I’ve always been resilient when it comes to change. I’ve mixed it up all of my life. At the age of 16, I craved independence and left home, only to go back 4 weeks later with my tail firmly between my legs. I was 19 before I had another go, and this time I made […]
Category: Friendship
Have you tried giving up yet?
As young teens, my friend Jackie and I hitchhiked back and forward from Glasgow to Grimsby all the time. I say Grimsby, but I really mean Cleethorpes, Cleethorpes by the sea. We loved it. There was sand, pubs and boys and what’s more, these boys thought the Scots to be exotic creatures and to be […]
Why we think the way we do
According to Sigmund Freud, our personality begins to form just after we are born, and the first part of our psyche to emerge is the Id. The Id is the very beginning of forming our individual personalities and is the part of our psyche that ensures our basic human needs are met. He described this […]
Sing or dance like nobody is watching
I give Bilbo, our dog, a chew stick and he expresses unkept joy. He throws it in the air and pounces on it again and again. In his little doggy head, he has not a care in the world, and I can remember being that carefree and happy when I was a child, especially if […]
Why Coaching is catching on
Personal and career coaching used to be the sole privilege of executives and leaders of large organisations. Now you can’t throw a stone without hitting a life coach, and that is because more and more people are deciding to use them to get themselves unstuck. I love coaching! I love coaching because I love people! […]
I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Have you told a lie today? Statistically, you will have told two. So why do we lie? Well, it’s an evolutionary trait actually. Evolutionists believe that the reason we have such large brains is to help us navigate the complexity of our societies and social structures. The ability to tell a convincing lie is one […]
An open letter to my friend
My dear friend I sat here tonight and thought about you; you filled my mind. And while I was thinking about you, I suddenly realised that I don’t know with any certainty where your head’s at, but I think I could guess. I know that we have never lived in each other’s pockets; that there […]
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