career, community, connections, experiences, goals, gratitude, happiness

The law of attraction

May 2, 2018

I had never heard of the law of attraction before meeting one of my neighbours at the street party I instigated last summer. She spoke passionately about how our thoughts become actions and our actions become outcomes. Her theory...

death, innerpeace, life, noregrets

If I had a week to live

March 14, 2018

Today, I attended an “End of Life Masterclass” as part of my work for Age UK. It brought together 100 GP’s from across the county. I was there in order to give out information about our services and promote the...

equality, feminism, women

International Women’s Day

March 7, 2018

Tomorrow, March 8th, is International Women’s Day (IWD) but what does that actually mean and what’s the point? Well, IWD is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The first IWD gathering in 1911...

communication, feedback, gratitude, positivity, randomactsofkindness

Lighthouses

February 28, 2018

When I went to Eden Community Camp last May, the country manager, Peter Lefort, did a rousing talk about lighthouses, part of which you can read here. Peter made reference to a conversation he had with a lady at...

blogging, motivation, work, writing

Do it anyway

January 8, 2018

When I started blogging a year and a half ago, I did so with the intention of doing something creative that might make people happy. I was inspired by Emily Coxhead who’s quite literally in the business of making people happy...

anxiety, blogging, confidence, experiences, happiness, heartbreak, mentalhealth, motivation, positivity, survival

To 16 year old me

October 25, 2017

First of all, you are so fucking beautiful, don’t listen to them! Any person who ever tries to make you feel shit about yourself is reflecting their own self loathing. Your ears and nose aren’t too big, your skin...

alcohol, blogging, cancer, charity, education, experiences, love, macmillan, motivation, sober, soberoctober, writing

Sober October

October 21, 2017

Sober October seemed like a really good idea at the time. I love a challenge and if I’m raising money for one of my faveourite charities, (Macmillan Cancer Support), along the way, then everyone’s a winner. I knew it’d be...

Blog-iversary

August 25, 2017

A year ago I fucked up an entire wall in my spare room, brainstorming what I could do to make the world a slightly better place. The only thing I could think of (that I might be any good...

blogger, hello, inspiration, introduction, motivation

Why am I here?

August 14, 2017

I fucked up an entire wall in my spare room generating ideas that got me here. Seriously, I’ve written all over it. In highlighter pens, pink and blue to be precise. I’ll have to repaint the whole wall and...

blogging, cancer, charity, death, gratitude, motivation, the happy newspaper, volunteer, volunteering, writing

Watch “The Happy Newspaper” on YouTube

July 24, 2017

I’ve been lucky enough to write an article for the amazing Happy Newspaper which is out now! I recorded my response to seeing this article and read it out for you all too. If you’d like to take a look at...