We move through our lives from one stage to the next. New born babies become babies, then toddlers, then small children, then school...

My soul is in a hurry by Pedro Salinas I counted my years and discovered that I have less time to live from now on than I have lived so...

What is resilience? Many people think it's about never feeling bad. Never feeling stress. Floating above the pain and overcoming it....

What an interesting time to be alive. Horrible in so very many ways. We are watching vulnerable and less vulnerable people suffering and...

Trust is a funny thing We want to trust people. We want to trust ourselves So can we trust ourselves to let us know when it’s ok to...

I went to the Bridgit Riley exhibition at the Hayward Gallery this week. Riley has long been one of my top two artist loves, and this...

It’s tough being a parent The job is one of continual letting go. From the moment the baby is born, it’s about helping it grow until we...

Gosh we are getting to the end of another year. So much has happened and so much has stayed the same This feels familiar - a year’s gone...

I found the Anthony Gormley exhibition at the RA in Piccadilly amazing and totally thought provoking. The room with the figures standing...

Is being busy your way of coping? It is for so many of us. If you think it might be, the thing to think about is maybe what is the thing...

Technical term, clearly! But there’s no really succinct way to describe a feeling that somethings not right. That somethings going...

It’s not you. You’re not imagining it. It’s them You know what happened because you were there. Doesn’t matter how much they try to...

This is a big question for many of us, and one I think many of us struggle with from time to time We have friends. Some we’ve known for...

Talking about letting ago a couple of days ago What if one hour is too long? Too difficult? You plan to give ”it” up for an hour and...

Today’s thought is from Deepak Chopra, it’s so neat, says it all: “Surround yourself with people who are not carried away by ego” What...

Sometimes we know there is something that needs letting go of. It may be food, it may be a way of living that’s crept up on us. It may be...

I hate goodbyes. I hate planned goodbyes. I hate unplanned goodbyes. I just hate goodbyes. Whether for a short time or for a long time,...

Interesting start to a blog post! Why do it at all? What’s the point? Who am I writing for? It’s making me stop and think. And the...

Summer seems to have gone by so quickly - the blink of an eye and today is suddenly the start of Autumn It wasn’t quick really, of course...

We seem to be programmed to see patterns around us. We seem to expect things to be regular, to fit. To notice when they aren’t So why...