How I calm my Inner Monkey Mind

I pride myself on being emotionally resilient. Happy, smiley, bringing sparkle into people’s lives. Recently, I lost my sparkle for the first time in a long, long time. Why? Because I have an inner monkey mind. I’ve decided to call him Pete. No idea why I chose Pete...
Loving with Dementia

Loving with Dementia

My mum recently passed away after 8 years of dementia. Each time I visited her witnessing her deteriorating condition, I was often overwhelmed with sadness, guilt and grief, mourning for times lost, even while she was still alive. Until, thanks to some self-work, I...
Letting go of the guilt of self-care

Letting go of the guilt of self-care

With Mother’s Day coming up, I’m thinking of self-care and, more particularly self-love. Which I’m only just starting to get into, because for so long just the thought of it brought up feelings of guilt.  A recent article really spoke to me about how particularly we...
Letting go of emotional cravings

Letting go of emotional cravings

My main craving has always been for chocolate, that sweet pick-me-up that helped get me through a boring school day and then a stressful workday. It was my Saturday morning feel-good food while reading my favourite book as a teenager and is still my go-to when I’m...

2018 Planner review

In my 20s I used to take pride in never having to make lists and keeping everything in my head. And planning just seemed far too grown-up and organised. Nowadays, I love to free up my brain by using beautiful planners to help me with goal setting and to keep me...