions! Society tells us from a very young age; which emotions are acceptable, appropriate and therefore good emotions… and equally which are not acceptable or appropriate and…
This week has been international coaching week, a week where coaching is celebrated around the world. However, I regularly come across people who don’t know what real, powerful coaching is and I think I know the reason. I was listening to an audio book recently and there was a phrase…
This is a big question… and many of us would like to say yes, however, if we really stop to think about it, too often something will stop us and we will politely decline, does this sound familiar? What happens when you politely decline? Even writing about it now, I…
If you follow me and my story, you will know that having a good #LIFEworkbalance is very important to me and I encourage others to do the same. However, towards the end of last year my #LIFEworkbalance, became unbalanced… This happened for a few reasons, all of which I knew…
What is childhood trauma? Childhood trauma can take many forms; whether it be a significant loss, neglect of some kind, bullying, violence, witnessing violence, mental, emotional or physical abuse of any kind, or witnessing abuse of some kind, the sad thing is, this list is by no means exhaustive. Now…
I live in Norfolk and Friday was the very first #NorfolkDay and we celebrated it all over the county and what really came through was just how much people love Norfolk. I absolutely love Norfolk, I have travelled the world, yet I love living in here, there is no better…
When you are self-employed or in a high pressured job, you often get the uneasy feeling that ‘I should be working’, I know this, because I work on it lots with my clients in the search for a better #LIFEworkbalance, but not only that, I too had to work hard…