From the Blog…

 

(Warning: Although this blog starts off light and fluffy, it wanders into quite a dark place – so please be prepared). I’ve just returned from a wonderful weekend in the Lake District with my girlfriends. We’re a group of 5, who all went to the same high...

 

“We are living progressively sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, over-fed, under-challenged, safety-netted lives” Michael Easter (Author of The Comfort Crisis). When I was a girl, growing up in the late 70s/early 80s, I used to walk the 2 miles to school every day, there and back, on my...

 

I’m always really happy to have a hug from people I care about, and who I know care about me. That’s because hugging is so good for us. It’s also because Physical Touch is one of my primary Love Languages. To refresh your memory on The 5 Love...

 

I’ve just returned from a LOVELY trip to Ireland (my spiritual home and where I feel closest to my deceased parents). I went with my LOVELY son, to see some of my LOVELY relatives. Because it’s a LOVELY place and I was with LOVELY people, we had...

 

I met with one of my Lovely clients this week. Let’s call him Luke – Lovely Luke :) Luke is quite possibly the nicest, gentlest, most compassionate person I’ve ever met. He is kindness personified. He’s thoughtful, caring and selfless. On a scale of Loveliness he’s right at the top...

 

I strongly suspect that many of my wonderful Lovelies are Empaths. We’ve all heard the term Empath, it’s a derivation of the word empathy, but just in case you’re not sure what an Empath actually is, here is some deeper insight. I’ll highlight the advantages and disadvantages...

 

It’s interesting to see how the world has changed since COVID struck. In many ways, things have gone back to exactly how they were before – shops, bars, cinemas etc. As if it was all a bad dream that never really happened. But in other ways, things have...

 

I want to talk about people-pleasing in this blog. That’s why most of you will be here. That’s why I’m here too. People-pleasing is a classic symptom of low self-esteem. I've never met a people-pleaser that didn’t have some kind of low self-esteem. Low self-esteem almost always begins in childhood. More...