“Swing low sweet chariot, comin’ for to carry me home” ahh the chorus rang out around the Twickenham stadium on Saturday night once more only for our heroic team to be defeated against the mighty Australians. Our hopes and dreams of taking the World Cup once again dashed, poor Jonny Wilkinson looked like he… Read More
Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of Friday 13th to you and I… Today is Friday the 13th, and for many this presents a day constantly looking over their shoulder, watching how many drains they walk over, saluting magpies and general crazy behaviour resulting from limiting beliefs. There are a group of people for the fear or phobia… Read More
Willpower- A Superpower All of it’s Own! Well how are you getting along with those resolutions? Got your CV sorted? Stopped smoking yet? Started that new spinning class you promised yourself? How about the excess weight has that started to shift? Oh and how about that nail biting? Resorted to dipping your fingertips in mustard… Read More
Progress Report-New Year’s Resolutions How are those New Year Resolutions starting off for you? The return of the usual routines, habits and often enforced stress. You might have decided to embark on a resolution to help create a new habit or to improve yourself. How is that working for you? Are you beginning to see… Read More
Back to School – New School Year Resolutions? The return of the usual routines, habits and often enforced stress. Ahh the chime of that famous phrase ringing out from TV’s and Radios everywhere throughout the school holidays, torturing kids with the endless reminder that time is passing fast, and sooner than they think they will… Read More
Mission Impossible or Mission I’m Possible? This is a reflective blog that is about looking back and questioning ourselves and our behaviour and how we can learn from situations that have been imposed on us. How good have you been at coping with changes that have been imposed on you? When you look back, many… Read More
Personal Resilience – I Am Not A Paper Cup! Have you seen one of these cups for sale? They look like paper cups, but scream out loud that they are not paper cups. Who knew paper cups had such a stigma attached to them in the crockery and beverage world? Furthermore who new china cups… Read More
So What is New in Your World? Today is 2nd February, new week, new day. It is very beautiful out there this morning too. No snow yet though. I have been thinking about ‘newness’ . Remember when you were a kid and at the start of a new term it was important to have a… Read More
Embrace Your Inner Phoenix Did you watch Eurovision this year? Did you think it dire and foolish, or, like me, did you embrace it and enjoy it for what it is? A spectacle of camp wonder! This years winner Conchita Wurst, did a great bond-esque number and dazzled the crowd. Raking in maximum votes from… Read More
Nostalgia-The Way We Were. “Memories, like the corners of my mind, misty water coloured memories of the way we were.” Have you ever been accused of living in the past? Always living in the ‘good old days’? In previous blogs, I have attempted to tackle the subject of change. However, more and more I am… Read More
