I had the most exhausting weekend yet……
What a weekend I had last weekend! I actually never stopped! Yet, I woke up on Monday morning morning feeling refreshed and excited about how much I was going to get done!...
3 Best Breakfasts
I’ve always felt that how I start the day is crucial to how the whole day goes. So what I have for breakfast is therefore crucial to what I eat during the...
The lost art of conversation
I bumped into one of my neighbours this morning and we discovered something about each other that we didn’t know… we are both passionate about self care, particularly meditation and mindfulness. As...
Sort out your morning first!
The establishing of a morning routine is vital to starting the day on the right foot (that’s the ‘correct’ foot not necessarily the ‘right’ one – you could start on the left...
Running… my best friend!
Ask me why I run and I’ll tell you “Because I have to!” I’ve ran since I was about 17 when I decided as a slightly curvy teenager that I needed to...
Work smarter, not harder
Work Smarter Not Harder Organisation skills and productivity Firstly, in talking about and exploring organisation skills and productivity, and self care and its impact on productivity, my intention is not for...
Liam Neeson, ethnicity, and oppression
Liam Neeson is in the press today (Tuesday 5th February 2019). You may have seen that he has told a reporter that during a difficult time in his life he had walked...
How do you sleep?
It is estimated that 1 in 2 people are not getting sufficient sleep! Sleep is crucial to our wellbeing. Physically our body uses the time to recover and replenish and sleep has...
Part of the problem or part of the solution…..?
When I was a practitioner and then a social work manager I was fond, when times were difficult, of asking myself, “Do I want to be part of the problem or part...
In consideration of sleep….
In a way what I’m about to write is more a book review because everything I’m going to point you to are things that struck me while reading Matthew Walker’s exceptional book ‘Why...