The new buzz word — This word has been bounced around a lot lately by a number of self help guru’s. Unless you are a narcissist, it was impossible not to feel compassion to the victims of the COVID virus. The people on ventilators dying a very lonely death, the families unable to be with…

Wouldn’t it be lovely just to switch off I haven’t written anything in almost a year and every time I looked at the Medium App on my phone, I felt guilty. Now when I am writing, I feel good, I feel focused and I leave all the noise behind. …

You can’t recover if you don’t heal — I’ve been working in the addiction field now for the past 17 years. One of one too many consequences of addiction is relapse. I’ve seen people relapse within an hour of treatment and up to ten years after treatment. Our philosophy, working in early recovery was to dust yourself off…

He won’t stop till he’s achieved his goal or over thrown. — Just what is his goal? Who knows, like Hitler before him, he is pushing to see how far he can go, until he can’t be appeased anymore and there is a World War. All dictators are unstable, as they are megalomaniacs, have no conscience,and are psychopaths. Throughout our history humankind have, by default, let these…

Just how vulnerable are you in recovery? — All Trauma is linked to an event or series of events. When someone is traumatised and at what stage in life, depends on life events and how those events are perceived by each individual. Our first experiences in life are in the womb, as unborn babies, we internalise our mother’s emotions and are effected by her behaviour, both good and bad. …

Can you focus on one thing at a time & stay focused on that one thing for a period of time? If you can, then you’ve cracked it, your a “Mindfulness Guru”… or at least you’re heading in the right direction. Hard to see when your head is up your butt Try doing that when you are busy and or…

when we all get vaccinated or become immune. Or at least we hope so!!! Are you at the end of your tether? Has Covid Fatigue set in? Do you see no end of lockdowns and face masks? Has working from home now lost the novelty. Is home schooling driving you…

Loved it or hated it, what will we do because of it. — For many people the past 18 months have been a living night mare. The saying that “We are all in the same boat” was contradicted by “Not all boats are the same”. Which was true. It was only as bad or good as you made it Living in the affluent…

The cost of living as we come out of lockdown. — For the past two summers and between lockdowns, we have been encouraged by our governments to stay at home and have staycations. My family & I would have been used to going to Spain in the summer for a fortnight. …