January is a funny old month. It’s deep midwinter, the fun and excitement of Christmas is over and the promise of Spring is still a little too far away to feel tangible. It’s dark and grey and cold and, if you’re anything like me, it can be hard to summon up to motivation to do…
I’ve been blogging for about nine months now and even though I’ve connected with as many people as I can in the blogging community, (everyone has been so incredibly lovely and welcoming – thank you all!) I still feel a little bit like ‘the new girl’. I’m an introvert by nature, so I’m not that great naturally at…
I remember as a child I was desperate to grow up. I wanted more independence than I was allowed – I begged to be permitted to go on the bus to our local town centre instead of being dropped off by my Mum in the car and I wanted my ears pierced far earlier than the strict…
I’ve been a bit quiet over here recently. Various reasons really – I’ve had a ton of work to catch up on and implement for my day job that has meant late nights and even-earlier-than-usual mornings and I’ve been trying to organise lots of complicated (but super-fun) things for later on in the year. I’ve got a…
A few days ago I wrote about my intention for 2017 and how it is going to be my year of letting go. Within that post I described some of the reasons behind my choice of intention – the main one being winning a competition to attend a photography retreat in Colorado. In the spirit of honesty…
It has taken me a while to formulate this post. I’ve had thoughts going round and round in my head for days and days and days. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been working with therapy clients and supervisees in my day job on helping them to set their intentions for the year ahead. …
Welcome to the first installment of Project Happy in 2017! It’s felt like an odd period between Christmas and New Year and then the girls going back to school, with Lola’s birthday sandwiched in between. A big part of me was dreading the return to normality, and January is probably my least favourite month of the year. The…
Just under a week ago, my littlest baby turned seven years old. SEVEN! How is my youngest daughter seven years old already? I have no idea where those seven years have gone – they seem to have disappeared in a whirlwind of milestones and the general busy-ness of life. She was due to be born on…
On 1st January last year we started a Happy Jar. We’d tried before in years gone by and never really made it past more than a couple of weeks before forgetting all about it, but this time I was absolutely determined to keep it going for the whole year. And so, as the months sped past, any time any…
Twenty sixteen has been a tough year for many. It’s also been an awesome year for many. To be fair, I think most years are both tough and awesome one way or another, with a whole lot of ordinary, mediocre stuff in between. It would be a very rare thing to come across someone who had…