It’s 6 weeks yesterday since I received my diagnosis. I dispensed very quickly with the whole “how do you break it to other people” routine by telling my nearest and dearest and then announcing it on Facebook. Not […]

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During the last 12 months or more, we have all seen many changes and we have had to adapt to living differently in so many ways.  I have been working from home, seeing clients over the internet and […]

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March 20th 2020. My 50th birthday. It was a day I hugged my friends and waived them goodbye after a week. It was the last I would see of some of them for some considerable time. Change is inevitable - it is how we cope that matters

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Resolutions, goals, intentions…  Whatever you call them, January tends to be a time that we sit down and consider what we want to achieve during the year. It is very easy to fall into the trap of thinking […]

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In 2010 I started my own business before taking redundancy 12 months later – I can’t believe that I will be celebrating 10 years so very soon. I always new my business would be part time, I wanted […]

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September seems to have slipped me by so quickly.  The rain has arrived and there’s an autumnal amber tinge to the trees. There’s so much going on at the moment.  I’m not very political, but I can’t ignore […]

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12 months ago I sat staring blankly at the lecturer stood in front of me.  A lovely lady, knowledgeable both in the subject of art and in her ability to teach.  But why wasn’t I convinced in what […]

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Whether you’re a parent, a partner an employee or an offspring, there’s always someone who needs help or support.  Our ability to care may be part of what makes us human, to provide help when it’s needed or […]

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Eek, it’s only when your husband starts to wear odd socks you realise you have a thing about this. A slightly OCD thing.  Matching socks is definitely in my comfort zone. Thankfully my friend was around to help. I’ve deliberately taken […]

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It’s just over a month now since I sat down and wrote out my blog post entitled “Time To Get Organised“.  It’s worth a read if you have time.  But in short it was written to encourage me […]