Easter – it’s another one of those times where we are expected to play happy families, oh and if yours isn’t, don’t make other people feel uncomfortable about the fact that this is not consensus reality. So, what do you do if the reality for you is that being around family is tricky, or you […]
January rolls around every year and we see a barrage of year end reflections and new year, new me proclamations appearing in our social media feeds. We all know the drill, make a new year’s resolution or an intention for the year, give it the best you’ve got in January (which is often very little, […]
Sing it with me now… It’s the most wonderless time of the year! Please tell me you sung that in your head to the tune of that really famous Christmas ditty?!? Now, I know what you’re thinking – “Rachel, where is your festive spirit?” I’m going to own it, I’m not a fan! Christmas can […]
It’s that time of year again! Are you feeling it already? I know I am! It is already so much harder for me to get out of bed in a morning now that I have to do it in the dark every day. Autumn inevitably brings with it shortening daylight hours and for some people […]
I sat down one day with my friend at the kitchen table. It had been a long few days and I was tired, sad and fed-up. “You must be hungry,” she said “you haven’t eaten today. What you need right now is a bacon sandwich!” she declared. I heard my friend’s words and could feel […]