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 …
Category: Procrastination
Toastmaster Speech- The Art of Procrastination
Madam Toastmaster Fellow members and guests As a learning support teacher part of my job is researching and looking for alternative methods to help my students with many of their long-term memory issues. A few years ago I happened to meet a really lovely man called Anthony who specializes in neuro biofeedback therapy. To fully …
Day 5: Be Brave Challenge – ‘The Artist Way’
My attempt at a book review At the beginning of the year, it was recommended to me that I start reading the “Artists Way” by Julia Cameron. The book is marketed as a course in discovering and recovering your creative self. As already mentioned, I wasn’t in the best of places emotionally. I was, quite …
Day 1: Be Brave Challenge – And it Begins…..
· Post 1 I absolutely love writing and storytelling. Last year, after my mum’s death I felt, understandably blocked. This year, thank goodness, things are starting to shift and I’m beginning to feel more like my old self again. I have to say I just adore Ralph Smart. He is quirky, a little crazy, positive, …
Make a Choice
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them” ― Denis Waitley Two years ago I attended a weekend spiritual retreat with an absolutely incredible woman called Natalia Baker. (Most definitely an experience.) Right at the end of the weekend after I had been …