“Look to this day”
I came across this poem at a really wonderful memorial service recently and wanted to share it so you can read it and use it to re-focus on the important things in your world this week. Look to this day for it is life the very life of life. In its brief course lie all...
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The Scruton tapes – how they should make us consider our own social media use
A few weeks' ago, Sir Roger Scruton became the latest victim of a smear campaign played out on Twitter which capitulated in his being fired by the government from his post as unpaid chairman of a government quango, "Building Better, Building Beautiful" . This was all...
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Throwing Away The To Do List
To Do Lists - I LOVE them. I use them in my own life and I use them with clients a LOT. Clients who are starting up new businesses or clients who want to improve their work/life balance or clients who want to improve the structure of their everyday life - all sorts...
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Stress Management for Parents, anyone?
Over the past few years I have worked with schools and school children privately on Stress Management. The most common age group I work with is 11 - 13 year olds but that is not exclusive and all the things I discuss will help and support parents of children of any...
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Planning – the Godfather of Time
This morning I waved my eldest son off to school to face a week of mock Common Entrance exams. Whether he is prepared or not, time will tell. I admired his quiet and calm determination and also the fact that he did put in some good revision time over the weekend. ...
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International Women’s Day 2019
Today, International Women's Day, will mean something different to all of us. To me, it serves as a reminder of all fabulous and interesting women I am lucky enough to work with. Some are going through a period of change - children leaving home, divorce,...
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Why it’s important to take a break and doing something different now and then.
Yesterday, in the middle of half term, we upped sticks and drove to London for a day of art galleries, historic buildings and tea with London based family. The grown up part of our carload was looking forward to a day like this, the youth element less so. But, in...
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Supporting Women in Business
One of the most enjoyable parts of my coaching is working with women on their businesses either as they start up or as they reach a point where they want to build the business up but are not sure what the next steps should be and how that will fit into the other parts...
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Worry less about children’s screen use, parents told – BBC News
Hmmm, I'm not quite sure what I think about today's announcement from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) (please see link to the report at the end of this post) which basically says 'there is no good evidence that time in front of a screen is...
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New Year’s Resolutions – Make Them Work For You Not Against You
As we move from Christmas to New Year, the general chit chat has moved on from "what are you doing over Christmas" to "what are your New Year's Resolutions?" which can sometimes put us in a position where we make spur-of-the-moment decisions along the lines of "I'm...
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