I've been on the golf course this morning - having a group lesson with the golf pro. We were practicing putting and thinking about perception. The question he asked was 'How do you judge where the golf ball is going to roll on the green?' Walking to where he was standing, I had an idea … Continue reading Are You an Achievement Orientated Person Wanting to Thrive Instead of Survive?

Doing what you want with your own life, is an incredibly powerful and empowering experience. Building self efficacy is one of the most important skills we can teach our children and develop within ourselves. It can be severely damaged by trauma, abuse & addiction. Self efficacy is: one's own belief in being able to succeed … Continue reading Building Self Efficacy – the Key to Developing a Deeper Sense of Living

As a Humanistic Therapist one of the things I understand, is the importance of feeling & healing grief.  I don't view grief negatively or something which needs to be eradicated.  Our emotions and feelings tell us about ourselves and what has meaning to us. Something I have learnt through travel - a particular happy place … Continue reading How a Travel Quest Helps You Move Through Grief

Auschwitz... Somewhere which I've wanted to visit for a long time. The stories my parents told me of the second world war, filled me with both fear and wonder at mankind. The way in which we can be full of heart for helping others, or if choosing, wanting complete domination and control over them. Vin … Continue reading Visiting Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mines and Oskar Schindler’s Factory

I first encountered Caroline LaBouchere on instagram. I was looking for women in their early fifties, who had allowed their hair to go grey and were looking good. To get a sense of the looks, styles and possibilities available to me, as I contemplated growing out my blonde locks. Dyeing hair can be so tiresome … Continue reading Caroline Labouchere – Empowered by Grey

There are many ways to live our lives and one of the ways I’ve found to be useful, is grounded in a philosophy of Abraham Maslow and relates to the Hierarchy of Needs. Travelling extensively is one of my passions. Extended travel with my family  in earlier years, allowed me to explore with therapeutic insight, … Continue reading I Believe in Happiness. Do You. Do You. Do You?

My relationship with food in its early days, was a very complex one. As a young woman in her late teens and early twenties, I lived on tuna salads, diet coke and cigarettes. A combination at the time which kept me lithe, lovely and hungry! Marrying my husband, I became adept at cooking dishes inspired … Continue reading Food Glorious Food in Kraków, Poland

Being away from my husband for the last two months, meant that we both wanted a little bit of time to reconnect. Just as us - doing the thing we both love. Travel. Our chosen destination this time, a place which Vince has wanted to visit for a long time, Kraków. I've never wanted to … Continue reading From Bangkok to Kraków in 96 Hours

I played 9 holes of golf on tuesday. The course we played was close to my home town about 30 minutes away. Bunsay Downs Golf Course. It was a beautiful english spring morning. Riotous green fields.  The smell of cut grass. A twitch of hayfever tickling my throat. I love the Badgers Course - it's … Continue reading Recognising Success in Failure

I'd heard stories about this place since arriving on the island. The stories ranged from being told that inside the huge cruise ship, located close to the beach, drugs were cooked, card games played and tourists banned. Lives could be threatened if going in. Words were uttered about suicides - eerie visits and ghostly encounters. … Continue reading Drug Dens, Ghost Ships & Sand Flea Bites