by simon | Mar 25, 2023 | Building Self-Esteem & Strengthening Resilience
When we feel anger, it comes from a deep place that demands acknowledgement and appropriate expression. At these times, we must find healthy ways to honour our anger, remembering how harmful it is to repress it. However, anger can also become a habit, our go-to...
by simon | Feb 25, 2023 | Building Self-Esteem & Strengthening Resilience
Resilience is about strengthening several mindsets and skills. Loving chocolate is a positive mindset; consuming it is a life-enhancing skill. These are my 13 go-to sentences for helping other people understand why chocolate is good for them (and me): 1 Chocolate...
by simon | Feb 11, 2023 | Building Self-Esteem & Strengthening Resilience
Loving yourself is about putting yourself first, even when others demand your attention. It’s recognizing your strengths, flaws, and imperfections and still holding yourself in the highest regard. It’s making a mistake, picking yourself back up, growing from that...
by simon | Jan 25, 2023 | Building Self-Esteem & Strengthening Resilience
I’ve just had a long walk before coming into the coffee shop today and reflecting on what the symbolism of winter means to me. It’s so easy to get immersed in daily tasks and concerns that we rarely look outside of our own lives and notice how the seasons can reflect...
by simon | Jan 18, 2023 | Building Self-Esteem & Strengthening Resilience
If I get an urge to exercise, I lie down until it passes. Let me tell you about this one. Secondary school! The gym – what can I say? A torture chamber. That large trampoline around which we young gals stood while somebody bounced around in the centre of the...
by simon | Jan 11, 2023 | Building Self-Esteem & Strengthening Resilience, Wise Woman Ways
Years back, when someone said “sacred space” to me, it conjured up images of lofty churches, swinging incense or a temple. Over time, I reflected on it. Space is all around us, I thought. It can be full of things or empty of things. A garden, for example, is a...
