Navigating Everyday Life

  I have recently had some people close to me, go through some challenging situations and at the same time, I have navigated some of my own emotions, while trying to better understand myself so that I am in a good place to be able to support them.  I have always considered myself somewhat of an extravert. I have always enjoyed being in other peoples company and just being able to share life with others. Saying this I have also always believed in keeping my circle of friends small and intimate.  Since moving to other UK, leaving behind my support structure and my family, and having worked from home for 12 and a half years, I realised that my circle grew progressively smaller over the years. My own immediate family grew and my priorities shifted. When looking at my career progression, from time to time I complete the 16 personalities test and in so doing have found the core parts of me do not seem to change, but one thing that certainly has, is I have shifted from extra, to...

As I sit down to write this, I find myself in a very vulnerable space this morning and maybe a reason I feel I need to write.  One is to let it out, and put my emotions on paper so that I can just let them go and two, maybe because at one point, someone may find themself feeling the same way, and knowing you are not alone and that we all experience these moments, may bring you some level of comfort. I recently shared about being a true empath and how this sometimes is my downfall, how I avoid conflict because I don’t want to stir the pot, but that I have learned to stand up for myself and my family when it truly matters. Truth is, I have, but it never makes it easy,  maybe my shortcomings and failings are that I wear my heart on my sleeve. I try as far as possible to be real, to show people the REAL me, failings and all. I don’t try be someone I am not, I am not perfect and I know that. I am not the perfect friend, mother, daughter, sister or wife. I make mistakes everyday, so...

I started this blog and titled it, Navigating Life and being real. Why did I start it, through Covid I found life, working and home schooling, with all the negativity a challenge.  Looking at social media and measuring other people’s success against my own based on the video’s they shared around what they were doing while we all found ourselves locked away, prisoners in our own homes. I wanted people to know that being real about, not having all your shit together, was okay and that there are struggles that we all face, and that is okay.  Recently though, I have questioned myself and really wondered how real I am being with my audience and with myself. If I am not being real with myself, then how can I be real with my audience. I have over the last few years been through a lot, some good, some bad, highs and lows, as most of us do. I found some situations challenging and others I have breezed through. I have questioned myself, but not really, not the way I probably should have...

Ever thought of life like the weather. I am sure you have, because how could you not? So many quotes have context to weather. ‘It never rains but it pours.’ Or ‘Best make hay while the sun shines.’    Even if you haven’t really given it much thought at all, or thought about it to that degree, I bet in some way, you have referred to weather in the context of a day or situation in your life.  Life is very much like the weather… if so? Where exactly does the journey begin? Which season comes first and which is last?    Is it a, ‘What came first? The chicken or the egg situation? Do the seasons have sequential significance to life itself? So many questions!! A way in which my mind operates. It never stops questioning. Too much information is never enough, and everything in life is linked to something or someone else, where there are greater things at play. My mind never rests and is always looking…searching for that missing piece to the puzzle. Analysing, investigat...

  Hi everyone. As many of you who follow my blog will know, my writing is far and few between. I only write and share when I feel I may have value to share and some wisdom to impart. Today is one of those days. If you have read any of my previous blog's you may already have some insight into who I am and the type of personality I have or some of the struggles I have faced both as a teenager and as an adult. For those who are reading this first time, I will share a little about me so as you then read the remainder of the message I am sharing today, you may have a better understanding around my learnings from my recent experiences. I am at heart, a gentle soul, soft and caring and I wear my heart on my sleeve. Many times in my life this has counted in my favour and sadly more often than not it has meant that people take advantage of my good hearted nature. In a society where we live in a culture of blame, I could very easily say that these people who have used me or taken advantage o...