​"...I do believe that if your culture or tradition doesn't have the specific ritual you are craving, then you are absolutely permitted to make up a ceremony of your own devising."  - Elizabeth Gilbert

I recently watched a beguiling and moving docu series with the...

Sometimes it just feels too hard... doesn't it? Trying to do life and do business can be tough stuff. No time more so than now as we're experiencing a variety of craziness most of us haven't experienced before. Maybe a part of you just thinks it would be easier to just...

It’s World Mental Health Day #WMHD, so I thought about whether I should post something. After all, I’m ‘in the business’ so to speak. The business of helping people that is and that means that in my work, I often end up talking about and dealing with mental health chal...

For those of you with young children in the family, you're probably already laughing. For those others of you who think I've finally tipped over the edge, let me explain. A few years ago, my niece Gabby was nothing short of obsessed with The Lego Movie. We watched it o...

I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU…BIG NEWS! JUST FOR YOU…

Did you know that there’s a huge YOU shaped hole in the universe? Yup.

You see, you are not here by accident. None of us are.  Each of us is designed to fit a metaphorical hole in the universe that only we can fill.  We each ha...

As I write, it's International Stress Awareness Week. What the bejeezers does that mean? And, what are we expected to do?

My Dad used to say that stress is a modern invention. I think what he meant was that the word 'stress' is a fairly new addition to our vocabulary. O...

“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.” Brene Brown

The fabulous Brene Brown has become well known for her research in to shame and vulnerability. I literally cried when I read he...

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall in to someone else's plan. And, guess what they have planned for you? Not much." Jim Rohn

SO, WHAT THE #@#! IS A LIFE PATH MENTOR ANYWAY?

So, you know those times when you feel like you’re stuck at a crossr...

Do you ever want to just run and hide? Want to close the curtains and shut the world out? Does it just sometimes get to be ‘too much’? This post is dedicated to the lovely Lindsey Whitaker and our recent conversation about honesty, overwhelm, perceptions and ‘variprene...

Hello lovely readers. Today I have something quite momentous to share with you. Yesterday, I finally made peace with my Mother after 41 years. Yep, you read that right.   

My struggles, traumas and experiences of life growing up alone with my violent paranoid...