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...
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...
Simple Advice on How to Be Productive

Simple Advice on How to Be Productive

For my birthday this year I was lucky enough to be bought some beautiful, useful and indulgent gifts by my thoughtful friends and family, including a number of books that have been sitting on my ‘wishlist’. My brother-in-law bought me Eleanor Roosevelt’s You Learn by...
Why Does Happiness Matter?

Why Does Happiness Matter?

Over the last 8 years or so I’ve found I’ve been strongly drawn to seeking to understand, as well as experience, happiness. I don’t believe happiness is something trivial, fluffy or a ‘nice to have’. It’s more than just an antidote to the pain and suffering we can...