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  • Morning Pages - can they really make a difference
    N (Nourishment)

    Morning Pages – can they really make a difference

    Bydebs April 12, 2016December 9, 2024

    Writing each day about anything which pops into my mind has made me see more clearly what issues are floating around in my head, often issues I hadn’t even thought were there.

    Read More Morning Pages – can they really make a differenceContinue

  • Why do I make poor choices
    I (Insight)

    Poor choices – why do we make them?

    Bydebs April 7, 2016December 9, 2024

    I have tried every single diet plan there is. I know all about poor choices.  I know all about what I should be doing.  I know what I should be eating. So why am I not doing it?

    Read More Poor choices – why do we make them?Continue

  • Choosing Myself
    N (Nourishment)

    Choosing Myself and Saying No

    Bydebs April 1, 2016December 9, 2024

    Giving myself the chance to do things for me – without the usual guilt trip of not doing something for others – has meant I am thinking clearer; I am more able to make good decisions and I’m procrastinating less.

    Read More Choosing Myself and Saying NoContinue

  • Pinteresting:  Verb – to Pinterest your home and life
    O (Oasis)

    Pinteresting: Verb – to Pinterest your home and life

    Bydebs March 15, 2016December 9, 2024

    There are rumours that Pinterest was in fact created by a man who wanted his wife to lose weight, get fit, decorate the home, cook amazing meals and still manage to look amazing and up to date at the same time.

    Read More Pinteresting: Verb – to Pinterest your home and lifeContinue

  • Today - Ask for help
    I (Insight)

    Today – What parents and practitioners need to know

    Bydebs March 10, 2016December 9, 2024

    This video has received over 21k views on Youtube and I have had contact from parents and practitioners across the globe since publishing it.  It has been used in training across the UK, in the States, in Canada and Australia to help raise awareness of the reality of the lives we live.

    Read More Today – What parents and practitioners need to knowContinue

  • Weekly schedule
    O (Oasis)

    How I plan for the week ahead

    Bydebs March 7, 2016December 9, 2024

    When life happens, and things get put on hold, the last thing I want is the added stress of knowing that I will have to play catch up the following week/month.

    Read More How I plan for the week aheadContinue

  • What if your value was based on how kind you are?
    T (Tomorrow)

    What if your value was based on how kind you are?

    Bydebs March 3, 2016December 9, 2024

    Society gives us a hierarchy based on our roles or our income.

    One phrase we often hear is “from the CEO down to the cleaner”; giving the impression that the cleaner is at the bottom of the chain.

    Read More What if your value was based on how kind you are?Continue

  • Creative
    N (Nourishment)

    Finding my creative mojo

    Bydebs February 29, 2016December 9, 2024

    Having something I created, something you cannot buy in a shop, has given me a real sense of pride.  My creative mojo was starting to fly.

    Read More Finding my creative mojoContinue

  • Diagnosis
    I (Insight)

    The Days After The Diagnosis

    Bydebs February 18, 2016December 9, 2024

    So much is written about how to get a diagnosis; what the criteria is for a diagnosis and what to do when you don’t get one but little is written about how it feels to get the diagnosis.

    Read More The Days After The DiagnosisContinue

  • Setting up my Bullet Journal
    O (Oasis)

    Setting Up my Bullet Journal for February

    Bydebs February 1, 2016December 9, 2024

    I am a big list writer – hence my love of the BuJo.  So I wanted to share my lists with you of what has and hasn’t worked in my BuJo set up and what hasn’t.

    Read More Setting Up my Bullet Journal for FebruaryContinue

  • Lists
    O (Oasis)

    Lists, Bullet Journal and Autism

    Bydebs January 20, 2016December 9, 2024

    However, this week, we realised how much impact my love of lists has had on my son.

    Read More Lists, Bullet Journal and AutismContinue

  • To eat the cake or not eat the cake
    N (Nourishment)

    To eat the cake or not eat the cake

    Bydebs January 10, 2016December 9, 2024

    Do you have conversations with yourself where you try to justify behaviour or talk yourself into doing something you know you shouldn’t?  A chat where the voices in your head battle it out to win their own way?

    Read More To eat the cake or not eat the cakeContinue

  • T (Tomorrow)

    Achieve your goals this year in six simple steps

    Bydebs January 5, 2016December 9, 2024

    If you have a goal in your head, this is just a wish or a desire.  A wish does not give you the motivation to get up and do.  Believe me, I have so many wishes.  I wish I was slimmer, I wish I was fitter, I wish my garden looked like an advert for Home and Garden and not Beginners Guide to Gardening, etc.  

    Read More Achieve your goals this year in six simple stepsContinue

  • Miracle Morning
    O (Oasis)

    Miracle Morning or Major Mayhem

    Bydebs January 2, 2016December 9, 2024

    I have recently discovered yet another dippy hippy activity – my husband’s words, not mine.  I am talking about Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning.

    Read More Miracle Morning or Major MayhemContinue

  • Saying Goodby to 2015
    I (Insight)

    Saying Goodbye to some friends in 2016

    Bydebs December 31, 2015December 9, 2024

     I have sat today and wrote down all I am proud of, all that has gone well for me and also who has nurtured and supported me throughout the year and finally what I am going to let go of in 2016.

