I’ve been unwell with a cold virus. It's been waking me up in the night with a persistent tickly cough that feels like it's rattling the brain in my skull like the meat inside a cheap sausage roll. I’ve been lethargic and disinterested in everything. One day this week I took to the sofa … [Read more...] about Anger Mismanagement
Self Acceptance
Goal Disoriented
In the post-Christmas slump, we're opening gifts from my sister in the certain knowledge they'll be edible. Due to a glut of gingerbread, the lebkuchen included in her parcel can wait for another day but we happily plunder the chocolate-covered biscuits. We are in the middle of a game of … [Read more...] about Goal Disoriented
Anytime Resolutions
Yes, it's December 11th, that time of year when you start afresh with your resolutions, creating a "new you" that will endure long into the future. OK, I know that today isn't the day traditionally set aside for a new start but while I am a big fan of positive change, New Year resolutions leave … [Read more...] about Anytime Resolutions
Black Friday & Feelings Of Scarcity
It's Black Friday, an unwelcome import encouraging us to part with money we don't have to adorn ourselves and our houses with things we don't need. For someone like me, constantly wrestling with a tendency toward a scarcity mindset, Black Friday offers little incentive other than to occasionally … [Read more...] about Black Friday & Feelings Of Scarcity
A Semblance Of Control
In our strenuous efforts to exert control, we mostly find that we don't have any. ”It rained and it rained and it rained. Piglet told himself that never in all his life, and he was goodness knows how old – three, was it, four? – never had he seen so much rain” So begins chapter nine of AA … [Read more...] about A Semblance Of Control