I love this time of year, the whole month of December is filled with traditions big and small in our family. A month of creating, …
Christmas Traditions – how to create, keep, adapt and let them go
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Family Feed – connection and family time
We (my family) have been in Cornwall for half term and during that time I removed all social apps from my phone to help me …
What I learned this summer about choosing how, where and when I work
It’s 09:26am and our house is peaceful, calm, focused and quietly productive. My husband, Jim, is working to my right in our office. He is …
Roar
It was five o’clock in the morning and I could feel the warm water lapping at my shoulders, a gentle reminder of calm. It felt …
A recipe for joy – from the waiting room of A&E
I’m writing this blog post from A&E with my youngest child. We’re coming up to two hours in and we’ve just been told there’s a …
There is power in beginning
Last night I spent some time journaling and goal setting for the next 12 months. I don’t know if you journal or talk about your …
Remember who you already are
Earlier this year I took part in Shirzad Chamine’s Positive Intelligence program (PQ). It was a wonderful experience and I felt very fortunate to take …
Why you are already a leader
Do you struggle to identify as a leader even though you know you show up as a leader in your life? It is easy to …
Why courage is more important than confidence.
I would put money on most people in my network describing me as confident. It is something that has always interested me, and I get …
Happy Valentine’s Day Mum
As a busy, working Mum my life can feel like a juggling act at times. The children are my number one, the centre of it all, the stars of the show. But any parent knows that we have other responsibilities and keeping all the balls in the air can be hard with one pair of hands.
My husband juggles with me and though we are a great team we often drop balls. The laundry basket overflows, the house becomes a mess, our sleep is broken, we rush about and at the end of the week, we fall into Saturday with a sense of relief that we made it to the other side. As we juggle in the foreground we have the most wonderful support system facilitating our successes. Standing just out of the spotlight is my Mum.