Being ill sucks, but recovery can suck even harder. When you’re at the worst of whatever you’re suffering from, you likely don’t care about much else. You’re too busy feeling miserable, the discomfort of whatever is ailing you taking up all the space in your mind and body. Time lasts forever, and is no time at… Read more

Ever wondered how the experts do it? How they manage busy lives, successful relationships, deep friendships and fulfilling work, and still seem to glow from the inside out? How they have such great self-care strategies? I’m afraid I’m going to burst that bubble right now. They don’t. The ‘experts’ – me included – struggle with this… Read more

Hard truth time – there is no perfect job.  And in these strange times we live in, where uncertainty and change plague us (ahem), we all deal with this differently: resign, focus on non-work activities, or perhaps fume silently. Annoyingly, the way we think about our work affects our feelings about it – and our feelings… Read more

I am often asked ‘What does self-care mean to you?” If I had to summarise, I would say it means taking responsibility for my own emotional, physical and mental health.  So how is my own self-care journey going? We’re Never ‘Done’ I think people often forget that self-care is a work in progress, rather than something you… Read more

Many of us are confined to our homes right now, whether for most of the time, or some of it. Life is different from a month ago. We don’t have the same time, places, people and resources available to us. Our worlds have, in many ways, contracted. For most of us (though if you have kids… Read more