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Being mindful of change can help us manage change better. Every September, I watch parents run after excited school children to the pedestrian crossing from my home-office window. Some families cautiously approach the school gates, anticipating the change that awaits after a leisurely summer. Others are buoyant with enthusiasm – ready for change! Occasionally, I …
On a faded post-it note next to my home-office desk, I have a quote from the formidable Glennon Doyle: “A responsible mother is not one slowly dying for her children, but showing them how to bravely live. I stopped being a martyr and started being a model.” This quote comes from a podcast interview in …
Many of my clients struggle with exiting the perceived safety of lockdowns. The sense of control those external rules gave us. But we were never in control in the first place. Life and time and seasons will continue to happen to us: we are not figures in a painting
September is here. I used to love the first of September, as it was the first day of spring when I was a child growing up in the southern hemisphere. We got to have a non-uniform day at school, and the promise of summer was in the air. Now, living in the northern hemisphere, I …
“A walk in the woods walks the soul back home” – Mary Davis On the first Saturday of the 2020 COVID-19 social distancing in the UK, the National Trust generously opened their gardens to the general public. The sunny weekend prompted me and my family to join the many visitors to take advantage of this …