Success

What is success? I have just been discussing this very topic with a fellow coach. I am involved in swimming and have been since I was 5 or 6 years old. It is one of my passions in life. It is however, a sport where to get to the top, you must give everything. There is no […]

A good read….

A reminder to check in with loved ones. So many of us are dealing with anxiety. Just recognising it is a huge step forward. SAA

Down to earth with a bump

I have been feeling so good the last few days, the headway I have been making has impressed even me. But, today I have had a set back. It is not dramatic. Nothing in particular happened. I just feel a bit frustrated and anxious. I slipped back into a few of my old ways today […]

I said ‘No’!!!!

One of my most common traps, has been my complete inability to say ‘NO’. It doesn’t matter whether I am being asked to do something quite minor or something that is big and may have a lasting impact both on myself or my family, my automatic response is to say yes. I am a ‘yes’ […]

Falling into traps

Last night I almost fell into my old pattern. I knew this morning was going to be busy and my schedule looked border line too much. While watching TV, it started to creep into my mind. Would I stay on top of it? Would I get stressed? I started to get restless, I started to […]

Guilt

Why is it that we make ourselves feel guilty? This is a common theme amongst women I know and are close to. We feel guilty for taking time to ourselves. Whether it is cooking, cleaning, playing with the kids or exercising, there always feels like there is something we should be ‘getting done’. For example, […]

Satisfaction is short lived, or is it?

After achieving ‘maximum’ the other day, when I was able to devote my time entirely to one responsibility, I really felt satisfaction. I felt satisfied that I had done that one task to my absolute best. I was happy, my daughter was happy and my husband was happy (my son was his usual challenging self and […]

Maximum

Today, I was just Mum. I wasn’t an employee, or a colleague, or a coach, or an athlete, or a cleaner, or a shopper. I was just Mum and it was amazing. I was able to do it properly to my standards. I watched every race. I fixed the hair. I retrieved the forgotten things. I baked […]

Minimise to maximise

Today, I caught up with a friend who has a very similar brain wiring to me. We discussed many things. One of which, was the fact that when you are wired as we are, you have to minimise the number things you get involved in, in order to preserve yourself. This is because of our […]

Cortisol overload.

Today was one of those days, where I really wonder what I am doing to myself. This is nothing to do with wanting to feel important. This is to do with the fact, on top of my desire to constantly take on too much, I work in a job that is known to be high […]