Well the old anxiety is back with a bang, I knew it was looming, I had the tightness in my chest and the tingling on my back recently but I kind of ignored it and went about my business. I was about to go into an event and I had the invisible door feeling, it's... Continue Reading →
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
I was driving along today and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road came on the radio. Isn't it amazing how a song can take you right back to a moment in time and evoke a memory? This song took me back to the age of 13. I was staying at my friend Julie's house. We were listening... Continue Reading →
Retracing my steps
It's the time of year that brings back memories don't you think? Sometimes you have to go back to move forward. So today was a day of doing that. It's six months since my mum died and I wanted to bring a gift to the nursing home who looked after her so well. I couldn't... Continue Reading →
It’s the most wonderful time of the year?
I'm still behind on blog posts but that's OK. It's been a busy week trying to get things organised for Christmas, finishing up work which included two interviews to do this week as well, so I found myself getting stressed. I was meant to be getting presents yesterday but took one look at the queues... Continue Reading →
An Anxiety Reminder
This old anxiety is a strange thing. I thought I was doing OK, I thought I was doing really well in fact, until last night. I was going to a dinner and instead of arriving early as I would normally do I was a bit later. So when I walked into the room there were... Continue Reading →
Jellybeans for breakfast
It's been a challenging couple of days and as I've found so often in the past there's always something reassuring that happens to tell me I'm going in the right direction. Today was one of those light-bulb moments. I went along to 'Homecoming' with Rachel Webb at the North Leitrim Women's Centre today. It was... Continue Reading →