Positive, hopeful, full of love – Ted Lasso
You have got to find a way to watch Ted Lasso. Honestly. It is one of the most heart warming things I have watched in a long time.
It has won Emmy’s and Rotten Tomatoes likes it. But that’s not why you should watch it, you should watch it because it is so full … Read more
Mind your language
Words, words, words
I’m having some coaching at this weird liminal time where this phase of motherhood is ending.
This week my coach used the word ‘strategy’ and I had a ‘yuk’ reaction to it which he questioned. Then, the word ‘target’ came up and I yukked again.
So we got curious and for my … Read more
Life after retirement
This man, Robin Keen, is my old head teacher and my old employer. He is 93 or 97 depending on who I listened to and retired at, but my calculations, around 60.
I was down in Kent this week to give a talk on ‘Creating a life you don’t want to retire from’ at my … Read more
Women are the first environment – Katsi Cook
I love the On Being Podcast and the episode with Katsi Cook called ‘Women are the first environment’ touched me very deeply.
Katsi is a Mohawk midwife, mother and grandmother and I loved how she described women as the first environment! So obvious and true.
We know that what the mother eats and drinks crosses … Read more
Random thoughts on the last day of school
My youngest son finished school (apart from exams) last Friday. The end of an era for him and a new phase beginning.
And for me too. It was 18 years ago that I took eldest son to school the first time and now I am no longer a mum with school age children.
These are … Read more