Ugh November. None of the fun of Halloween, but with all the pre-Thanksgiving and Christmas stress. And baby it’s cold outside. Really cold and really drab. November can truly be overwhelming and irritating. I don’t know about you but I always feel offended by work days that start in the dark and end in the … Continue reading #lifelessons101 – 10 ways to get over the winter blues
It has not been my week! I am sure you have been there. The week from hell where the universe is just piling up crap all at once and you feel helpless. Personally I want to hide under the duvet and lick my wounds and have people bring me crumpets and chocolate. However, I know … Continue reading #Lifelessons101- Recovering from a week of Hell
This week has been the start of my hella stressful 10 days. I have periods of life like this occasionally where my days are just unavoidably jam packed and that’s the way it is. Since I started working with time management these insanely busy times are less and less. But it’s like Christmas hols with … Continue reading # Life lessons 101 -How to avoid burnout and re prioritise RnR when you are insanely busy
Depression, as you will know if you suffer with it is one of the most draining experiences you can have in life. It is one of those times where when we most need to find our inner power and yet that power seems so far away, or it feels as though it doesn’t exist. The … Continue reading How to find your personal power during depression?
Getting a diagnosis is an emotional roller coaster ride. Whether for a mental or physical health issue, you could be standing amidst shock, disbelief, epiphany, clarity, confusion or even a huge dollop of why the heck did this happen to me! This is a roller coaster I have ridden 4 times in my life. And … Continue reading #lifelessons101 – How to cope when you get a diagnosis
Right now my battery is close to running on empty. I haven’t spent one weekend at home in 3 weeks due to work and there has been little to no down time. In some ways it might seem ironic that this has been at the start of my self-love month. Such intense working conditions hardly … Continue reading #lifelessons101 – Self love- a little goes a long way
Corona has created more isolation than ever before. But before 2020 isolation was already on the rise. In 2017 I wrote this life lesson about reaching out for help. If you are stuck and you need help. But don't know how to ask, then read on my friend... Isolation is on the rise and people … Continue reading #lifelessons101 – How to ask for help – reaching out to your community
No one is YOU and that is YOUR super power This morning I saw a quote that really resonated with me. “The light you see in others is shining brightly within you”. So simple, yet logical and indisputable. Everyone has a light within them. And all of us find it easier to see it in … Continue reading How to get around self doubt in your abilities and believe in yourself just a little bit more.
As some of you may have noticed, over the last month or so things have not been hunky dory in our world. In fact far from it. Since September I have been fighting for a project to work out that really meant the make or break of my career goals that I have been working … Continue reading #lifelessons101 : Sometimes surrendering the fight is the way to win the fight
Over the last few weeks I have been in the strange position to be surrounded by people who can not, or choose not to communicate openly about their feelings. I have seen people suppressing painful emotions, people refusing to believe the reality before them, people happily complaining about another person, but not clearly communicating with … Continue reading A gift from autism -How to be honest with yourself and others