I never thought it would happen, though stuck in the crevices of my mind, I have yearned for it for far too long….  Yes, I am finally engaged and I realise that I like her lots. It is a blind love, honest and real. It is the friendship that I always hoped I would make: [...]

Being your own sunshine Being self-reliant is our most powerful human trait, we must find our own rays of sunshine, uncurl the petals of us, however challenging it is to do. When I first learned to walk, aged three, it was the giant happy flowers at the back of our garden that smiled their sunny [...]

Due to personal circumstances, I have not written for a while. The details are irrelevant, because sharing them serves no purpose in helping anyone. Instead, I would like to look at the components of personal strength, because they are far greater than just maintaining a positive outlook. Kind people often advise to “keep positive,” but [...]

In my experience, having a sense of motivation is generally a self-taught skill; but it can be learnt. I think back to when I first learned to walk, aged three; it was to a percussion of mother tutting, and clock-watching… roll through to my adulthood, and suffice to say; I have continued to be self-motivated, [...]

TW   As children many of you may have enjoyed the fairground. Bumper cars were cool, the lights hypnotic, the music loud and snacks sickly sweet. Now hone into the bumper car experience, through adult eyes; you probably like it less in your recollection. You will remember that some of the kids were only interested [...]

Similarly to professional sports people, we must set realistic goals to achieve the things we desire in our lives. A footballer ultimately wants to net the ball, it is the goal or focal point, but there are many disciplines’ they need to factor – in, to achieve this. We need goals because they reveal and [...]

As adults, if we’ve only known a bad-mood atmosphere, from childhood: It can be hard to put ourselves into a soul-nourishing good mood. But a ratty mood is as helpful as queuing in traffic- on a hot day. So, we need to get out our old childhood tool boxes, to help us now. We must [...]

We know that our inner critical voice isn’t usually constructive, in fact it can be a bit of a bully and it seldom tells us the truth about ourselves. Much of it is out- of- date, needs refreshing. We can learn to harness it, grab, and study the underbelly of its many different facets. One [...]

When we cook for our loved ones – we do so with bounce joy and passion. We chirp and sing, like birdies. Or, for those of us that endure burns or spill, (the hindrance of impaired limbs, we learn to giggle about it our clumsiness). Maybe, you cannot cook for toffee… BUT, you know how [...]

The people we tend to like listening to have fun and melodic voices. If we deem them sincere, then subconsciously, fairly, or unfairly, we will give them more of our attention. In my twenties, I was an accomplished sales person. I was lucky to receive my first training from my wonderful late dad. Although he [...]