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Feb 18
2 min

What can we learn when things don't go to plan?

I tried to make pancakes this week. Usually this would not cause much difficulty, much for some reason this week I just couldn’t seem to ...

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Feb 11
2 min

Supporting Change

This weekend I went to see my osteopath as I’ve become more aware of how badly I sit at my desk and the toll it is taking on my body sinc...

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Feb 4
2 min

Tending your Intentions

The beginning of this week was Imbolc, which traditionally marks the beginning of spring. I’ve been noticing the days beginning to length...

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Jan 28
2 min

Starting Where You Are

Last week during the bad weather one of the tress at my local park fell down. When I saw it I was struck by how difficult the conditions ...

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Jan 21
2 min

Putting Yourself first

This week I started creating a new character for my family Dungeons and Dragons session. As I was reflecting on which type of character, ...

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Jan 14
2 min

Making Penguin Steps

Recently while talking about the impact small changes can have one of my clients came up the phrase ‘Penguin Steps’. Making changes is a ...

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Jan 7
2 min

Finding the Small Joys

January always seems like a transition month to me. We’ve passed the solstice, but the days are still short and cold, although the promis...

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Dec 10, 2020
2 min

The Beautiful Lie

While moving furniture this weekend we discovered a patch of damp hiding behind the sofa in the living room. It wasn’t their a few weeks ...

What would you like to know about therapy?

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Nov 19, 2020
2 min

What would you like to know about therapy?

This week I have upgraded computer. I do not know a great deal about IT, so I spent a lot of time learning before I was able to feel happ...

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Nov 5, 2020
2 min

We're not all in the same boat

Once again the world is changing again, and we will all respond to that change differently. For some of us the impact will be small, we m...

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Oct 29, 2020
2 min

Once in a Blue Moon

This weekend we will have a blue moon (second full moon in a calendar month). This has brought back memories of a book I read as a child w...

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Oct 22, 2020
2 min

Do you invest in your dreams?

Often, when I have time off, I schedule in so many activities, that there is little space to see what emerges, but this time I made very ...

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Oct 1, 2020
2 min

Have you put the heating on yet?

Have you put your heating on yet? The rule in our house is that the heating doesn’t go on until October, which often means spending parts...

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Sep 25, 2020
2 min

Balance and Pivot Points

This week it was the autumn equinox, when night and daylight hours are completely balanced. While I believe that change is an inevitable ...

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Sep 17, 2020
2 min

Rearranging the furniture in your head

This week I’ve been thinking about how different spaces in my house are used. As our family has changed some spaces have been repurposed,...

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Sep 11, 2020
2 min

How does your garden grow?

From the window in my office, I can see ivy growing up the side of next doors house and this summer it has been slowly encroaching onto o...

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Aug 28, 2020
2 min

The Power of For Now

This might be my last lego centred post for a little while, but I’m not making any promises! Following from last week where I talked abou...

What Should would you like to let go of?

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Aug 21, 2020
2 min

What Should would you like to let go of?

As I’ve outed myself as an AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego) in last week’s post, I’m going to continue to tell you about it. One of the things th...

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Aug 17, 2020
2 min

In the Flux

Last weekend I got to visit the beach for the first time in months, being next to the sea is one of the most healing things I can do. I g...

I am not a piece of fabric with a single purpose

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Aug 17, 2020
2 min

I am not a piece of fabric with a single purpose

I finally got around to making some face masks for my family last week. I’d been putting it off for a number of reasons, but as I was per...

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