As a child I was a fussy eater. When I say fussy – that’s somewhat of an understatement. As a ‘pub-kid’ my staples were Coke, Crisps and ‘scampi and chips in a basket’. I kind of wandered around, helping myself to things – and was largely left to my own devices as children did much… Read More >

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 >

What to do when you don’t know what to do. The brain – she’s a fickle mistress. When our angst-wracked friend comes to us with an unsolvable problem that’s had them pacing the dining room at 4am… 9 times out of 10 we say – “well that’s easy – you do X and Y”. Ta-da…. Read More >

There’s stubborn – and there’s ‘Claire stubborn’. When you meet her, you’d be forgiven for thinking she’s a small mild-mannered, Zen-like creature – but this is only partly accurate. Her stubbornness has, however evolved into something more… stoic.   As I am writing this, she’s sitting across the desk from me giving the Insurance company… Read More >

OK. Look into my eyes… And. SLEEP. Genuinely – hypnosis is the closest thing to magic we have in our eclectic (some would say astonishing / exceptional / bonkers) Wise & Gorgeous toolkit. 😉 We are borderline obsessed with it and unexpectedly has ended up being the majority of what we do with people 121…. Read More >

Athletes and sportspeople know that warming up their bodies is key to winning. Performers wouldn’t DREAM of going on stage without warming up their voices. We all KNOW that eating healthily, regular exercise, getting enough sleep and water transforms the way our bodies look and feel. But busy lives, deadlines ‘life juggling’ make it feel… Read More >

Here was the day I realised “I can’t live like this any more”. It was about 10 years ago and I used to totally convince myself I could ‘keep it all up there’ (taps head). I’m creative. It’s just how I am. It works for me. PHONE RINGS: Caller: Hello is that Tanya – where… Read More >

OK, so we are blatantly showing off someone we are hugely proud of. It seems like a humblebrag Naomi is a Mum, an Oxford-Educated Biochemist, Solicitor, Semi-Professional Choral Singer… well, let’s just say time is at a premium. She found the time and did the work. Simple as that. And in doing the work. She… Read More >

    “Dry as old chuff, babe” Did you know there’s one purchase you can make that can massively improve your memory, help you sleep, help you connect with people more and have a better life? What do you reckon it is? Nootropics? Nah. Vitamins? Maybe but not really what we are getting at. It’s… Read More >

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’… Read More >

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 >

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 the punchline… these are just regular conversations I have with groups of 5-year olds I see… Read More >

Had some interesting conversations with people today making changes in their lives and spending a lot of energy trying to work out whether they are doing the ‘right thing’. Literally can’t help. Without the benefits of time travel, functioning crystal ball? and so on – my answer to ‘am I doing the right thing’ is …… 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 >

  This is what it feels like when you don’t feel like it. Can you imagine your doctor saying: if you take these pills, the side effects are losing any excess fat, you can eat pretty much everything you want, stay slim and have tons of energy…and it will work within days. Long story short… Read More >

  Getting Away Most of us look forward to time ‘off’. Holidays, breaks, spa days. Instinctively, we know this stuff is good for us. We relax, recharge, indulge in a little escapism But why is it, when you think about it, that we arrange 50 weeks of the year full of things we have to… Read More >

  YOU DON’T NEED PERMISSION  I’m not sure about you staying in a hotel with all those men about. Also I am not too happy about letting you spend family money on a jolly, when we’ve got bills to pay. I got a message recently, from an Inner Circle member with a dilemma (she was… Read More >

So. That stone you need to lose. The thighs you think aren’t slim enough. The jeans you want to fit into. The wrinkles you are going to get botox for… so you can be sexy and attractive enough. Can I promise you, I mean seriously, hand on heart, urgent face, promise you. None of that… Read More >

  We spend a lot of our time working hard to try to get away with stuff… To stay out of the Headmaster’s Office of life. Newton’s Third Law is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The definition of Karma: For every action, there will always be a reaction. (also Wiccan… Read More >

  It’s sad. We asked people in our group about the names they have been called. The names they have heard other people called. We asked them the names they call themselves. Then we made a list of what they said. The really sad part was we knew what they were going to say before… Read More >