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 >

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 >