Oh to be a cat….

Sometimes after a long hard day, I come home to find my cat in the same place she was when I left! Do they really stay there asleep all day? Do they ever get bored? Imagine a life where…….. you can sleep as long as you want, someone else feeds you, if you make a […]

Happiness and satisfaction

Ultimately these are the two things most humans are trying to achieve; happiness and satisfaction. We go through ebbs and flows, highs and lows. As a kid, we think life is meant to be all sunshine and rainbows. It takes us a while to realise that is not the way it is going to pan […]

Absorbing other people’s stress (or not)

So here is a test for the recovering stressaholic……… learning the ability to not take on other people’s stress. All around us people are stressed. Stressed because they are too busy, the kids are misbehaving, work isn’t going well or finances are strained. So, when you are dealing with your own stress, taking on someone else’s can […]

Validation (again)

I have talked about this before……… We all want validation but the only validation that really matters is from yourself. Be happy with who you are. ‘Validate’ yourself. This is the single most important step to a recovering ‘stressaholic’. It means you don’t need to overload yourself in the pursuit of ‘success’. Success is within. […]

We need to talk about it…..

Hello world! I am a self-confessed recovering ‘Stressaholic’. Unwittingly I had actually been seeking stress, feeding off adrenaline and cortisol and seriously detrimentally affecting my health. Through my own journey I am beginning to understand there is an epidemic out there. Our current fast paced lifestyle is breeding mental health illnesses including depression and anxiety, as well as […]

Do what you love!

I am having the most amazing time just simply learning to do what I love doing! Instead of telling myself I shouldn’t be too self indulgent or that I shouldn’t ‘waste’ time, I am actually allowing myself time to enjoy some of the things I love and guess what……. I haven’t reduced my productivity or run out […]

I am remembering who I am!

For anyone who has been following my blog, you will know, I am in the process of reinventing who I am? Or possibly just trying to remember who I am, having got lost somewhere along the way. My biggest issue, I have realised, has been that I have my whole identity tied up in being the […]

When things go awry……. Hollywood style

Sometimes things just don’t go according to plan, no matter how hard you try. And…….. when you have tried and planned and tried and planned, it is super frustrating. I really need to work on how I deal with this kind of situation. We hired a Hummer to take us around Hollywood, we got this…… […]

Stress alert – LA

I am trying to hold it together. This is not work. Nothing bad is happening. There are no time pressures. We are on holiday. Never the less, this is stressful and I can feel the symptoms creeping in. Tight chest, grumpiness, short temper, heart racing. Breathe. How is it possible that one of the most […]

Validation

So, these are the things I have noticed this week while concentrating on being present: The tiniest slit of a moon in the morning sky over the pool. An amazing orange/apricot cloud as the sun rose. A Vinnie’s bin in the school car park (random, but I must have driven past it for months and not […]