The Journey by Mary Oliver to Celebrate International Women’s Day

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...

The fascinating mindset lessons we can learn from trees

We are now immersed in autumn and if there’s anything the past 18 months has taught me, it’s that nature is an important source of healing and soothing, but also many important lessons for life too. A personal trainer friend of mine constantly reminds me to think like...

Why do we stop what we are good at?

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

“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...

Marmalade makes you mindful!

Fifty new things in a year! This year I decided that I would do 50 new things in the next 12 months, something to stretch me, test my capabilities and learn or improve new skills!Since January, I have completed a knitted blanket a project well overdue for completion)...