I’m Coming Out …

I tried doing it last year and it didn’t work. Yes, the planets weren’t aligned yet … but I wasn’t ready. I spent money and time on a new website, and then didn’t do anything with it. But the bottom line is … I wasn’t ready. I was waiting to lose weight, for my short […]

Gratitude – 101

There is so much talk about gratitude these days, we are surrounded by it.   I remember years ago I spent hours writing sayings in a beautiful journal for my mother. I had an angel stamp so I sprinkled gold angels randomly through the journal. I thought it looked beautiful and inspiring.   I was […]

The Christening Gown

  Years ago when I was going through a creative phase I decided that I would like to make a christening gown for my future grandchildren and maybe it could be passed down to their children. As an only child, of an only child, of an only child, with two cousins who lived on the […]

What is it we get out of travelling?

My husband and I have just returned home from a six week trip to North America. We drove through the stunning scenery of the Canadian Rockies and stayed in some beautiful towns (Banff was my favourite); cruised up the Inside Passage and got close to glaciers; visited Vancouver, Seattle and then flew into Kalispell, Montana […]

You do it because you feel better when you do

When I first started meditating more than 30 years ago I found the whole concept fascinating and I wanted to learn more. As I searched I discovered that there were all different ways of meditating, including going away for 10days and spending that time in silence. As I had four children, was working full-time and […]

What a difference a week makes

  This time last week I was in the coronary care ward at St Vincent’s hospital.   I had been taken there by ambulance after going to the nearest medical centre with severe chest pains.   As it was Easter when I was admitted to the hospital I had to wait until the Tuesday to […]

A ritual to end 2016

This is a ritual that I use on New Year’s Eve and also my birthday.   Everyone talks about writing down resolutions or goals for each New Year.   But as we know you can’t fit new clothes in your wardrobe if it’s full of the old clothes that no longer fit you. So we […]

No one can make you feel anything without your consent

  “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” That is a famous quote by the late Eleanor Roosevelt and one of my all time favourites. When I write it with chalkpen on the picture frame behind my chair in the clinic I put a line through inferior and write anything above it. […]

Organised and ready …

The plans I had for the last three days were cancelled so having been given a gift I thought I would use the time wisely. I have been complaining for a long time that my business needed systems put in place to make things easier and quicker for me. But I never seemed to have […]