Don’t Underestimate Yourself
You have a right to be heard. You have the right to be listened and responded to when you take a stand It’s easily done, and I’ve observed it often. When someone is faced with a challenge, task or need to stand up for themselves I can see the look of resignation cross their face […]
Weight A Minute – It’s Time to Face It
I’ve never had to diet properly before but the menopause has changed all that. Preparing for an event recently I was trying on outfits to see which I wanted to wear. With growing horror, I realised that none of them were fitting properly. Either I couldn’t get the zip to close, or the garment was […]
Renovation Horrors – Tales from Wales (Part 8)
Having bought my ‘Chocolate Box’ Home in October, by the end of 2021 I looked back with some frustration mixed in with a healthy dose of annoyance. From all the surveys I had undertaken this beautiful 1840’s cottage needed some TLC and sympathetic improvement but that was it. Once completion had happened I was soon […]
The Art of Delegation
(A lesson I’ve learnt the hard way) ‘If you want a job done properly, do it yourself’…but recent life events have shown me that’s not always necessarily true. If we keep saying ‘yes’ to everything and everyone and add yet another plate to spin, we run the risk of overburdening ourselves. We end up adding […]
Culture Shock – Tales from Wales (Part 7)
Tricky Transitions I had thought that settling in to my new location would be relatively easy. In reality, it has taken me longer than expected to acclimatise… Moving 5 hours Up The Road It is over seven months since I moved from the Oxford area up to North Wales. With my new location being just […]
‘Chocolate Box’ Home Discovered – Tales from Wales (Part 6)
With the housing market in the North of Wales going bananas, I had resigned myself to renting on Anglesey for quite some time. People have been buying houses as soon as they come on to the market, sometimes even before viewing them – just grabbing them on the particulars spec. There have been price wars […]
The Benefits of Unplugging
Do you need to unplug? Today I have a few precautionary questions for you to ask yourself: How are you doing? Are you coping with working from home? Are you managing to get the work/life balance right, or are you working more hours than you ever did before? Are you still feeling mentally energetic, or […]
Who Do You Know With Agoraphobia?
The answer is… Probably more people than you realise! Is Agroraphobia on the Rise Post-Lockdown? In a recent article, I discussed the fear I hear people voice about rejoining society in a more normal way. I now want to turn to the quiet, often-overlooked cousin to fear, agoraphobia. Many think agoraphobia is just a fear […]
How to Face the Fear and Overcome It
Fears Grow As Lockdown Eases As restrictions start to lift following the pandemic, I am now picking up fear in many conversations – un-articulated but there in the subtext. It’s understandable, of course. We have faced a virus that no one can see, is potentially lethal, and we don’t know who might be carrying it. […]
And So The Quest Begins – Tales From Wales (Part 4)
The dream that brought me to Anglesey Now that I’m feeling a little more settled and organised in North Wales, my thoughts are turning again towards the quest that brought me here… Where Do We Goat From Here? In 2019, when I decided to move to North Wales, it was to realise a dream I’ve […]