Never abandon yourself
Last Friday, I ran 10k. That in itself is worthy of note. I started running {again} in lockdown last year, remembering how much of an impact working out had on...
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2020 – what a year
There’s no doubt that 2020 will be a year that we all remember for a long time. While it’s been frustrating at times, I’ve actually loved this year. We were...
Honor where you are
The last couple of weeks I’ve felt a little ‘off’. Tired, a little low, a bit lonely. Nothing major. In the past, as soon as I started feeling anything like...
Weekend Reflections
Gosh, these weeks seem to fly by so fast don’t they? As much as I enjoyed the slower pace of life back in spring when lockdown was in full force,...
Doing whats best for YOU
Sometimes you have to do what is best for you and your life, not what is best for everyone else. There are times in life when we turn to others...
Weekend Reflections
Midway through making dinner this evening, I popped out to empty the compost from the kitchen into the compost bin. It was just dark, and the rain was falling down....
Weekly Reflections
It’s 10.30 am yet it feels like midday. The clocks changed this morning and that extra hour feels like five. Oren and I woke up at 6.30am {which would have...
Rest and recouperation
**It’s kind of ironic that I wrote this post last weekend, planning to publish it on Monday, to only end up REALLY ill with Mastitis. I thankfully just avoided the...
Overcoming anything
All of us get stuck in a rut at some point or another in life. It might be a small rut or a giant valley that feels like we will...
No more searching
For most of my life, I tried to shrink myself to try and fit into other people’s boxes. I have sacrifeiced everything about me to make others happy. As a...
It’s never about perfection
Someone said to me recently ‘good luck in finding a perfect relationship’. It made me laugh, in one part because this person was trying to deflect their own issues onto...
Time for a new season
I woke up yesterday with a feeling of Autumn in the air. I am not sure if itwas the weather {cold, wet, grey} or the fact we went ‘back to...
What I learned from completing a C25K
A couple of years back, I was super fit. I worked out every single morning, it set me up for a good day. It made me feel strong – not...
Rediscovering the Woman behind Mama
I’m sat on the sofa, the sun is shining through the window, the house is still and quiet. My eldest is studying upstairs, the baby napping, the others out with...
Lessons learned in time
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou One thing that I have come to understand, is that not everybody who enters your life...