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Resilience is not something we’re born with. We learn it as we learn to adapt to different circumstances. It is not confidence, but confidence can help to bolster it.

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“Stay Safe” – How often have I heard those words over the last few weeks. It now seems to be the new “Goodbye” at the end of every phone conversation. I always thought that plagues were the things […]

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It is a time when I think about spring-cleaning. The act of dusting away the cobwebs from not only the house, but my mind too is very therapeutic

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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 […]
In 2006 I produced these collograph prints as part of my first assessed project for my degree. Listen to my head and they’re not my best work, but from the heart I love them. They were the realisation […]

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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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  I frequently talk about goals because it is important for self-fulfilment, to have something to aspire to or to create a purpose in life. I set myself about six goals in January, two have probably fallen by […]
Being self employed is a bumpy ride at times. I love the flexibility in lifestyle it offers, but its a lifestyle choice and part of that is sometimes having to make choices about where I spend money – […]

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I love cake! I have a sweet tooth and an hourglass figure (prone to weight on the hips).  I was probably 14 when I went on my first diet.  I’d watched Mum conscientiously record her calories and was […]

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It must have been about this time last year. I’d met people who had done the creative art and design foundation degree course at my local college and assumed that it was full time and not really doable […]