Do I Really Deserve to Put Myself First?

Do I Really Deserve to Put Myself First?

So just now, I’m about a stone overweight, not as fit as I’d like to be, drinking too much alcohol, eating too much rubbish (crisps, cake, snacking) and not enough fresh fruit and veg. I’m quite sedentary though the day, working from home on the phone. I’m a night...
Time to MOVE!

Time to MOVE!

Blah! All this self-development work I’ve been doing of late has been very insightful, revealing, uncomfortable, beneficial etc, but I feel drained right now – a bit sick of the sound of my own navel gazing and analysis. I’ve got stuck in an intellectual and emotional...
Self-Compassion – An Open Letter to Myself

Self-Compassion – An Open Letter to Myself

Dear Rachel Yes, I know it feels strange, receiving a letter from yourself. Strange too, to hear yourself addressed as ‘dear’ by me, when all too often you feel only criticism, coldness and disappointment. But you are dear to me as well, even if I don’t often allow...