This was us the other day. (Claire’s behind the camera) We tipped each of our 2 youngest children out of their beds – to go ‘Sunflower Picking’. I have never used that phrase before yesterday. The reason I hadn’t heard it before, is because near where we live – it hadn’t happened before. This particular… Read More >
Archives for July 2020
Brain Tumours, Bum Fingering & Ridiculous Confetti
2020, eh? Sheesh. I’ve been really thinking about why I haven’t freaked out as much as lots of people have.I think the reality is – I had my own 2020 in 2016.(and a mini-extended one over the 2019-last month)The talk that I bust out on stage, begins with me saying ‘3 women stuck their finger… Read More >
Change what you can
If at first, you don’t ‘suck seed’… (I made Buddhist pun …*nods sagely*) A Buddhist Teaching: Look at an apple tree.There might be five hundred apples on the tree, and each apple has ten seeds. That’s a lot of seeds. We might ask, “Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few… Read More >
Taking your brain’s bra off
When I sign up for courses… I don’t always see them through. Often I do – but holding my hands up – other times, I start out well and mean to come back to it. Then I don’t come back to it. (which is slightly terrifying to realise about myself as I’ve personally just signed… Read More >
They’re Watching
In Human Upgrade today, we talked about what an amazing example it sets to do daily exercise. The fact that children are home from school to see it – makes it better rather than worse. That stuff goes in. If you’ve got teeny children – you have got even more of a head-start with this… Read More >
Self Care Is Annoying
Self-Care is annoying. As a concept. I get it, though. I know what people mean and we, ourselves, advise people to do it. But as a separate ‘activity’, reality is – we know it will be the first thing to go. It’s you having to add yet another thing. Most people are ‘functioningly’ knackered…. Read More >
Relationship MOT, would you pass?
Want to book yourself in for our Relationship Emotional Security M.O.T? Any advisories? A bit of work need doing? Or will you fly through? It’s interesting, how lockdown’s affected unexpected areas of life – both for the better and for the worse. There we were, playing a reasonable round of the game of life, and… Read More >