Human beings have a few different psychological needs and it is a delicate balance of each of them that contribute to overall wellbeing. 1. Certainty Firstly, we need the predictability that enables us to feel supported. Similar to a healthy attachment style between a child and a parent, the secure base gives us the confidence […]

The other night my husband and I were watching a movie called the Hitman’s bodyguard. It was a tale as old as time, where fate brings two people to work together who to begin with, don’t like the idea of being in the same room. Yet as the story progresses we see that they each […]

You may not think that you are a leader. I don’t necessarily see myself as one but I sure know that I was brought up by them. Growing up I don’t remember seeing my mum idle ever. I don’t ever remember being out of bed before her with exception to Saturdays when we were young […]

“True education is the birthplace of dreaming.” – Georgie Howson Recently, I posted on our private Facebook group: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/liveandkicking/ ) asking our community what they would say and what changes they would make if and when they had the platform and influence to do so. The post addressed a limiting belief that I (and many […]

As though slipping behind a curtain, despite the room being full of people, I didn’t feel self-conscious but rather that I was at one with myself. My undivided focus was on my chalk marking the easel. My thoughts were no longer occupied by the fact that my least favourite subject was next or the latest […]

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”. – John Lennon Some of the most famous stories ever told, the ones that leave us sobbing as the credits roll and the ones that we carry in our hearts with us forever are the ones where Romeo and Juliet miss out on […]

“Sounds like you’re between a rock and a hard place.” These words ran through my head this morning as I walked along the road by my house. It’s summer time, and as I walk lizards baking in the sun scurry away into the bushes. Wild flowers are in full bloom and I marvel at all […]

“What do you do?” It’s usually the first question we ask after we meet someone, yet this was the question I dreaded answering the most. It was 2014 and my partner and I had just moved to the other side of the world. For the first time in my life, I didn’t have a job, […]

As an adult how much of what you learnt at school do you use in your daily life? For me, I find myself thinking about the things I learned in art class. It taught me about the different ways in which we can see the world and most of all it taught me about life. […]

      I am not proud to admit this, but for me the “stay at home” movement in response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic was met with some initial resistance. My mother and my mother’s mother have always been the type of strong women who never got sick and when they did, the world […]