Is all this ‘recession talk’ making things worse?
All you here about on the news at the moment is recession recession recession. House market has slumped, banks are on their knees, the motor industry has died. Constant doom and gloom.I like to keep up...
View Article‘I can’t be bothered!’ - Is it OK to say that?
So here I am, a coach, helping people to be motivated, focussed and clear in what they want to be and do. I love it.But yesterday (one of my ‘mum’ days - not a work day), I woke up and thought to...
View Article10 Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me Years Ago... They're Not Rocket Science...
1. Whilst the kids are in the bath, give the sink and toilet a clean... you’ll be in the bathroom with them so can chat and join in their games, but the bathroom gets cleaned too and will never be a...
View ArticleSanity Salad Anyone??!
I was having dinner with my children yesterday.It was a normal tea-time, you know the one.... negotiating mouthfuls with my four year old, negotiating staying sat in her seat with the 2 year old (she...
View ArticleKeep on running......
You may have seen, I did the race for life a couple of weeks ago, and looking back on how I went from zero running to 5k reminded me that anything is possible, for anyone, if they tackle it in a way...
View ArticleLife before children.... 10 things I just wouldn't have done!
1) Gone for a wee with the door open.2) Gone out knowing full well my top wasn’t entirely clean.3) Eaten a piece of food that had been near someone else’s mouth.4) Eaten a piece of food that had fallen...
View ArticleSummer holidays... am I surviving??! (she says whilst frisking herself to...
I took a very big deep breath at the beginning of the school holidays as with three children all 6 and under, I knew I needed to pool all the energy and patience that I could muster for the next 6...
View Article...And for lunch I will be having a nice big bowl of my own words!
Well it was in black and white published print, so I can't exactly deny what I said about our camping trip this summer in my last blog....“as a grand finale we are feeling brave enough to attempt a...
View ArticleAnd in the left corner we have the working mum... and in the right corner the...
I don’t know about you but I get a bit bored of the ‘Stay At Home Mum’ (SAHM) vs Working Mum (WM) debate.I see so many articles written about which is harder, which is better, which we should choose,...
View ArticleThe Queen of Procrastination
I’m normally pretty good at finding ways to keep procrastination at bay. I made a promise to myself when I first started coaching that I would practise what I preach, and procrastination comes up a lot...
View ArticleThe Loneliness of the Work-At-Home Mum
I don’t know about you, but I sometimes find running my own business and working at home can be a lonely place.When I started out, I knew that if I didn’t have some basic rules about when I was...
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