I asked on my timeline the other day, how people felt about public speaking… In a ‘standing in front of people, delivering a speech on stage’, kind of way. It was one of the busiest threads I’ve had for a long time, and the conversation turned to confidence in general or lack of it in… Read More >
Why Do You Have A Spoon In Your Tights?
FARTS ARE FUNNY Why do you have a spoon in your tights? I put it there after lunch. Why? To see what it was like. (None of this or the following are jokes BTW, so don’t get excited about any upcoming punchline) these are just regular conversations I have with groups of 5-year-olds I see… Read More >
3 Tips to Win at Weekends
#1: Get that holiday attitude So many of us fantasise all year our Summer Holiday, but why shouldn’t we get those holiday feels and sprinkle them throughout the year?On holiday we tend to ‘go with the flow’, explore, linger over meals, play games, and have longer conversations. While the routine of weekdays (work, school, activities… Read More >
Zombie Apocalypse – 7 Tips
Top tips for being mentally strong
Ever had a ‘wobble’? The kind where you wish you could be a little stronger, a little surer of yourself and your own ideas? Here are the 13 things that Mentally Strong People do in Amy Morin’s book of the same name. Reading this shows you just how overcoming these mean you can overcome what’s… Read More >
Give Me Food
EMOTIONAL EATING What’s it all about, then? Emotional eating: the practice of consuming large quantities of food…usually “comfort” or junk foods, in response to feelings instead of hunger. There is masses of research, giving ‘proper’ (what we call proper; control groups, large enough studies, impartial data gathering) data which suggest that ’emotional eating’ is caused… Read More >
50 Ways To Win At Life
1. You need a regular bedtime. That bedtime is probably 10pm. Set a bedtime alarm. Defend it. And not just for a week. For the long term. 2. You also need a regular getting up time – about 8 hours after you go to sleep. For your mental wellbeing as well as a ton of… Read More >
Self-Care, Wellness & Nits
“I’m taking some time out for Wellness and Self-Care.” Hrmphh. Just read that sentence on t’internet- and frankly… it gives me nits. Well, maybe not actual nits but makes me want to tear my hair out all the same. What I possibly struggle to articulate (because it sends me down all the detailed rabbit holes… Read More >
10 Back to School Tips
A Slightly Cynical and at times A Bit Rubbish Mother’s Guide. This back-to-school season is the first one since 1995 that I won’t be doing it.(Or 1993 if you count pre-school) Child #3 is off to college, and I am under no illusion that busses won’t be missed, folders forgotten etc – It’s not my… Read More >
Adult Play
We’ve spent 3 weekends leading activities and bringing the fun working at Camp Wildfire (google it – it’s awesome). It’s a Summer camp for adults.How cool is that? A weekend just to play. Climbing trees, making stuff, trapeze, quad biking, playing games, swing dancing, hot tubs, yoga, music and general good times.I won’t lie, there… Read More >
“I didn’t sign up for this”.
A couple I know, were having a ‘heated discussion’. The woman told me about it. Her: “I do everything around here, you do as you please – the house is a mess, my job is draining, I’m bored and I’m tired.I didn’t sign up for this”. Him: “How is that MY fault?” Her: “Because you… Read More >
Stoic Journalling
Stoics practised journalling as a philosophical act, but not in a wafty woo-woo way. It was to prepare for the day ahead, to reflect on the day that it happened, to remind themselves of new wisdom that they had learned; from people, from books, from their own experiences. The stoics knew that it’s often not… Read More >
Trigger Warning – Funerals
Sorry to get a bit dark here, but I want you to imagine something that is definitely going to happen. You’re at the church or maybe somewhere else, and your funeral is underway. Thought I’d just get that out of the way early. You’re looking around and you recognise all those people from the different… Read More >
I did a Strong Woman Competition – (no really)
OK so here’s what happened in Feb last year – just before lockdown… I had already made 2020 resolution to “say yes to everything and work it out later”. Generally, that worked out well. However (now bear in mind, I’m quite little, do things like HITT and dancey stuff so I’m relatively fit… but the… Read More >
Let’s Monday Better
Mondays get a really bad rap. I was just thinking about why. This time of year, (and especially this year), we’ve probably had a nice weekend, getting outside, seeing friends maybe – kicking back and hopefully not working. And then BOOM, like a ton of bricks – it’s back to the grind; school runs, work… Read More >
You might already be in my book.
No names, no identifiable details – but maybe you’ll read something and say HELLO – that was me, that was! You may know Human Upgrade as a membership programme (you might be already part of it), but actually it’s a system. A blueprint, if you like – of how to win at life. How to… Read More >
Rubber Band Philosophy
You’ll need: 1 rubber band. If you’ve got one – grab it, but if not, you can imagine it. So I want you to stretch the rubber band between your fingers. The left hand: where you areThe right hand: where you want to be. There’s tension, right?(Good – there needs to be) Now, if that… Read More >
Groundbreaking get in shape plan
You’d think, wouldn’t you – that everyone would know the perfect plan for eating well and exercising properly. Surely there’s been enough science by now? But the studies go on, companies release their new groundbreaking ‘thing’, lots of people try it out and do well for a while – and then they don’t. Like the… Read More >
10 ways to failure-proof yourself
Bigass post – Meaty Ideas – Simple to Implement. 1. Give yourself a break from the all-or-nothing approach. Instead (much more fun) – build some sexy-looking success chains. Each time you have a day of productivity, perfect sleep, plenty of water, great eating, enough exercise, speaking up for yourself,or whichever good choices you want to… Read More >
I’m not being sexist, but…
there are some things that men are just better at. *takes cover for incoming fire* (No genuinely – not sexist, just wildly sweepingly generalising, don’t shoot me, yadda yadda). So, men (in my experience and anecdotally) tend not to say: Can I ask a question?Do you mind if I make a suggestion? They just (sensibly, in… Read More >
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