So the festivities are over… Late nights, sleeping in, good food, love and laughter have filled that strange time of year that starts for many, just before Christmas, and ends sometime soon, if it hasn’t already done so, and so once more we return to the reality that is ‘Real Life’. Back to work, doing […]

Have you ever walked down the street and had to stop and do a double-take because you think you know someone who just walked past you? Or maybe you spend hours looking at the clouds, recognising the familiar shapes of dragons, unicorns and chocolate bars? We are constantly filtering for that which is familiar. You […]

Does it sometimes seem like no matter what you plan, the universe at large has some other plan that you are, as yet, not privy to? To quote Robert Burns, “the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” but do they really…? Cast aside the control freak, the part that feels comforted and […]

With the festivities of the holiday season behind us, I recall the last couple of weeks or so and notice something more and more prolific in our lives… that we now record the moments of our lives with such ease that sometimes we get more involved in capturing the moment, than actually experiencing it! The reverence […]

'What goes around, comes around…', I've heard it said countless times, but never really gave it much thought until recently when I witnessed an almost text book example of karma, not the spicy/sweet indian dish (although I'm partial to that too…), but the way that the when things happen, a lot of the time they [...]

I recently read an article called "Can You Think Yourself Pregnant?" My first thought was, that's a bit odd, why would you do that? Then I read on… The article explained how bad or negative thoughts can feed to the cells in the body, causing psychological blockages that can stand in the way of becoming pregnant. [...]

We've all had that sensation when we just knew how things were going to turn out before they did. You know, when you can't put your finger on how you know, you just know you know. Now, if you're like many others (myself included), you've overridden your 'knowing', and done the logical, rational thing, even when every [...]

My New Life Began   After Barry and I had only been together a few months he moved in.   As my relationship with Barry, grew so did the girls, they were 7 & 9 by this time. It had change so much, that one day they asked if they could call him dad, which […]

I should have known my marriage wasn’t going to last when, on the night of our joint hen/stag do, he came home with a ‘love bite’ on his neck, and gave some excuse. I threatened to leave him then, but he persuaded me to stay. The first sign that things weren’t right   When his mum […]

We hear so much in the news about domestic abuse and I wanted to share with you my experience and I wanted to let people know that there is life after domestic abuse. To let you know that you can get out and be a different person. Whether it’s through your own courage or with […]