CONNECTION. It’s one of those core human needs we all have innately placed within us. That hope that somehow our presence is important, valued and desired by someone else. Or is it all just a bit cliché? Why is it that genuine connection seems to be so lacking, and so difficult to find in our…
L O V E. This month somehow requires me to address this topic right?! Writings on ‘self-love’ have most definitely saturated marketing, blogs, magazines and social media worldwide during the past weeks, so I’ve been led to take a slightly different angle this time. An area and a perspective that is growing people’s curiosity daily….
There is a concept I was never fully aware of how to define or put words to until about 12 months ago when I heard two of my beautiful friends use this particular phrase. The use of this term intrigued me and caused me to do my own reflection and research into what it meant…
The majority of my adult life has been spent working with young people in some shape or form and in various capacities, from my professional work as a school teacher, counsellor and family therapist, to mentor, foster carer, residential home carer, to years of voluntary work as a leader of young people in my local…
So here we are….it’s February….also affectionately known (to some) as LOVE MONTH!!! There are so many reasons why different people LOVE and HATE this month! Perhaps it reminds them of a relationship that didn’t work out and the hurt or pain they are still living with; or someone dear to them who has died and…
I love how entering a new year ushers in that opportunity to initiate a ‘RESET’…everything from your health and fitness goals; parenting and relationship goals; personal development and business goals; to decluttering and organisational goals. The reality is that such a ‘reset’ can take place at any time at all. We don’t have to wait…
I’m going to be really up front and honest with you! Over the last week I’ve had a handful of different ideas about what I wanted to share with you this month. As time drew closer I found myself really wrestling with this. It’s been a new experience for me on this platform, because every…