Every journey starts with small steps
How is your post-natal body doing? Mine is fine. Well, I say ‘fine’. It has been 9 years since my second c-section birth. My body is doing okay. I can do most things I want my body to do. I don’t usually leak, my pelvic floor is okay. I have known for a long time –...
Life Coaching – how can it help?
Have you ever wondered exactly why you would benefit from working with a life coach? One of the best parts of coaching is catching up with clients to find out how things are going for them, and the difference coaching makes to their life. I recently received a...
Christmas Stress
Stress is the body’s response to a threat, in the simplest terms. It is useful to go into ‘fight or flight’ mode if you are in immediate danger; it becomes a problem when you are spending too much time in that state of stress, in response to things that aren’t...
Motivation – how’s yours doing?
I’m lucky. I really like exercise. I (mostly) feel motivated to get out and exercise. Once I’m out, I love the feeling of moving my body; I like feeling strong and healthy; I like knowing what my body is capable of. I like being able to walk up hills, run for a bus,...
I love the way you help me when I need it!
This is about habits of connection. All our children really want is connection. They want to know that you’re there; that you see them; that you hear them; that you love them. Over the years, our family have developed our own little traditions; ways of doing things...
Ego, sit down and be quiet!
Has your ego ever got in your way; stopped you from doing something, even if you know it would be good for you? Mine has. Probably many times. I’m a bit better at noticing it now, though. I like running. I can be quite competitive. These are two things about me that...
‘Soft Play’, Self-love and Self-care – feel it, love it, live it!
Most of the women I know are always busy. Busy working, looking after the family, busy doing things; endlessly doing for other people. Last night in our wonderful Women’s Circle, we talked about this busy-ness, and the – often conflicting - need to look after...
Statistic of the Week: There is no point in mothers going to work
A friend shared this on Facebook today. There was no context, no date, but my immediate response was, “Ooh, awful. Isn’t the world just a rubbish place for us women?" That was my social media response; the knee jerk, believe everything you read, react to everything...
Can you just do something for me please?
I found myself saying this to my husband this morning. I’d dropped the kids at school but they needed something I hadn’t brought; my husband was going into work a little later than usual today, so would be driving past shortly. Of course, it made sense to ask him to...
How to be Kind
I mean, I’m sure you already know how to be kind. I’m sure you have an understanding of what kindness is. We do hear a lot about ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ though; maybe you’re wondering what that actually means, and how kind you actually have to be? Like, all the...