I heard Jimmy Carr on the radio this morning describing a feeling at his age of being in the ‘half time’ of life and how he wanted to make the most of what is going to happen next. Well I am a woman of ‘a certain age’ (57) and I out of curiosity I googled how long...
6 weeks ago I started on the Couch to 5k app, my goal to run a race for life this year. Yesterday after running for 25 minutes non stop my “coach” Michael Johnson declared ‘you can call yourself a runner now’! What a powerful statement to say to 55 year old me. In the...
When it comes to talking about confident communication my favorite behavioural model is one which talks about balancing two things. Consideration for the wants and needs of others and the Courage to express your own wants and needs. Courage seems to be a very apt word...
Do you laugh enough? As I am doing a comedy course at the moment, I laugh a lot. At myself, with the other people in the group and at the many comedians that I am watching and admiring on youtube and live locally. Laughter therapy is just that – it makes you...
Over the last 3 months I have been on a stand up comedy course every Monday evening at the Midlands Arts Centre. Why on earth I hear you ask? Because the idea of doing a stand up routine in front of a group of people terrified me. To be “Limitless” I know...
Do you like yourself? A strange question for some people I have no doubt, but an important one! Why …. because I don’t know that many people who would answer “Yes of course!”. From the beautiful teenager who simply cant see how amazing she...
