“Living abroad offers enriching experiences of growth, broadened perspective, enhanced cultural understanding. Yet its transition-rich, change-driven, cross-cultural nature can place considerable demands, leaving us stressed, disconnected, our identity in flux.” The first two lines of the summary on the back cover says it all. Living …
I am pleased to share that I was featured in Wise Introvert’s latest newsletter on Creativity and Joy. Click here to read my article “Remember Your Creative Voice and What Brings You Joy” as well as my three tips for starting to remember your creative …
The other week I travelled to the States for a business-building retreat, and the whole trip was an adventure. Some of you may not know, I am on a wonderful business coaching programme and I have a business coach: the lovely Christine Kane and team …
Today I’d like to share with you my guest blog post on Energised Performance’s blog that went live on Sunday. My lovely friend Kim Ingleby runs Energised Performance in Bristol, UK and she asked me to share my story of my recent successes – please …
At the end of September I was visiting my cousins and their families down in London for a long weekend, and I had the pleasure of fitting in two art exhibitions that were on. The first one was the “Late Turner: Painting Set Free” exhibition …
***Please note: this book review was first published on my Both but Neither blog – that blog will now disappear as I focus all my attention on this website and blog. And as this book was pivotal in my life when I was at a …
Are you wanting to get back in to your art? Perhaps you love to draw, or paint, or experiment with different kinds of media? So, what is holding you back? For me it was a few things, but one of the biggest challenges I had …
As some of you who follow me on Facebook will know, I recently moved to Edinburgh, Scotland. And a handful of you will know that I’ve been thinking about and talking about moving to Scotland, one of my favourite places in the world, for a …
It started with purchasing a tube of purple acrylic paint. Why, I had no idea. I was drawn to it. I liked that it was on sale, too. The paint sat there and I wondered some more – why did I buy this? What was …
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~ Arthur Ashe I was thinking about this quote again. I noticed I’d been procrastinating and falling into the “When I…” syndrome. You know, the way we like to postpone doing something about …