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
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
The Four Seasons of Breakupvia by Margaret K. Johnson – a Review and Author Interview
When Margaret K. Johnson contacted me to ask if I would review her book, The Four Seasons of Breakupvia, I knew nothing about her, so I checked her author page on Amazon. I was intrigued to see we had a lot in common. Like me, she went to Art School, like me, once she started writing her passion for words superseded her passion … Read More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
The Many Facets of Grief
Even as I’ve been going through it, even when it has hurt deeply, I’ve felt fascinated by the grief process. Grief doesn’t come in a box marked: “Sad all the time. ” In the first few days after my father’s death, when my sisters, mother and I were together, it’s true we did a lot of crying. But we also … Read More
Giving Thanks, Hurting and Healing
Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? – Rumi Friday 13th September: Those of you who’ve read any of my recent posts … Read More
Gratitude for everyday things
Last week’s post for the Ten Things of Thankful blog-hop was spontaneous. I saw the blog-hop link on Bloppy Blogger Facebook Page and decided to join in. So whatever came into my head as I wrote it went into the post. This week’s, by contrast, has been bubbling away in my mind on and off all week. For instance, a … Read More
Ten Things of Thankful
I have several posts planned for this blog, but they are all in various stages of needing a little more research here or a bit of tweaking there. My writing brain is working at a slightly slower speed than normal, largely due to being more tired than normal. I have read that lack of sleep does this – well I … Read More
Not Crying Over Spilt Milk
When we are present discipline isn’t even an issue, whereas when we are distracted by beliefs about how children should be life becomes a battle of wills, an endless task of trying to mould children into whatever they currently are not! Being present, aware, awake – whatever you like to call it – is something I sometimes am, and sometimes … Read More
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