How to bounce back from failure
Photo by Joshua Coleman These words jumped off the page, “Ours is a life of huge risk. We try things all day long and they almost all fail.” This person is not afraid of failure, I thought. And ’this person' is Sir James...
The secret to making time for yourself when you’re busy
Photo by Victor Jakovlev COVID has seen a collapse of work-life boundaries and a merging of both as we've adapted to doing everything from home - work, schooling, even socialising. It has created a strange paradox. In theory more...
Thriving when life is uncertain – 3 essential practices
Photo by Gift Habeshaw We are living in a time of chronic uncertainty. For working parents, there is the uncertainty of how this crisis will affect our businesses or organisations. Not knowing when schooling will return to normal...
Protect your mental health while on Zoom
Photo by Gabriel Benois Flashback to November 2018 and I'd been using Zoom regularly for my health coach training as well as seeing clients. It was not unusual for me to come out of one Zoom session and go straight into another...
How to improve sleep – 20 quick and doable tips
If you are a woman juggling work and parenting in this crisis, you may experience difficulty sleeping well. In this article I want to share 20 things that have helped me to improve my sleep and get the best possible chance of feeling rested the next day. Please read, share, comment and try what resonates for you.
When it’s OK not to be OK with this virus
Danielle MacInnes We are nearly 5 weeks into COVID-19 self-isolation / lockdown in my house and mercifully my daughter’s cough has finally got better. My children have been fighting though. Then this morning my five year...
The 10 minute fix for anxiety that is keeping me sane (sort of)
Is anyone else feeling just a little bombarded right now? From people posting about all the free time they’ve got and suggestions for home schooling to unanswered messages and re-arranging my entire life. Never mind that...
4 reasons to try health coaching while walking in nature
Photo by John Mark Arnold One of my favourite places to be is in the woods. The woods are my anti-depressant and I know when I’ve missed a week because I feel lousy. In this post I share with you more of my personal story and my...
What do we mean by self-care anyway?
This post defines what I mean by the term self-care. I cover five key areas that are essential to staying healthy and looking after ourselves properly.
Can what you eat affect your stress levels?
Most of us are well aware of the mind-body connection when it comes to stress, but did you know it works the other way too? In this post I explore the connection between what we eat and our stress and anxiety levels.
How to beat the overwhelm as a professional working mum…
A friend has a postcard on her fridge that says, “I can’t decide whether to be a good example or a horrible warning”. This post is a bit of both! [bctt tweet="Let’s be real for a moment. When you’re juggling family life...