This week we are sending our daughter off to university, having spent nearly 10 years working in student support, it feels a little odd...

Books have always been a big part of my life, I loved reading from a young age and when I was navigating my difficult teenage years they...

I went to a sunflower farm at the weekend, it was lovely to spend an hour walking choosing which ones to pick and take home. What struck...

Sometimes I struggle to get going in the mornings, because I have so much that I want to do, I can find that I don’t know where to start....

I’ve recently started some 1:1 yoga therapy sessions at one of my favourite places @MinistryofYogaUK to help get my fitness back on track...

I had a fabulous week off, but halfway through I realised that it had been planned by the part of me that wants to ‘Do All The Things’...

In my teens I desperately wanted brightly coloured hair, but I was too scared to do it myself and couldn’t afford to have it done at the...

This week I have been a little grumpy. There was a time when I would have labelled this a ‘bad’ emotion that I shouldn’t be feeling. If I...

Being a child of the 80s, I was a huge She-Ra fan and had many of the toys as well as the He-Man crossover episode on video! As I grew up...

I spent yesterday helping my friend brew a beer for my upcoming birthday. I’ve helped out on a number of different brew days and I always...

This week I am leaving an organisation I have been with since I my counsellor training. I started there as a volunteer on placement while...

This week we have been having some building work done to replace the (misleading named) sunroom at the back of our house. This has...

While I was on leave last week, I went walking in the park where I grew up and found my favourite tree. When I was younger it was the...

I am off on leave next week and looking forward to a proper rest. While am off I am going to visit family who I haven’t seen for 18...

Eighteen years ago this week, I had just finished my undergraduate degree and was newly single for the first time in my adult life. I had...

This picture came up on my memories today, it always makes me smile. It is a reminder of how having the right support around you can...

I’ve finally got back to my yoga mat after a substantial break. This used to be a big part of my life, something I practiced several...

We found out last week that our cat, Mr. S, has a problem with his thyroid. Luckily it is easily treated with medication and he is...

My body clock seems to have responded to the longer days by waking me much earlier than I usually would. I tried fighting against myself...

Some of you might remember last year when I wrote about the ivy making it’s way up the back of our house, while we managed to control...