One of the delights of living in the UK is I have never watched Oprah. So I was surprised when one of my favorite blogs, had “Oprah’s Top 7 Tips for Creating the Life You Want“. The writer, Henrik, is Swedish so who knows how far her influence has spread!
Oprah had an interesting take […]

[Read more →]

This is the first time I have written about Yaro Starak, although he is probably someone whose work I have read more than anyone since I started this blog. Yaro writes about blogging - so whilst of interest to me, I have assumed he won’t be of interest to anyone visiting this site. […]

[Read more →]

It may sound silly to have a post about breathing - after all, we all do it without thinking. None of us were taught how to breath and, apart from pregnant women, most of us don’t get taught how to breath in later life. An interesting exception is those who perform on the stage. […]

[Read more →]

I have done a few posts now looking at what we say - “how to say no“, “express opinions“, “express feelings” and confident communication (or “assertiveness“) in general. But I have yet to touch on how we sound, or the quality of our voice
Initially I’ll touch on why our voice lets us down when […]

[Read more →]

This is my first post in October, and September has proved a challenging month in many ways. Two weeks ago our eldest daughter started University in the north of England. We drove 5 hours up various motorways up to Yorkshire, traipsed up several flights of stairs with large boxes before spending a […]

[Read more →]

Over the past week in the UK there has been a major financial new story. A leading bank, Northern Rock, asked the Bank of England for a loan, to help resolve a “cash flow problem”. Since then, there have been constant queues outside the banks branches as anxious savers have been withdrawing their […]

[Read more →]