Jun 1, 2021 | Beliefs, Experience
I have a kitchen cupboard full of tea. There’s fragrant loose leaf tea that people have given me as gifts, there are Chinese green teas, herbal ones, the odd bag here and there and my daily go-to tea – a good old-fashioned black tea. I’m from the UK after all and grew...
May 27, 2021 | Connection, Happiness
“I want to give back to the club” Last week, I attended the election meeting where we elected the committee for the new year in my Toastmasters club. Every candidate had to present themselves and what they planned to do should they be elected. In each of the speeches,...
May 26, 2021 | Happiness, Vision
How young are you? How come we always ask «How old are you?» At our recent Toastmasters election meeting, one of the candidates introduced themselves and said “I am 42 years young”. I loved this introduction – I thought it was brilliant. By changing one word, he...
May 25, 2021 | Beliefs, Mission
“I have to work hard!” Do you have this belief too? I was speaking to a friend and we realised we both had this belief. Our parents come from immigrant backgrounds and had to work very hard to get to where they are. Growing up, this was a strong belief that you only...
May 20, 2021 | Beliefs, Motivation
“How can I avoid making the same mistake with my kids?” At our recent Stop Emotional Eating webinar, we talked about how events and situations in childhood affect our eating habits now. Food is often used as a reward in many families, especially sugary things as a...
May 19, 2021 | Experience, Schedule
May is full of school holidays. There are 2 weeks of Spring holidays, then Ascension and Pentecost. Like many mothers I’ve spoken to, these holidays feel like they just spring up unexpectedly. You have just finished one holiday and already there’s another. Last year,...
May 18, 2021 | Connection, Experience
Life is too short to eat tasteless soup As I was driving through town, a local restaurant’s sign caught my eye. I totally agree that life is too short to eat tasteless soup! If you think about it, life is too short for many things. Life is too short for doing a job...
Apr 30, 2021 | Beliefs, Experience
“Don’t forget your pleases and thank yous” My mother used to tell me this. I grew up in the UK and people tend to be very polite. She reminds my little boy too that being polite is very important. Some cultures and languages don’t use such words as often. When you...
Apr 29, 2021 | Experience, Motivation
“Don’t bother buying it, he doesn’t like it.” We were in the supermarket and my little boy wanted to buy cereal. He had put a box of cereal that we had had in the house before in our basket. Last time, he had tried one mouthful and hadn’t touched the rest,...
Apr 28, 2021 | Experience, Mission
At the end of a long week, it’s easy to sit down with crisps, chocolate and gummy bears in front of a movie. You tell yourself you deserve it. Does this sound familiar to you? I’ve been there. I know I don’t need it but there’s something rather comforting about...
