Planning for Positivity #1
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.
N (Nourishment)
Why Mr Sleep is the most powerful Mr Man
All of these moments are either more pleasurable or more bearable if Mr Sleep has honoured us with his presence.
Sometimes just coping is enough
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.
Getting back in the saddle
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!
Can you achieve happiness when driving?
Should I have been the bigger person? Probably. Would that have made me feel happy? Not bloody likely!
10 Tips On How To Use Generosity To Help Achieve Happiness
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?
Are you gonna spend your day down in the dirt?
As I write this, it is the morning of Friday 8th March, 2015. The day after the General Election. The day we realised that we are highly likely to have a Conservative Government for the next five years. The day Esther McVey lost her seat The day Ed Timpson kept his seat The day Norman…
Do you ever just feel tired of it all?
Like many of us, I have children who believe that sleeping through the night is just an urban myth. Oh the joy of having to cope with a full day of paperwork or appointments when you have had a few hours split sleep. Sleep deprivation is torturous, as you know, but I think my body has…
Ten reasons why I want to journal
Over the last few weeks, a friend of mine has been posting images of her new leather journal and Mont Blanc fountain pen on her Instagram account. Now, like many ladies, I have a passion for stationery. A visit to any stationery shop makes me a happy lady. Seeing my friend’s beautiful journal inspired me….
Don’t you forget about me…….
Earlier this year, we had a really rough time as a family. With the death of an aunt and a beloved grandad within 4 weeks of each other, my husband tried to cheer me up by buying tickets for us to see Simple Minds at the O2, supported by Ultravox, on 30 November. For the…
What made you smile today?
I’m on cloud 9 this evening. In January I agreed to become a collaborator on a very successful blog. Today, the creator of the blog has given me my first Linkedin recommendation. It reads as follows: I asked Debs to join me at Special Needs Jungle at the beginning of 2013. I believed she would…