I regularly run Parkrun on Saturday mornings, a routine that has become a much loved part of my week. Running amongst a group of strangers, I find a unique sense of connection. No one is chatting to me as I run (who on earth can even do that?!), but there’s a quiet …
Today, as I write the blog, I feel pretty good. I’m curious as to why today I feel good, when a week and a half ago I did not feel good. And why back in March I felt pretty excited about everything, but May, on the whole, was a completely different story. …
For some reason, I’ve held a belief for years that I am responsible for other peoples emotions. I have been called a ‘charmer’ in the past because I have developed an ability to decipher where someone is at emotionally, and then respond and react in ways that help them to relax and …
Earlier today I was parking my car and faffing about clearing some rubbish from it. I was putting said rubbish into a bin on the street, head down, solely focussed on the task in front. When I stepped back out onto the road post bin deposit to go back to the car …
For the past eight years I’ve been asked numerous times where the name ‘Bird’ came from for our organisation. Initially, it was because I was pondering a name whilst staring out a window when a bird flew past, and I thought, birds are free, they’re wild, they’re resilient, that might be a …
I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve failed at things. Jobs coming to an end in disappointing burnt out ways, multiple challenges around cash flow and finances, things braking, fall outs, almost-won but then not won pieces of work, failed attempts to get really fit and healthy… The list goes …
Happy Thursday. It’s cold and crispy here and we’re into the shortest 30 days of the year. I resist this time of year every year, but then realise it’s actually an opportunity to go all in on my candle game and get wrapped up and cosy for a few weeks. It’s actually …
I’ve been reminded of the following quote this week, and wanted to share it: ‘There will be times when standing alone feels too hard, too scary, and we’ll doubt our ability to make our way through the uncertainty. Someone, somewhere, will say, ‘Don’t do it. You don’t have what it takes to …
When we’re feeling overwhelmed, stressed, burnt out, or anxious we tend to move around quickly and frenetically from one task to another. We do this because it’s what we feel is needed to get everything done. That hasty movement from one thing to another tells us subconsciously that if we are having …
There have been two small things lately that have helped me to feel calmer and better equipped to navigate the world around me. The first has been been turning off the tv in favour of reading a book. Over the past couple of years I definitely explored the depths of Netflix, Apple …
