Reflections going into 2022.

I don’t make resolutions on New Years. I’d like to believe I am calmly walking through each day, and what needs my attention, I give it. What doesn’t, I throw to the wind. Everyday living inspires my goals, not the change of the year. But that’s just me. When it comes to the end of […]

Health and Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Crisis

Today I would like to talk to you about your health and wellbeing during a crisis. When we talk about health and wellbeing we often refer to our physical and emotional health. But in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we also know that our social and community wellbeing are being impacted.  The reason these two areas […]

What I have learned about writing #improvement #growth

My first book was published in 2013. That seems a long time ago now but for writing that’s not very long at all. If you add the time before that publication, there were a few blooper manuscripts. If you were to ask me how long I have been writing, I would have to say about […]

Poetry that speaks #poems #poetry

Every individual who writes poetry has their reason for writing and the motivation behind each poem. For some writers, it’s simply a pleasure to craft words into perfect positions. For other writers, there might be ethical or social issues for crafting a poem. Writers might also like the creative aspects of poetry. It might be […]

The Business of Christmas #strategies #compassion #selfhelp

Will this Christmas be a good one? This might depend on what you are expecting, a BMW or a calm family get-together.  I often talk about expectations and motivation behind the quality of what we do in our life. I will remind you again of this. We are the masters of our lives. We get […]

Life works out for us #perception #selfefficacy #selfexploration #selfbelief

Does it? Really? Well, maybe not the way we expect or demand at certain times in our lives.  However, we can look back and say the ‘not so good’ things that happened to us prompted reflection and learning. Perhaps our disappointments encouraged us to reach for a new way to do something, to search for […]