MATRESCENCE - a must-read for understanding and navigating motherhood in the modern age
When a book has you making notes in the margin… it’s got to be a sign, right? The last time I found myself doing this, it was in 2010...
A word on Self-Care
One thing I’ve come to realise, is that there’s more to the concept of ‘self care’ than long baths and cups of tea! Its underpinnings...
The Art of Noticing
One ‘micro skill’ that I’ve been trying especially hard to hone this year, is that so-called ‘Art of Noticing,’ which advocates swear by...
Life Lessons of The Turner’s Oak
If there’s one thing I always LOVE stumbling across… it’s a metaphor. They always seem to appear in the most unlikely of places, and this...
An ode to Autumn!
It’s easy (and all too common) to quantify autumn in terms of losses. Lost daylight Lost warmth Lost vitality… in many cases The gains,...
We don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it!’
‘We don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it!’ I was thinking about this quote by Creativity Expert, Sir Ken Robinson, and what...
What’s your word?
Ever since the film ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ was released some 13 or so years ago, the idea of finding ‘your word’ has been living rent free in...
Feel the Music!
A long, long time ago… I decided on a whim to take up salsa lessons, proceeding to diligently enroll in one of the local area’s...
And breathe…
Breathing - it’s something that comes ‘naturally’…. Until it doesn’t! According to research, the high margin for error that exists in...
‘Just because…’
Altruism - it was all the rage a few years ago, but as busyness eventually returned to pre-pandemic levels… those random acts of...
