‘People say…. that it’s difficult to know oneself – but it’s not easy to paint oneself either’ Letter from Vincent to Theo van Gogh, September 1889 (quoted at the current exhibition of Van Gogh’s self portraits at The Courtauld) Similarly, commenting on her father,...
Following on from my previous blog focusing on a relationship challenge where one partner wants to leave – in this blog I want to focus on the challenges that couples can go through when either one or both partners need to care for ageing parents. Many couples I...
‘Between the stimulus and the response, there is a space. And in this space, lies our power and our freedom’ (Victor Frankl) It is mid-October, a time of change as leaves turn red and the evenings draw in. It is half term, an interim period, a time to take a breath,...
Relationships are complex and challenging of that there is no doubt. Never more so than over the past two years when we have had to manage Covid and all its implications on top of everything else going on in our lives. Over the coming months I am going to focus...
How many decisions do you think we average per day? Stop and think for a moment, before being completely sideswiped by the result which is an eye watering ……. 35,000 DECISIONS PER DAY Apparently about 227 of these are food related...
Never was so much owed by so many to so few…has become a mantra in the UK in terms of our debt to the NHS. This same quote is present today under different circumstances in many areas as well as the NHS. Patterns and rhythms are altered by law. We,...