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First of December. Daughter has just opened door one of her Lego Friends calendar. Me? I’m excited about lights.💡💡 I used to be resistant to any form of Christmas decoration before Christmas Eve. In a bid to keep the commercialism at bay and to protect the specialness of the festive break, I insisted on theContinue reading “Lights!”

Mondays used to be the day when I got sh*t done. The big push at the start of the week. Get ahead on ‘the list’. Years back (two decades in fact!😮) they were when I’d get in to the office early, and pull together a trading report on the previous week’s performance to present toContinue reading “Transition day”

Sunday is often the day when we’re more together with the significant others in our lives. Even if you’re working at home during the week, this is the day when you spend time together in a different way. If you live on your own, perhaps it’s the day you catch up with folks on theContinue reading “Loving relationships exercise”

Daydreams are the fertile soil in which our imaginations flourish and reach for the light. – Sarah Ban Breathnach This year I have been enjoying reading Sarah Ban Breathnach’s, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort & Joy. Each day has a passage with a different theme. I am repeatedly in awe of how it resonatesContinue reading “More daydreaming required”

We all have times when rest calls us. Maybe you’re at a certain point in your cycle where your energy naturally feels lower. Maybe you’ve been going at a pace in life lately and it’s catching up with you. Maybe you’ve been feeling some big feelings of late and need some space to process them.Continue reading “How do you take it easy when the rest of the world isn’t?”

For years we did the alternate ‘Christmas here, Christmas there’ routine familiar to many with loved ones in different parts of the country/world. If it wasn’t the turn for Christmas itself with my folks in Ireland, then we’d head over at some point just after, usually for new year. I love the Christmas holiday time,Continue reading “Taking the festive reins”

Edward, It’s just that very few people surprise me. Vivian, Well you’re lucky. Most of ‘em shock the hell outta me. Richard Gere & Juliet Roberts characters in the film Pretty Woman Edward clearly wasn’t hanging out with children…. Since becoming a mum, life’s highs got higher😀… and the lows got lower.😱 One of theContinue reading “Being surprised”

As the energy contracts, it’s time for that final letting go. The last of the leaves are falling🍂. The sweet chestnut are gone. There’s a few left on the beech tree. The silver birch looks odds on for last to release. The bare bones of the garden are revealing themselves. There are some things youContinue reading “The time for dreaming has begun”

Regardless of what your focus is on right now – creativity, a health goal, a work project – it likely involves some sort of balancing act with other areas of your life. How do you give yourself to what really matters AND get the other stuff done? And keep space to take care of yourself,Continue reading “Creating some ease for yourself”

Do you have a feeling that your life would be better if only….fill in the blank? Plants do best in certain soils, and so do we. For years I had had dreams of west coasts and went on quests (literally!) to find this place that felt familiar. We drove holidayed in the Isle of Skye.Continue reading “Bloom where you are planted”