I haven’t written a blog post for a while and last night I bumped into somebody (you know who are) who told me how much she gained from reading my blogs. It made me stop and consider that whilst my mind was immediately making excuses for not writing (e.g. starting some new part-time work, empty… Continue reading Being on the Cusp
Category: Wellbeing
The Magic of Friendship
Life’s lessons teach us things all of the time. At almost 52, I’m still learning: from mistakes and successes, from experiences of day-to-day life and just generally, from things that life throws at me. We’re all students of life-long learning and how dull life would be if we knew it all. It would also make… Continue reading The Magic of Friendship
Giving Old Scars New Life Through An Empathetic Lens
When something that causes us pain is hidden away for so long, its depth and intensity deepens. Covered under layers of emotion, physical and psychological scars left untreated, can take root in such a way that they develop a pain all of their own, one that’s driven by a longing to be set free. The… Continue reading Giving Old Scars New Life Through An Empathetic Lens
Stress Awareness Month
If you are reading this, it means that you are a human being. Obvious fact you might say? It is an obvious fact but there lies the end of the similarity between us all. As human beings, we are each so different from one another (unless of course, you’re an indentical twin and even then… Continue reading Stress Awareness Month
Strength of a Woman
I had the honour yesterday of listening to Yasmin Khan. Yasmin is the founder and chief officer of the Middlesbrough based Halo Project Charity which supports victims of honour-based violence, forced marriages and female genital mutilation (FGM). As I listened to Yasmin, I was struck by the silence in the room. Silence, as we absorbed… Continue reading Strength of a Woman
The Therapeutic Power of Touch
We experience the power of touch when we take our first breath and enter this world. Upon leaving our mother’s body we experience the sensation of being touched by another human being; something so powerful and vitally important, that as humans, we’re unable to develop and thrive without it. The benefits of personal touch from… Continue reading The Therapeutic Power of Touch
Bridesmaids Revisited
I’ve been a bit stuck lately and being stuck means I haven’t felt like blogging. Today I decided to unstick the stickiness and say ‘hello’ to all of you who are reading this; some of you have asked me where I’ve been and I thank you for that. I’ve actually done some very lovely things over… Continue reading Bridesmaids Revisited
The Art of Saying Thank You
Meister Eckhart said, “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you’, it will be enough.” Two small words that mean so much, and yet I don’t think we say them as often as we should. And, when we do say thank you, what are we actually saying? Do we… Continue reading The Art of Saying Thank You
Light Someone’s Path This Week
Do you ever feel like your light’s lost its glimmer? Is there something or someone who makes you burn less brightly? The answer to this is probably ‘yes’ unless you’re a robot. If we’re honest with ourselves, each of us experiences the loss of our light from time to time and it’s no wonder; life’s path… Continue reading Light Someone’s Path This Week
Grabbing Fear by its Ankles in February
Hello February………..you’ve arrived. I thought you were never going to get here; your neighbour to the left of you seemed to go on forever! Maybe it was to do with the resolutions lots of us placed upon ourselves at the start of last month, not to mention the dryness of it, if January without alcohol… Continue reading Grabbing Fear by its Ankles in February
LIVING WITH HOPE AND SECONDARY BREAST CANCER 