by Diane | Sep 22, 2020 | Relationship
Babies are delightful! They are fun, entertaining and let’s face it – great time wasters. Babies can be mesmerising. We can find ourselves watching their every move to see what new thing they have discovered about themselves, others, or their environment.They...
by Diane | Aug 22, 2020 | Relationship
I will never forget bringing home our baby from hospital. The nine-month wait was at an end: The pregnancy was a dream, the birth as good as, and the first days in hospital went fine. I learned how to change her nappy, feed, and bath her, and give her cuddles without...
by Diane | Jul 9, 2020 | Self Care
So far in this series on Self-Care, we have looked at the ’Self’, ‘Self-Understanding’ and ‘Self-Compassion’. In this article I will be looking at how to do ‘Effective Self-Care’.Effective Self-Care is caring for the ‘self’, the ‘I am’, or to put it in broader terms,...
by Diane | Jun 9, 2020 | Self Care
So far in this series on ‘Self-care’ we have learned that doing effective self-care starts with developing a genuine understanding of the ‘self’. It means taking time and giving our self the space to do self-reflection and genuinely understand the influences that have...
by Diane | May 9, 2020 | Self Care
In the first article in this series of 4 on ‘Self-Care’, I looked at a definition of ‘self’ as defined by Atkinson and Field (1995) as ‘I am’. I also mentioned that internal and external factors including life circumstances and relationships as being influential in...
by Diane | Apr 9, 2020 | Self Care
This is a huge question with an extensive philosophical history ranging from Augustine, through Descartes and Post-modern thinkers, the history of which I am not going to cover here. Sorry for all those of you are a fascinated to delve deeper. There are however some...
by Diane | Mar 9, 2020 | Self Care
How successful are you at doing effective self-care? Self-care that encourages, refreshes and energises you.For many of us it can be a huge effort to just get motivated. Self-care can be more about adding to an already hectic routine, a help to make us feel good,...
by Diane | Oct 21, 2019 | Self Care
For most of us doing recreation is about having fun, doing hobbies, taking time out, spending time with friends, family, or just being intentional about not doing work.Recently I have been thinking about the word “Recreation”. Random I know but that little word just...
by Diane | Jun 3, 2017 | Relationship
This may or may not matter to you but I’m going to say it “I love my computer!” I call her “Compu”. My Compu is incredibly useful and full of information. I can keep information on her and safely – so safe it’s in the cloud. I can talk to her, just as I am now,...
by Diane | May 3, 2017 | Relationship
In my previous blog I talked about the need for secure connection in the couple relationship. In this blog I have selected a few simple exercises that you and your partner can work on together to develop intimacy. I hope you find these to be straightforward and simple...
