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Change can come about from a chance conversation, a book recommendation or an inspirational quote. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou

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Ten Top Tips for Low Self Esteem
Wed 2nd October, 2024

Last time I shared with you the fabulous four questions from Katie Byron.  These are really powerful reflective questions which some of you may have loved, and others may have not connected to.  There’s more than one way to peel an orange, so here’s some other ways you can build up your self-esteem when you […]

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Four Questions for Low Self Esteem
Fri 6th September, 2024

We all can be hard on ourselves from time to time.  It’s quite natural to give ourselves a little talking to, a small nudge in the right direction, or a reminder that we are ‘better than this’.  Yet, sometimes our internal motivational talk can become more critical, more extreme, and more often pulling us further […]

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Back to School (or in my case – work)
Mon 19th August, 2024

Many of us are familiar with the annual ‘back to school’ photo at the front door or in the playground.  For years when our kids were little enough to attend primary school, we took their photo against the frog numbers in the playground.  I loved capturing those moments of progression from P1 to P7. And […]

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Cheerleaders – inner and outer
Tue 30th July, 2024

I was honoured to be asked to talk about ‘resilience’ at the inaugural joint Women in Business event on behalf of East Lothian and Midlothian Business Gateway at the start of the year. They wanted me to share some of my business insights on not only starting a business, but having the stamina, skills and […]

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Motivation Mix
Tue 18th June, 2024

Did you know that we all have natural chemicals in our bodies that can really get us going, help us feel motivated and give us that ‘can do’ attitude?  They happen naturally, giving us an occasional motivation boost after or before a specific event, activity or encounter, all without our knowledge. So just imagine, you […]

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