We all love the feeling of empowerment. Self empowerment is the ability to feel in control of your life and the freedom to make your own decisions …but it is also about […]
20 Steps to Self Empowerment
Children Leaving Home to go to University
This morning, my daughter is off to University to start her second year. She has been with me here all summer and I’m trying really hard not to cry. I’m almost managing […]
Stop People Pleasing
“I can’t tell you the key to success, but I can tell you the key to failure is trying to please everyone” – Ed Sheeran Over breakfast this morning I said to […]
Look After Yourself
I’m quite stressed at the moment, not about anything life changing or particularly worrying, but because there are lots of little things I need to sort out and I’m beginning to feel […]
“Feel the Fear…”
I was reading an article yesterday about Susan Jeffers, author of “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway,” perhaps the most famous and certainly one of the original ‘self help’ books. I […]
What You Should Stop Doing When You Are 50
I was watching a television programme last night, when on comes an advertisement, clearly aimed at the over 50’s. I was stunned because the people in the commercial look well over 80! I […]
The Art of Being Content
I was going to call this piece “Happiness is Overrated,” but that sounded a bit defeatist and I wondered if it would put people off reading it. “Roll up, roll up to […]
The importance of hobbies …and Andy’s Art!
I’m not very artistic. I secretly hoped I might have been a creative sort, considering my lack of any ability in science and the whole maths debacle, (see my ‘Being Bad at […]
On Anxiety
‘Anxiety’ is a word that is very common these days, which is interesting as, when I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, I don’t remember ever hearing anything about it. I […]
Being Bad at Maths
I had a dream last night that I was a Maths Professor in a prestigious university, which is quite funny, as I am the world’s worst at maths. Truly, the world’s absolute […]
