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 >

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. 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 >

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 >

Don’t be like me. As a feral teenager with a large perm and a cocky attitude – I was left almost completely to my own devices. Also, importantly – I didn’t find being organised very interesting. Upshot: I was massively disorganised. What I did find interesting was; going to places I was too young for,… Read More >

This will help. (Full training in the HU Vault) Here we are ^^^ with some Human Upgrade members talking after our training on ‘Speaking Up’ on Wednesday.In Human Upgrade, (the W&G Membership that helps you win at life), we’ve spent the last week or so doing some work on Speaking Up.I’ve picked out some of… Read More >

While difficult conversations sometimes HAVE to happen… what about having them before things get to breaking point. When you think about it – when you are angry and fed up – it’s unlikely that you are in the best place for a productive discussion. In the same way – an unexpected onslaught can be bet with defensiveness. So while we have been arming the Human… Read More >

You Are Not Your Body. As the Human Upgrade Sisterhood prepare for their 12-week fitness plan (and The Inner Circle have fitness goodies a’comin too – if you haven’t joined, this would be a very good time) I thought I would blatantly repost this morning’s photo. A message came through just before, which said ‘I… Read More >

Pic: Me. Yesterday. Blatantly lying down in a wildflower patch on a golf course. Read on… I was 18, studying for my Sociology A-Level and on the way out of the lesson, fully in some putting-the-World-to-rights conversation or other and I tripped out of the door. For someone who is supposed to be good at… Read More >

I noticed a neighbour (active, mid-60s) mowing her lawn a while back Well more accurately I noticed the smell of cut grass which combined with the smell of the coffee I had just made and the bath I had just got out of. I would buy that perfume. As I was drying my hair I… Read More >

Lockdown Five weeks and counting…If you made a resolution to get fit, eat healthily, learn Mandarin, blitz the house on the first day of Lockdown – you’re 5 weeks in. It’s the New Year’s resolution equivalent of Mid-February. Your typical gymgoer looks forward to mid-February because that’s when all the ‘New Years Resolution People’ bugger… Read More >

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I love bookshops. I love the smell of them (especially the weird old ones between tattooists and shoe repair places), the vibe of them the fact that the people behind the till are usually nice and nerdy and totally up for a chat. Did you know that real, ‘hold in your hand’ books – still… Read More >

I just saw on ‘On This Day’ that when my lovely dad died, I dyed my hair from blonde to really dark. Looking back, that was pretty symbolic, but I felt the urge to DO something, I think. I went on to change a whole lot of other things too – but I’ll tell you… Read More >

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I wrote an email the other day that talked about all the extra time that people have now the government imposed restrictions have come into force. It provoked the biggest email mailbag for a while, with an interestingly diverse set of replies. We are always delighted that 1) people take the time out of their… Read More >

Start a – Good Sh*t List Call it whatever you like… Write down the good stuff However tiny Start today and do it every day It changes the way that you feel It changes the way that you think Your brain has a natural negative bias, that is just how it is. There is a… Read More >

  ‘Old Me’ quite liked a healthy internet debate. ‘New Me’s default is to leave them to it. However one did draw me in a little yesterday, and it got me thinking. The semantics of how/whether/how long we should or shouldn’t go out walking at the moment was the topic. It was a little dreary… Read More >

During this lockdown/government-imposed holiday/house arrest/apocalypse/home spa retreat, (depending on your persuasion) some new worries have risen to the surface: #TRENDING WORRIES Why is everyone so brilliant while I am terrible at homeschooling? The children are going to be so behind when they get back. What if they get the virus? What if I get the… Read More >

Funny old times, these. My Dad would have called this all a ‘rum do’. (I’m not sure if that’s a real phrase or a ‘my dad-ism’.) And whether it lasts for 3 weeks, 6 months or more – this will all end one day Hard to believe at the moment – but all things do… Read More >

#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,… Read More >