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If you live with depression you live in the past.   If you have anxiety you live in the future. Somewhere in the middle is the present and to keep yourself here is easier said than done.   These crazy days of being at home with our ever-present loved ones are very precious indeed.  They are also are the days when you’re likely to be frazzled and they instinctively know how to dry-hump your last remaining nerve.  The only mantra you can muster is, “Let mummy drink her coffee!”     Right now is a time we should be looking...

We all have times when we are frazzled, emotionally exhausted and in a total brain funk. This feeling is often is accompanied by our dear friends anxiety, frustration and a general feeling of “blah” joining the party too. Here are some ways that will help you back to the path of feeling your usual upbeat self again.  Stop rushing and slow your pace.   Do nothing. Some of the best advice my mum has given me is when faced with a big decision, a choice or path to take and you don’t know what to do, do nothing. Make no...

Things I've learnt from five years in business I wish I knew at the start....   ❤️ •You can survive on three hours sleep - not well, but you'll live   🧡 • From the first message you can usually get the measure of someone and you should trust that instinct   💛 • “Contacts" and "networking" and business talk in general is utter tripe!! You make friends because they help you survive the rough times and they ‘get it’   💚 • You don't have to be perfect, or even that professional, but you should always be honest  ...

  Just like the Parenting Olympics, the beginning of a new school year means mothers (and fathers, credit where it’s due) up and down the country are limbering up, getting fully prepared, for that all important first day back.  Basically, its the only day of the whole school year that I can guarantee I’ve got every single thing they may need to hand.  It’s all clean, ironed, labelled, bagged, polished and packed ready to see action.      Nature is very cruel and has made this mammoth operation of preparation coincide with looking after the little darlings.  If you’ve a...

  A  R a i n b o w  R o o m  F o r  T w o  It’s a tough brief to accommodate a tweenage girl and a 6 year old boy in the same bedroom. We decided a rainbow theme would keep everyone happy (particularly me, I immediately started planning what to make for the finishing touches.) I will have the smaller back bedroom and the children and all of their beloved plastic crap can move into the larger front bedroom.  When decorating, there are variables that you have to work around and cannot change - typically...