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Writing ➤ 30th March 2023

Journal Your Way To Better Writing: How Journalling Improves Your Craft

Writing is wonderful when it’s all going well, the words are flowing and you’re totally ‘in it’. It’s the best feeling. When it’s not going so well? Gah, it’s incredibly frustrating. We’ve all seen (and...

Everything Else ➤ 6th December 2024

ADHD Support For Those Living In Cornwall

This is a working document which is updated frequently with the help and support available to those who live in Cornwall and have ADHD (whether diagnosed or self-realised). >> Download the .pdf version Useful READING...

DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 12th October 2023

A Christmas Gift Guide for Pre-Teen Girls

I do not like choosing gifts for people. In fact, it's a huge source of stress for me. Will they like it? Do they already have it? What if they pretend to like it? What if they're disappointed? Thankfully, we have a long-held family tradition of sharing gift lists and I'm really grateful we do. With that in mind, and because this pre-teen age is one I find tricky to buy for, I roped Peggy into helping me craft this gift guide for pre-teen girls in the hope it'll help you in the same way our lists help me.

Writing ➤ 13th April 2023

Never Run Out of Ideas: 5 Simple Strategies for Consistent Blog Content

Keeping a blog's editorial calendar padded out with content that's relevant, fresh, interesting, helpful, and engaging is a continual work in progress. Here are 5 really simple tried and tested ways to come up with enough ideas to fill an editorial calendar with content we can be proud of.

Everything Else ➤ 1st March 2024

What Athletes Teach Us About Goal-Setting And Goal-Getting

The frameworks athletes build around a central overriding goal are fascinating. And, replicable. That's the bit I find so juicy; we can all build support systems, carefully curated routines, and take care of ourselves in optimum ways.

DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 19th April 2024

This Crochet Pattern Makes The Cosiest Blanket

Our daughter is in her minimalistic preppy era and wanted a blanket for her bed which fit the brief. I found just the thing and then made it!

Everything Else ➤ 26th March 2024

The Reason Why ‘Thinking Positive’ Isn’t Always Easy

The negative stuff tends to shine like a beacon, roar like a lion and refuse to retreat. Positive stuff does happen, and we actively look for it, but it always feels outnumbered by the rough stuff, which starts to make us feel that we're doing something wrong, that we're broken, that we're really unlucky. Or all of the above.

DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 5th October 2023

Recording Your Own Affirmation Track Is A Really Good Idea

A buck-ton of science backs up why and how affirmations work. The trouble I’ve always found is that they feel a bit disingenuous when I listen to them. When I read already-written ones aloud, they’re...

Everything Else ➤ 31st March 2023

A Compassionate Guide To Ditching Self-Doubt

Those sneaky and persistent feelings of self-doubt and limiting beliefs don’t half hold us back. Causing hesitation, creating mental blocks and crushing our confidence. They make us second-guess ourselves to the point where we’re afraid...

Writing ➤ 26th March 2024

Body-Doubling For When You’re Struggling to Focus OR Get Started On Tasks

You know how you hear about something new and then you hear about the same thing a few more times before you really take note? I was the same with Schitt's Creek and in more recent times, body-doubling. The term 'body-doubling' is one I've only just learned about but it's a notion I recognise as a mechanism I've used as far as I can remember to focus and get started on things.

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