Category: Blog
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Being bold, being brave
“Only boldness can deliver us from fear.” Carl Jung (If you’d like to hear an audio version of this post, then head on over to my Substack!) The other day I was lucky enough to be enjoying a facial courtesy of a very kind Christmas present (lucky me), and the therapist asked me to draw…
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Why explore our past?
“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past” Baruch Spinoza (Dutch philosopher) January has just been and gone, the first month of the year, named after the Roman god Janus. Janus is depicted with two heads, one which looks forward into the year and the other looking into the…
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The weight we carry.
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” Lou Holtz (former American football coach) These past few weeks I’ve been slightly hobbling about, wincing with pain and discomfort. My hot water bottle has become my new best friend and my soft mattress, my nemesis. The muscles in the left…
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My Burnout Story
“What is wrong with me?” I ask myself as I stare in the mirror. I’m in the toilets at work, holding onto the sink for support, my face all red and blotchy from crying. “This isn’t me” I tell myself. And yet the reality of my red, swollen eyes spoke of a different reality. This…
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My 2024 Summer reading
Happy Summer all! I am off on my hols for a little rest and as with past years, my piece this month is a review of some of the books that have been keeping me curious this year. I hope you find these enlightening. Have a great summer folks! x Office Politics by Oliver James…
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Family estrangement – what, why and how? (part 1)
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy from his novel “Anna Karenina I was recently provided with some news that a relative had died almost a year ago. This was the first myself and my immediate family had heard of it. The news was delivered to…
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Finding your tribe
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” CS Lewis I recently moved to a new area where I didn’t know anyone locally (interesting decision there Suze)! The first couple of weeks consisted of me feeling at a loose end, spending…
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How to fail better
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett I have recently spent a fair bit of time in a local Itsu week on week. Whilst busy drafting pieces or reading, I have also had the opportunity to do some nosey people watching. Recently I got to witness two similar…
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Failure to launch?
“… true adulthood…is a difficult beauty, an intensely hard won glory” Toni Morrison “Adulting” is a term sometimes used to describe a struggle to meet the many and various mundane demands of being a grown up. Some of us often wish that someone could come along and relieve us of these adult responsibilities even just…
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Anger – it ain’t all bad
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean Maya Angelou I know this month is normally reserved for all things romantic, but I thought I’d explore something that can also be red and hot; anger! I find anger is often deeply misunderstood carrying many…
