May 16, 2019 | Connection, Happiness
The phone buzzes and my husband picks up. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” It was the annual birthday call from one of his closest friends in Sweden. There are four of them and they have known each other since they were toddlers. They grew up together and they were his best men at...
May 15, 2019 | Experience, Happiness
“Woah, we’re halfway there, Woah, livin’ on a prayer Take my hand, we’ll make it I swear, Woah, livin’ on a prayer” As a teenager in my first car, I had Bon Jovi blasting over the speakers. I don’t do that anymore but when I saw the Bon Jovi...
May 14, 2019 | Mission, Vision
“Who’s that?” I ask my little boy and he says “Julie”. I was pointing at the self-portrait my good friend was exhibiting. I told her she’s done an amazing job since he immediately recognized who it was. Last week, we visited the vernissage where Julie had a couple of...
May 10, 2019 | Accountability, Mission
“If I’m not actively doing anything about it, then I’m choosing it”. This statement stuck in my mind. My neighbour and I have similar aged kids so we were discussing the latest challenges we were facing. She said that she moved her daughter’s bedtime earlier which...
May 9, 2019 | Beliefs, Experience
“You’re not allowed to leave the table until you finish your food”, “Let’s treat ourselves with cake”, “I stuffed myself with comfort food” It is unbelievable how many layers there are to food. With clients, we often work on looking after ourselves so that includes...
May 8, 2019 | Experience, Happiness
Congratulations to my husband Henrik on your wonderful gym. With a few friends, we celebrated the grand opening of his private gym in our cellar where he proudly conducted some tours. Back in February, my husband and I had a family offsite (1). We decided on 3 things...
May 7, 2019 | Experience, Productivity
A friend was telling me that she heard a good technique about incorporating more exercise into your day. Every time you brush your teeth, you do an exercise. Every time you go and make a cup of tea, you add 10 squats, every time you go to the fridge, you do 10-star...
May 3, 2019 | Procrastination, Productivity
“You can’t take on any new things until you finish these tasks and that includes lunches with people”. This week, I found myself with a couple of tasks that I just needed to get done and little tasks here and there were being presented to my left, right and centre. I...
May 2, 2019 | Experience, Happiness
“I’d like you to meet a friend of mine – he’s so incredibly kind” When my dad said this to me, I was intrigued as it takes a lot for my Dad to be impressed like that. We went to visit this all day café run by a Turkish family in Cliftonville, the town I grew up...
May 1, 2019 | Procrastination, Productivity
So I’m walking down the road to my nearest train station and as I’m walking, ideas for my blog posts are popping into my head. “That would be a good topic”. I’m hurrying to catch the train so I say to myself I’ll remember it in my head. BIG MISTAKE. If I could get a...
