7 Emotional Life Hacks to Save Time and Pain

My life hacks are a bit different to some. They won’t make you into an efficiency robot, but they will save the time and energy you expend on these daily activities:
a) beating yourself up
c) ruminating on all the times you forgot to follow life hacks
d) beating yourself up, yet again

How To Be Your Own Friend Through Sadness And Disappointment

Be your own friend

When things are going well for us, it’s (mostly) easy enough to feel good about ourselves, and to feel compassion towards others. But when life throws us those old curveballs every other day, or several times a day, it’s not so easy. Yet that’s when we need compassion the most – both to feel it for others and to feel … Read More

Why Acceptance isn’t Resignation and How to Truly Feel It

“Well I’ll just have to accept it.” When something doesn’t go the way you hoped it would, do you ever say this? Or how often do we say this about children? “She need to accept she can’t always get what she wants.” (When she wants something she can’t have.) “He needs to learn to accept that people are like that.” (When … Read More

How to Nurture Self-Compassion in Hard Times

It’s easy to be kind to ourselves when life is going swimmingly. Not so easy when the script in our heads isn’t playing out, and life has taken twists and turns we didn’t plan and didn’t want. Years ago, I had a fantasy that it was possible to never feel emotional pain. I’d read several of those “positive thinking” articles … Read More

Self Compassion – Does it Work?

Self-compassion one year on. It’s a little over a year since I read Kristin Neff’s book Self Compassion and the topic seems to keep cropping up everywhere – in conversations with other bloggers, and just in life in general. So it seems a good time to write about how my life has changed in the year since I read that book. … Read More

The Light in Her Eyes

“You’ll be hoping to have her home for Christmas.” Those words still have the power to bring tears to my eyes, fifteen years on.  In heat of July, a scan suggested our new baby would be a girl. She was due in November, so  my husband booked time off from work with her delivery date in mind. In the grey, … Read More

Thankfulness is a breeze, and sometimes a hurricane

Sometimes thankfulness is barely noticeable, like the lightest of breezes on a hot summer’s day. It’s there, still making my heart beat, still flowing through the me-ness of me. But I don’t notice. I go about my day, taking life and gratitude for granted: picking up a small child, talking with that child – now grown – kissing my husband … Read More

From Fear to Courage: Little Fears and Big Fears

Come join us in this 3-hour workshop! We explore practical ways to find our way back to courage, no matter what the life brings us.  Saturday 17th May 2025, from 4pm to 7pm CET. (That’s starting at 3pm UK time or 10 am Eastern.) If fear plays a big part in your life, you’re not alone. With our world seemingly … Read More

Turbo charge your resolutions with love and compassion

4 hours of taking a good look at why we tend to give up or expect to quit. 3 amazing coaches/instructors that will show you the way back to your new-year’s intentions, action steps or resolutions!  Saturday January 18th from 4pm-8pm CET You have decided to stick to a diet, go to the gym, be kind and patient all the time … Read More