The wait is over….

The sun is shining and the carnival of the year is here! There is nothing quite as uplifting as watching a team of passionate kids get in there and play their favourite game. Playing hard and playing with heart. The raw emotions are something else, not only from the players and coaches but the parents, […]

Waiting waiting waiting…

Sometimes in life, it just feels like we are waiting. Waiting for the tough time to be over, or waiting for the new job to come up or waiting for something good or exciting to happen. Often we are so engrossed by whatever we are waiting on, we completely forget to live. I have felt […]

Resilience

By definition, resilience is the ability for us to bounce back or recover after a difficulty. It is something we talk about when raising children but not so much in adulthood. In actual fact this may well be the time we need to talk about it most, when we are middle-aged and have a multitude of […]

‘Fortnite’…

Dirty word in this house, how about yours? How can one game cause so much angst, upset and ………… you guessed it………………stress? The answer lies in its superior and mastered creation. It is unbelievably good at hooking them in with its target and reward systems. Seriously, who ever you are that invented this game…….. you […]

Let those feelings out!

As I expected, just getting my feelings out there yesterday helped and consequently today, I don’t feel so angry. It is a funny thing……………….. for me it is interesting to name a feeling exactly what it is, and to not just slap the label of ‘stress’ on it (until recently every negative feeling I had, I […]

I feel angry and tired……

I know we are not meant to get hung up on change and the way that other people’s actions affect us. But…….man sometimes it is hard. This blog was meant to be an honest account of how I am dealing with stress and how I am feeling. Well here it is…. I FEEL REALLY FRIGGING […]

The power of fire…

There is something about a fire on a chilly winters night. Especially when teamed with a glass of red and old episode of Friends (in my opinion the best TV series ever). It is an amazing thing to watch…………….. the colours yellow, orange, red, brown all mixed and intermingling, forever changing and flowing. Mesmerizing with […]

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 […]

Change…….. a scary monster?

Times of change can be very stressful and scary. We find ourselves focusing on the past as we enter new phases…. The what if’s? the maybes, the how could I have done better? But, what if …….. we instead focus on the opportunities that change will bring? Focus on the positives, the hope, the new […]

You can’t control others…

We are all different. Different core values, beliefs and thought patterns. If someone else’s behaviour is impacting on yours in a negative way, the chances are it comes from a background of differing values. If it stresses you out, walk away. We don’t have to participate in other people’s negative or contradictory behaviours. Stay true […]