    Read More Saying Goodbye to some friends in 2016Continue

  • Family Agreement
    K (Kindred)

    Our Family Agreement

    Bydebs December 4, 2015December 9, 2024

    As we sat down to dinner over the weekend, I asked “if there was one thing you could do once a month, just to make you happy, what would it be?”  

    Read More Our Family AgreementContinue

  • Am I blind forever
    K (Kindred)

    Is this it forever Mum? Will I always be blind?

    Bydebs November 19, 2015December 9, 2024

    It has taken me a bit of time to be able to write this post as the pain of hearing those words was almost my un-doing.  I’m seen as a strong woman who can handle anything that is thrown at me; and, to be honest, I like to perpetuate that myth – in the hope that it will one day be true.

    Read More Is this it forever Mum? Will I always be blind?Continue

  • N (Nourishment)

    Planning for Positivity #1

    Bydebs November 16, 2015December 9, 2024

    I am going to plan to be positive.  I will set myself some small goals each week or month to help me stay positive and, most importantly, I will do all I can to achieve them.

    Read More Planning for Positivity #1Continue

  • men who do things for us
    K (Kindred)

    Why we need to be grateful for the men who do things “for us”

    Bydebs November 12, 2015December 9, 2024

    I am talking about the men who do things like:
    – load the dishwasher
    – iron their shirts
    – feed the children
    – bring the washing in
    and then tell you they have done it “for you”

    Read More Why we need to be grateful for the men who do things “for us”Continue

  • Mr Sleep
    N (Nourishment)

    Why Mr Sleep is the most powerful Mr Man

    Bydebs November 9, 2015December 9, 2024

    All of these moments are either more pleasurable or more bearable if Mr Sleep has honoured us with his presence.

    Read More Why Mr Sleep is the most powerful Mr ManContinue

  • Literal world
    K (Kindred)

    How being literal can bring real amusement

    Bydebs November 5, 2015December 9, 2024

    We ended up on the hard shoulder so I could let him look down my throat and see for himself that there was no frog down there.

    Read More How being literal can bring real amusementContinue

  • Just Coping
    N (Nourishment)

    Sometimes just coping is enough

    Bydebs October 22, 2015December 9, 2024

     I hadn’t considered that perhaps there was more going on with my child and that they were perhaps just holding their head above water, kicking frantically below the surface to stay above water, but giving the impression that everything was fine.

    Read More Sometimes just coping is enoughContinue

  • Animal Crossing New Leaf
    I (Insight)

    4 things Animal Crossing New Leaf is helping my son with ASD to understand

    Bydebs October 16, 2015December 9, 2024

    My eldest son has autism.  He finds the rules of social interaction challenging, to say the least.  Animal Crossing is helping us hugely with social interaction, finance, responsibility, dressing, thinking about other people and shopping.

    Read More 4 things Animal Crossing New Leaf is helping my son with ASD to understandContinue

  • Getting back in the saddle
    N (Nourishment)

    Getting back in the saddle

    Bydebs October 13, 2015December 9, 2024

    When I was going on long bike rides with my ex sister-in-law 20 years ago, I was also working out 6 days a week, I was very fit and about four stone lighter.   I sort of forgot this bit!

    Read More Getting back in the saddleContinue

  • Does failing make you a failure
    I (Insight)

    Does failing make you a failure?

    Bydebs October 11, 2015December 9, 2024

    Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

    Read More Does failing make you a failure?Continue

  • Me, My Notebook and I
    O (Oasis)

    Me, My Notebook and I

    Bydebs October 9, 2015December 9, 2024

    Making the bullet journal wok for me. Me, my notebook and I.

    Read More Me, My Notebook and IContinue

  • Happiness when driving?
    N (Nourishment)

    Can you achieve happiness when driving?

    Bydebs October 8, 2015December 9, 2024

    Should I have been the bigger person?  Probably.  Would that have made me feel happy?  Not bloody likely!  

    Read More Can you achieve happiness when driving?Continue

  • 10 Tips On How To Use Generosity To Help Achieve Happiness
    N (Nourishment)

    10 Tips On How To Use Generosity To Help Achieve Happiness

    Bydebs September 24, 2015December 9, 2024

    how giving makes people happy.  Not just the person receiving the gift but the person offering the gift.  We live in a society where “self” is so important; where mottos such as “look after number one because no one else will” are commonly heard.  So how do we move from that to looking after someone other than number one?  

    Read More 10 Tips On How To Use Generosity To Help Achieve HappinessContinue

  • Don't look at me
    I (Insight)

    Kids will be Kids?

    Bydebs July 14, 2015December 9, 2024

    “Kids will be kids” translates into “it’s not my fault that my child assaults your child/swears/damages property/bullies your child.  I am not responsible in any shape or form for my child’s actions”.

    Read More Kids will be Kids?Continue

  • How removing uncertainty helps us to be happier in the world of SEN
    I (Insight)

    How removing uncertainty helps us to be happier in the world of SEN

    Bydebs June 23, 2015December 9, 2024

    As you will have probably guessed by now, I am an avid reader.  I love all types of books.  General fiction, murder mystery, thriller, romance, adult romance (Yes, I know Mr Grey) and the classics. I am also a huge fan of personal development books.  Brene Brown, Gretchen Rubin, Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield,…

    Read More How removing uncertainty helps us to be happier in the world of SENContinue

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