I’ve been spending too much time at my desk lately. The hellhound’s forlorn glances spurred me into action last week with a long walk across the fields. I’d planned my circular route, which involved the big dangly carrot of a stop at my favourite countryside café for lunch. Forty minutes into the walk I hit … Continue reading Ditch Diving in a Dress: a Countryside Adventure
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Fed up with all the obligations? Try I want to, not I have to.
We’ve been a busy family lately. It seems like we’re all being pulled in different directions. My husband is working away a lot, my son has more school activities than my fried brain can keep up with and my daughter is approaching the teen years with all the accompanying social butterfly-ness and sleepovers. I’ve been … Continue reading Fed up with all the obligations? Try I want to, not I have to.
Blogging: rediscovering the why
My blogging has become sporadic of late. I'd felt like taking a break for a while, then one week I didn’t post, and kept not posting. The longer I didn't post, the harder it became to dive back in. Since then I’ve dipped my toe a few times, but it’s proving hard to regain my … Continue reading Blogging: rediscovering the why
I used to be indecisive but now I’m just not sure: letting go of old stories to make way for new adventures
We’re all made up of stories: stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, stories we tell ourselves about our relationship with other people and about the world. I have a few stories I’ve been working on overcoming, but I still find myself stuck in them once in a while. Life’s been running away with me a … Continue reading I used to be indecisive but now I’m just not sure: letting go of old stories to make way for new adventures
The slippery quality of change: can we ever make it stick?
I was talking to a friend over the weekend and we were lamenting how hard it is to stay in the mindset of a shift we’d like to make. We’d read all the books, listened to all the podcasts, made some good progress, but when we stopped paying attention and let go of the external … Continue reading The slippery quality of change: can we ever make it stick?
Curiosity kills the inner critic
With light at the end of the lockdown tunnel here in the UK, I’ve been reflecting on how and why my inner critic, Brian, has been having a field day over the past couple of months. Followers of my blog may remember Brian from my post, Stop the Negativity Train, I want to get off! … Continue reading Curiosity kills the inner critic
I’m paddling but I’m going nowhere
In my blog post, Overthinking is my nemesis, so why do I treat it as my friend? my optimism is palpable. I had identified that my overthinking was keeping me stuck and action was the antithesis to the paralysing fear I'd allowed to rule my brain. Action was the key to getting me out of … Continue reading I’m paddling but I’m going nowhere
The little things really do make a big difference, if you give them enough time
Anyone who has known me for longer than six years will know that exercise was not something I ever really committed to in the past. In my youth and early twenties I actively avoided it. I would attend the gym sporadically (usually before a holiday) but I never got much fitter and just pegged exercise … Continue reading The little things really do make a big difference, if you give them enough time
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