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 4: Be brave Challenge – Jay Shetty
Post 1 Jay Shetty is amazing…. I made a new friend at Toastmasters about two months ago. Natasha and I literally just clicked from the instant we met. Mmmm….I seem to have many of these soulmate experiences with women😂….. random thought through the years: maybe God forgot to send the memo that I was meant …
Day 3: Be Brave Challenge – Choppie Day
Today was Choppie day!!😍 I have secretly been pining for a dog these last couple of months…but unfortunately, I live in a flat….and we aren’t even allowed freaken birds….so it’s not really going to happen at the moment. But I think the universe heard my silent pleas and sent me Choppie. His mum teaches at our school and …
Day 2: Be Brave Challenge Conquering the Pole! (No not the North Pole;-)
I started pole dancing when I was 39. I have to be honest…I still completely suck😂. My amazing teacher would disagree with me…but then that’s cause she is an amazing teacher😍. I, unfortunately, have a bad back and granny knees which means I’m continually trying to navigate moves without pissing one of them off. I …
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, …
The almost-40 singleton
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou Eish … so l turned 39 this year. Whoohoooo!! Nine whole months away from the big four-0. I have to admit, never in my wildest of dreams did I ever imagine I would still be a Singleton …
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 …
The Art of Shutting up.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley I have my very own psychologist … I feel so grown up. His name is Konrad. I have successfully been seeing him for just over 2.5 years now. ( I’m sure this will come as …
Side Stepping Trolls
I have to admit….sometimes I feel a little embarrassed when people ask me that much dreaded “What do you do for fun?” question. Well, the simple answer to this is always: “Um I love to write.” Granted it’s not a very sexy or glamorous answer….but it’s what floats my boat. These days any free time …
Dyscalculia – The Maths Abyss
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the chance to do so. …