One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice –though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles.“Mend my life!”each voice cried.But you didn’t stop.You knew what you had to...
Why do we stop doing things that we were once good at? It may have been something that came easy, or one where you spent time learning how to do it and enjoyed it, you found it a relaxing escape. Of course, there can be many reasons why we stop doing something that we...
“Trust the process” was a slogan used by Fans of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, and now a popular term used in so many arenas from sport to culture and business. It’s a phrase that encourages our perseverance and patience, when we are trying to achieve a...
Lockdown has brought on a ‘Groundhog Day’ feel for many people, during which each day blends seamlessly into the last. Time slips away almost unnoticed; in what feels like the blink of an eye, three weeks have turned into six. Conditions like these can wreak havoc on...
I read this article in the Sunday Times Magazine, appropriately published in time for Loneliness Awareness Week, which ran from 23rd June, 2020. Since ‘Lockdown’ due to the Coronavirus crisis, we are now becoming increasingly aware of how loneliness can be...
