3 Ways to Improve Family Relationships

3 Ways to Improve Family Relationships

What do you think of Valentine’s Day?  Do you see it as a chance to celebrate love, or a day hijacked by commercial exploitation? Is it fun and meaningful, or do you feel cynical about it? Perhaps you enjoy it, or perhaps you feel excluded by it. For some people it...
Party Outfits and Body Image

Party Outfits and Body Image

"We can't hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love" - Lori Deschene As we approach the festive season, the shops are full of party dresses.  However, Christmas parties - with work colleagues, friends, or families - can be a source of worry for Good...
Finding Hope in Failure

Finding Hope in Failure

Have you ever felt defeated when you have tried to do something different?  I often find it difficult when I'm trying to master a new skill and I don't get it right first time.  There's a part of me that believes that I should be more capable and failure brings out...
8 Signs You’re Wasting Time on a Friend

8 Signs You’re Wasting Time on a Friend

It’s Friendship Month.  Friendships have been so important to me as a Mum, and in fact, it was becoming a Mum that helped me to make friends in my local community.  Having friends who share the ups and downs of parenting has sustained me for 25 years and I’m looking...
Optimism in the Face of Adversity

Optimism in the Face of Adversity

This week in my video I wanted to address how people can remain optimistic even in the face of adversity.  With the help of my ever cheerful partner, I’d managed to reframe a broken glass as a stroke of luck (I didn’t break the more precious water jug).  However, how...

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