Menopause is a very personal experience, affecting each of us differently. Some, it would seem, barely notice the changes, apart from the fluctuation and eventual decline in monthly periods. For others, it’s an intensely emotional period of their life, adjusting to a new identity and coming to terms with another...
When leading a busy lifestyle, sustaining a positive outlook isn’t always easy. The crowded work commute, busy school run, and hectic mid-week schedules can play havoc with our mental state and interfere with our positivity and happiness, often leaving us feeling sluggish. If this resonates with you, we’ve put together...
I think it’s fair to say that life is lived at such a fast pace nowadays. We’re all eager to pack in as much as possible, the fear of missing out, always niggling at the back of our subconscious. We move from one thing to another, swerving and changing direction...
We’ve probably all faced times in our lives when we’ve put other people’s feelings first, sometimes it’s what we needed to do to better the situation, but other times we’re forgetting about ourselves, when really we need to be selfish and prioritise number 1. Prioritising yourself is often easier said...
Written by Volker Ballueder ‘Man up’ I heard him saying to his little boy. ‘Don’t be a sissy’. ‘Don’t cry like a girl’. Those and similar phrases used to be all too common, and for some people they still are. I believe that my generation is what I call an...
Written by Lucy Higgins, ICF Life & Mindset Coach The pandemic has pushed many of us to breaking point. Women have felt stressed, overwhelmed and been running on adrenaline. Since training as a transformational life coach, I have a broad range of coaching tools and techniques based on psychological and...
Written by Volker Ballueder With the pandemic, at least in the UK, seemingly coming to an end this summer, we need to think how we incorporate mental wellbeing into our daily lives. Pre-pandemic, the words of ‘mental wellbeing’ sounded a bit foreign to a lot of people, there isn’t...
By Lucy Higgins, ICF accredited Life and Mindset Coach @bigtalkformums “In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to.” Dave Hollis. In April 2020, you may remember this quote was doing the rounds on all social media platforms....
Written by Volker Ballueder This too shall pass; a mantra I have been saying to myself since the beginning of the year. The lockdown, the bad weather, the cold weather, all contribute to us feeling miserable, lonely, isolated. A lot of us are not ‘feeling it’ or are in a...
