Feb 1, 2023 | body positivity, exercise, goals, health, my journey
I’m not what you’d call a natural sportsperson. When I was a teenager, I was much happier in the library than in the gym, and only attended PE lessons at High School for the first year, after which I realised that if you didn’t turn up to the first class of term to...
Jan 25, 2023 | goals, gratitude, my journey, tools and models
The first lockdown was really hard on us all. One of the key things that helped get me through it was journaling. It can sound a little “teenager” and many people don’t know where to start with it, so I thought I’d share how I was doing it in lockdown. Writing at a...
Dec 28, 2022 | career, Coaching, goals, my journey
It’s almost my birthday. 37. Late 30s. Almost 40. Those statements should sound scarier than they do. I feel very lucky to have found so much joy in my life and to feel so settled before I’m 40. I’ve done all the usual milestones: marriage, mortgage, motherhood,...
Dec 14, 2022 | bereavement, death, grief, my journey
In 2020, like so many people, I suffered a bereavement during the coronavirus pandemic. We had to face difficult decisions as a family around shielding and visiting, trying to get the balance right between seeing and supporting my mum in her final weeks, seeing and...
Nov 23, 2022 | bereavement, grief, my journey, relationships
…is connection. As a very sociable person with many friends and an often exhaustingly jam packed diary, I have still experienced awful loneliness. I remember one time in particular when I was struggling and didn’t feel anyone understood or cared. I knew deep down that...
Nov 16, 2022 | career, Coaching, family, home education, identity, my journey, parenting
A year ago, I was at the end of my tether, completely burnt out and unable to find anything in my life that I could change to make things better. Following Covid, work was busier than ever, my Mum’s birthday was coming up which I knew was going to be difficult, and my...
