Approximate reading time 15 min Happy Easter:-) Today was my last day with Poppy and Ginger. What can I say, as always they were adorable. They pretty much followed me everywhere in that house for ten days solid. Poppy was happy to sleep in the room that I was occupying. But Ginger wouldn’t sleep unless …
Category: Psychology
Knitting words
Approximate reading time: 23 minutes It’s been a good week. I finished my first master’s assignment, so feeling relatively proud of myself:-) Although can I just say how grateful I am that I’m not a full-time academic. I am currently working on my next assignment which is about comparing the symptoms of Developmental Trauma with …
The One About Attachment (Part 1)
Approximate reading time: 15 min Ok, so I am finally ready to finish my attachment theory post, following on from my “The problem with pink elephants post”. In case you missed the point of my pink elephant ramble – I can summarise it all for you in one sentence: I think the reason I love …
The problem with pink elephants…
Approximate reading time: 8 minutes I’ve been quiet, I know…. 😉 Unfortunately, this week (and next) are my ‘Much-deaded-teaching-in-school days’ where I actually need to do some real work. I’d love to say that it has been a pleasure to be back this week…. but alas I cannot lie. (I am not sure if I …
R.A.G.E
Approximate reading time: 15 min It’s been a while, I know, I know ..a whole 6 days….I’m clearly slipping.:-) I will admit Neurotic Angel woke me up in a blind panic a couple of nights ago. Something along the lines of: “If you post a blog post EVERY SINGLE DAY then your subscribers are going …
THE ‘NO PLAN’ plan… (PART 2)
Estimated reading time 10 min The saga continues…..more tea will be needed!!😉 So a couple of weeks prior to my call with ‘Snooty RRT Lady” I stumbled across some videos online by Dr. Gabor Maté who is sought after for his expertise in addiction, stress, childhood development and childhood trauma. Rather than offering a ‘quick fix’ solution …
That WAS the plan! (PART 1)
Approximate reading time: 20 min Just warning you, you might need to make some tea….this is gonna be a long one:-) Quite a lot has gone on these last two years so I thought I might do a little catch-up with all that I have been doing with my time. I mentioned in my “The …
That life-time essential …Core friendships
Hey all, I had the most amazing weekend with my best friend Rachel this last weekend. Damn, I love that girl.😍 I am almost certain I wouldn’t even be in London if she hadn’t deserted me in PE last year. 😵 I have for the last 8 years sworn I would never, ever go back …
The Power of Containment….
I wrote this post last weekend but I haven’t really been in the right head-space 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 …