Why I Don't Make New Year Resolutions

Why I Don't Make New Year Resolutions

So, I don't make New Year Resolutions, instead I set gentler 'intentions'(something I 'want' to do, rather than something I 'must' or 'should' do). Looking back on my intentions for 2015, I can see I've moved on – I'm ending the year much fitter than I started, having...

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Let Go of the Old to Make Way for the New…

Let Go of the Old to Make Way for the New…

We all have things we want to change, improve, transform (well, I certainly do and so does everyone I talk to!). But it can feel overwhelming and like we don't have the time, or energy to make the changes we want. Often it's because we try to tack on the new habits or...

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Top Tips For How to Have a Happy Christmas

Top Tips For How to Have a Happy Christmas

Christmas can be magical. It can also be stressful. Some love it, some hate it, many just endure it. Personally I really enjoy Christmas, and nearly everything that goes with it. Both my hubby and I were fortunate to have happy childhoods in families that did...

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Giving Your All for Christmas?

Giving Your All for Christmas?

This time of year can feel frantic. There's so much to do in the run up to Christmas and a feeling of time running out. Expectations and emotions run high at Christmas as we try so hard to match up to the fantasy of how it should be; beautiful thoughtful gifts,...

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Introverts vs Extroverts: Which Is Better?

Introverts vs Extroverts: Which Is Better?

I’m not a fan of categorising people into ‘boxes’. I often find when I’m starting to work with a new corporate client, when I ask them to tell me a bit about themselves that they will say for example “Oh, I’m an ESTJ” referring to their Myers Briggs Type Indicator...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Expecting The Impossible From Yourself

Expecting The Impossible From Yourself

So, during this recent inner stormy time I’ve been enduring, I stopped to take stock of what’s been weighing me down, and was both bemused and shocked with what I found… …I ran into my old acquaintance, shame, wearing its heavy lead boots of over-expectation. I only...

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The Voices in My Head

The Voices in My Head

I’ve just had a horrible weekend in the very worst of company - my own internal critic and martyr. And it was an unexpected visit - the previous week had been quite good; I was feeling on top of things and looking forward to a weekend of getting things done AND...

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