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Improving wellbeing during Covid lockdown in Iceland
Today, I had the pleasure of attending the online conference on Public Health and Positive Psychology in times of COVID-19. One talk in particular caught my attention: Dora Gudmundsdottir, Director of Public Health in Iceland and current President of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP) was talking about health and wellbeing before and after […]
Rethinking stress may be good for you
The stress response is familiar to most of us. The heart rate increases, the palms get sweaty we have learned that it...
Daring to Dream – a Podcast
Welcome to the new podcast series, Daring to Dream. In this episode, I have interviewed, Beryl Subia, a young female...
Hugs, cuddles or a cwtch – how important are they?
Reading the newspaper the other morning, delaying the inevitable walk from breakfast in the garden to my office...
Dealing with other people’s frustrations
I had a client recently who was upset. She had got to breaking point at work with a colleague who had been undermining...
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Making space for thought
It was an interesting day for me yesterday. No coaching clients, but two interviews instead. In one I was the interviewer talking to a young, fearless entrepreneur about her business, her mindset and values for a podcast series I will be starting soon. In the second I was the interviewee. The benefit of having space […]
Reaching for the sky
I had a lovely day today as I had meetings with two very strong ladies to talk about a collaborative project I have in planning. The conversations we had were amazing and inspiring. One was a working mother who was diagnosed with a life altering condition about 18 months ago. Having undertaken quite aggressive treatment […]
Joyful June
As an expat, June has always been a bittersweet month, looking forward to the summer holidays and seeing family, but also saying goodbye to friends who you have been close to and shared your life in your country of choice. June is that time of year when families start moving, exams finished, school year […]
Anchoring your Attention
The last couple of weeks I have been guilty of procrastination. There have been too many things on my list of tasks and too many choices of exciting new projects in front of me. So what have I done? Binged on Netflicks… that haven for procrastinators and sloth. But this morning is different. I […]
When anger can be positive
I have spoken before about random acts of kindness and how they can improve your own wellbeing as well as that of the person you are kind to. The other morning, in my community, a young dog was abandoned. There was an outcry of anger that someone could do such a thing before the community […]