Living with Overactive Imagination: the highs, the lows, and the completely...
I was born with an interesting condition known as Overactive Imagination. Even as I type the title of this blog post, I’m wandering off into the mystery mistiness of my imagination… Where did the idiom...
View ArticleThe Gift of the Present
We spend far too much time in our heads – worrying, remembering, giving out to ourselves, complaining… Imagine how much energy we waste on our thoughts… Do we really need them? Could we go on without...
View ArticleHappiness is a Choice
Palliative nurse Bronnie Ware recorded The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Number five is: “I wish that I had let myself be happier.” This signifies that the dying patients Bronnie spoke with had come...
View ArticleTime Out
Whenever I get sick, three things happen. First, I resist the situation. I resent having to slow down and take time off. I think I should be working (and working out). Next, I go with it. I recognise...
View ArticleThe Dancer
As part of the Life Coaching course I’m doing, I have to attend a professional Life Coach. In my most recent session, I was telling the coach about how I sometimes think unkind thoughts about myself....
View ArticleCrushed
I have a crush. In order to protect (some of) my pride, I won’t describe the lucky man. What I will divulge is that he’s refreshingly different from my usual type. I feel pleased that men like him...
View ArticleFulfilled
I’ve made a pleasing decision to treat myself to (at least) one thing per month that will make me feel good. I never question handing over large sums for rent, insurance and petrol, so why not do the...
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