We all want to be the best mum we can be… .. .but trying too hard to get it right, or to do it all perfectly, is counter-productive. Below are three ways that our perfectionism can affect our children. Do you recognise any of them? 1. High expectations and...
I’m lying on a gorgeous sunny beach, with a view of crystal clear waters, palm trees and parasols. The air is hot, the atmosphere calm, lazy and indulgent. My husband and I are sinking into our first do-nothing-all-day-beach-holiday for the first time since our...
If you want to live in a kinder world… you have to start with yourself The world I want to live in is one where we are encouraged to be kind, compassionate and thoughtful to others above all else. One where compassion is seen not as weak or a...
Resolutions? Goals? Intentions? How best to start your New Year… Happy New Year! Unfortunately my family and I have had a sad start to 2018. One of our two young cats got hit by a car and died by the side of the road. For the week after New Years Day our...
The secret to inner happiness is really very simple. Not easy, but simple. In fact, it’s one of the hardest things we have to learn, inundated as we are by so many perfect media images, cultural expectations and childhood beliefs that oppose it. In my...
I used to think that my perfectionism was a strength…but I was wrong. Looking back over the first 38 years of my life it is clear now that the way I approached life, and the way I thought about and treated myself were classic symptoms of the perfectionist...
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