Hello All, I realise I said I was going to post one post a month, but then again, when have I EVER been consistent with my words? Truth be told, I currently have COVID, and I’m bored shitless. So I am using the time to productively scour through my graveyard of “Unpublished posts” ….. what …
Category: Anger
What I learnt from 6 months of teaching Nursery (Part 1)
Approximate Reading time – 25min When I signed up with my supply teaching agencies at the beginning of the year, I had two very explicit instructions: Unfortunately, what I hadn’t factored into my steadfast “DO NOT WANT” list was the fact that having just relocated to a new country would mean I might need to …
Online Dating – The Gloves are off.
I was supposed to have a date tonight. Peter and I chatted a bit last week, and then he asked me out. I have to admit I was a little excited by this one. What impressed me the most wasn’t the fact that he asked me out… It was the fact that he then said. …
7minute Rant
I have diligently been “uhum…attempting” for the last few weeks to put together my dyslexia speech for Toastmasters. I admit it hasn’t been going well… my biggest struggle is the 7-minute cut-off time that I have to make the speech in. (FYI that’s only about 2 pages of writing. TWO!😤 ) Needless to say, Gayle, Roxy …
The Power of Containment….
I wrote this post last weekend, but I haven’t really been in the right headspace to post it. It kind of feels like it has turned into the elephant in the room that I would rather just ignore and not post. (I am not quite sure why) In previous posts, I have written and divulged …
The Fragility of Memory
I had a really interesting watsap chat with my friend in Australia on Wednesday morning. (Sometimes I love the time difference, especially when I am awake at ungodly hours😲) I won’t go into the whole conversation, but the gist of it was something along the lines of “choosing” our words carefully and how they can …
The Value of Emotions
Years ago, when I started life coaching, I also started seeing a therapist at roughly the same time. One day I remember very excitedly coming to tell him that I had started doing “positive” affirmations every day to change all my “negative thinking” he very gently said, “It’s not always as easy as that, Gayle.” …
Day 38: Be Brave Challenge – Living with our ‘Pain Bodies’
So I have developed three cardinal rules that I try my best to stick with when I feel triggered and angry about something: 1. Don’t respond right away 2. Don’t respond via text or email (No matter how hard you try, you’re not going to be able to interpret a person’s tone nor will you be …
Day 37: Be Brave Challenge – The ‘Just Sick’ rant!
I had a brief thought on Monday as I am rushing around cleaning house and doing (much-dreaded) laundry that I was pretty sick the day before, and I really should have been resting. 😒 But as is often the case, I go through spells of feeling superhuman (yes, like Superwoman💥) and I ignore my body completely. Thought …
Day 34: Be Brave Challenge – Waterworks!
So yesterday I woke up early on Saturday to tidy the house before Zukie arrived to clean. My flatmate has been away this week which means I have kind of let things slip a bit. I have realized that I function better when I feel accountable for another person. (That’s my excuse!) So I’m feeling …