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  • Menu of helpful things for anxiety and catastrophising

    When I’m not well, or in turbulent times, I get anxious. When I’m tired, or in turbulent times, I catastrophise. Right now, I’m noticing a spike in my anxiety and catastrophising (wonder why???). But it’s all good because I have ways I deal with the eeks and omg’s and what if’s. Here’s my menu of…

  • What if the purpose is life?

    I’ve been talking a lot this year with clients about the purpose of life, especially when you’ve lost that purpose. I’ve had an enforced hiatus from my plans for world domination, and it made me wonder. What is my purpose when I have no energy to do anything? Am I merely waiting to get better…

  • Patience is a necessity

    This week’s article was inspired by talking to a friend of mine about recovering from illness and injury and how much patience it requires. I’m not the most patient person you’ll ever meet. In fact, impatient has been one of the most used words to describe me over the years. When someone said to me…

  • Put your health first

    I’ve thought a lot about health in the last year. Having had an MS relapse and burnout, it’s been foremost in my thoughts. So I wanted to say to you: Put your health first. I know some of you have health issues that mean you have to be mindful of your health, and many of…

  • Don’t forget the most important person in your life today (you)

    This week, I got love on my mind. But not the love covered by intimate dinners, big cards and a profusion of red hearts all over the place.  I’m thinking Self-love. The Valentine’s kissy-kissy love is all fabulous…but I also want you to be making sure you’re loving yourself, whether you’re loved-up or single.  Because your…

  • Convalescence Day 122

    Keeping my promise to give myself the time I need to recuperate properly

  • The Ebbiest of Ebbs

    Note: This article was written in September, I’m only getting round to putting it on the blog 3 months on!! But not a lot has changed – another blog with the latest updates is coming soon… So, my summer was…not great to be honest. I have MS, my symptoms are made worse by heat and…

  • Do What You Can With What You Have

    So you know I’ve been talking about being slowed down for a while now? First there was that one project that kept getting delayed, then life kept throwing up things that got in the way of me doing anything. First of all, I’ve finally (mostly) listened. This month’s daily practice is to meditate, so I’ve been making…

  • Take life at your own pace

    I’ve been doing a few courses this year, and a few weeks ago, I realised I was 6 weeks ‘behind’ on one of the courses.  Not that there is any behind, the course is not going anywhere, there’s no deadline. But I had fallen short of keeping up with the weekly work.  I messaged the…

  • Keep Calm and Carry On

    I am rubbing up against frustration at a disrupted week (again). So there was that week when the dog was ill, I didn’t get much work done. Then there was the week when I got stung by a bee and lost a day and a half thanks to being roofied by antihistamines.  And this week, yet…