Lists are more than just reminders—they’re your secret weapon for balancing work and caregiving. From to-do lists to caregiving checklists, explore how this simple tool can reduce stress, boost productivity, and bring order to your busy life.
Do you sit in meetings or read reports and wonder what on earth this shortcode is that everyone seems to use? Acronyms are rife within the world of special educational needs and/or disabilities, or should I say SEND? Over the years, I have tried to keep a list of acronyms we’ve encountered. Last night I…
Unravelling Your Child’s Actions with a Reactions Tracker Alright, super parents, it’s time to put on our detective hats! We all know that raising a child with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is a bit like being in a real-life game of Cluedo, but instead of solving a crime, we’re deciphering the mysteries of…
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On the podcast today, I am joined by the very entertaining Emma Murphy. Emma is a special needs teacher, a mum of two boys and has a crazy springer spaniel who drives her mad and saves her sanity in equal measures. She juggles teaching part time with being a carer for her 10 year old…
This week I am joined on the podcast by Angela Kelly Angela is a parent and step parent to five children – two biological children and three step children, Her step children are all grown up. She also has three step grandchildren – who are all fabulous. Angela works as a counsellor and psychotherapist which…
Joining me this week is the lovely Emma. In the podcast we refer to Emma as Emma Barritt but she is now Emma Stoneman. Emma is a midwife who qualified during Lockdown. She is a mum of three, a runner (although she doesn’t think of herself as a runner) and in today’s episode she shares…
Isabelle is a mum of two extra-ordinary young people, one of whom has autism and learning disability. She has a post-graduate diploma in autism and ran an autism support team in a federation of mainstream primary schools. These days, she campaigns for homes not hospitals for people with learning disability and autistic people and also…
Why do we do it? We have these jobs we know we need to do but we keep putting them off. By doing this, we make the job appear even more difficult than it is. We give it a power and then even more amazingly, we start to believe the hype we have created.
Self care isn’t about making you the number one priority and ignoring the needs of everyone around you. Self care means “me too”.
If we eat the frog, (ie get that awful job done out of the way), then the rest of the day has got to be a breeze but what if you have more than one frog item on your list?
Ceri is a mother of one child and 3 businesses. She is business obsessed & passionately believes that entrepreneurship doesn’t end when you become a parent. She is the founder of Mubo, an organisation that provides workshops, networking and the first business accelerator specifically for parent-led businesses. She is a podcaster, an occasional writer and…
Join Sarah Roberts as she talks to Debs from Life AsPland about how she gets motivated, stays motivated, juggles all the balls and unwinds.
Join me as I chat to Mark Raynsford, a personal trainer of 19 years.
We chat about knowing your why, are motivation and will power really brother and sister, does clarity bring confidence and much more.
Join Debs from Life AsPland as she chats to Jo Henley (of Ojo’s World) about setting three alarms, coffee in bed, choosing your plates and her love of lists.
Join Jodie Isitt and Debs as we talk about spa dates, writing masterpieces at 1am and more to get motivated.
Join Steph Nimmo and Debs as we chat about choosing excuses, going from a family of 6 to a family of 4 in 13 months, and how being vain can be a great motivator
Join us as Tina Medlock and Debs talk about “having lower standards”, planning and routines, along with no desire to do the housework when lockdown happened.
“a plan Is what, a schedule is when. It takes both to get things done” Pubilius Syrus Lists Are you a list writer? Do you have lists everywhere? Or maybe even lists organised in one lovely book – yes I’m talking about you – or maybe you have amazing mind maps that you’ve spent hours…
Compassion – a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them” Cambridge English Dictionary Everyone, with the exception of perhaps some psychopaths, has the ability to feel compassion towards others. Studies have shown that some psychopaths have the ability to feel compassion but…
If you are anything like me, you are possibly involved in several projects. Maybe you’re not involved in lots of projects, but you are trying to juggle work, home, me-time, keeping fit, being a mum/dad, and somehow trying to find time to write that book or redecorate that room. or learn a new skill I…
Fear of Failure Why are we so afraid of failure? Failure means different things to different people; due to our upbringing, beliefs, values and obviously the standards we set for ourselves. Failure for one person may not be a failure for someone else. First of all, you need to really be clear about what failure…
Start where you are Do you put things off because you are thinking of the end result too much and it seems so far away? Want to run a marathon? Want to lose a few stone? Want to start a podcast? Want to change career? You know what you have to do, don’t you? Start!…
Self Care – Not a priority, sorry! How often do you put you first? How often do you do something that is just for your benefit and no one else’s? How often do you make time for yourself, to have a pamper, go for a run, meditate, write, read, watch a movie, paint, crochet, go…
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all “ Peter F Drucker Come on, be honest, how often do you put off doing something you really need to do and then focus on doing something that doesn’t really need doing at all? Maybe you can spend hours…
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamot How often do you take the time to do nothing? Absolutely nothing. Time to forget everything that is going on around you? Time to recharge your batteries? Time to just unwind? Why not? Anyone who worked in an…
If I had been given the choice between having sight and losing it or being born blind, I would choose being born blind because if you have never had it, you don’t miss it.
I love the stuff. Be it as a bar of just chocolate or a bar with fruit, nuts, biscuit, caramel or nougat or a biscuit or a cake or a pudding. Chocolate is my thing.
I love lists. I have lists for everything
They had been so helpful in the past, I had always been given the correct phrase and it always worked. It never crossed my mind to check!
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