18 Self Care Suggestions From One Carer to Another

18 Self Care Suggestions From One Carer to Another

We’d already sat in this little office, hidden down the maze of corridors in Prince Philip hospital, four times over the last few months. Each time we had watched and smiled encouragingly while my mum was asked to remember an address, asked to say as many words as she...
Laughter Is Self Care

Laughter Is Self Care

It took a long time, but I finally know myself very well, and I am fully aware that if I don’t set an intention to be playful and to laugh, I simply won’t.  I used to tend to be all too serious about everything (sometimes it still creeps in). I’d be sat tight...
I Can Feel My Heart Breaking 11th November 2019

I Can Feel My Heart Breaking 11th November 2019

“Be more Bruno” Those were the words that I spoke from on top of a huge hill as me and my mum’s gorgeous dog sat and watched the sunset over our beautiful Welsh homeland. Bruno has cancer, he has had an eye removed, has a massive tumour on his head, and now the skin...
When my body speaks, I must ALWAYS listen. 6th November 2019

When my body speaks, I must ALWAYS listen. 6th November 2019

When my body speaks, I must ALWAYS listen. In the summer, I left my full time, active, outdoors job. It was a wonderful job in so many ways, but my time had come, and I needed growth. Since leaving, I have worked hard on every aspect of my life and was feeling proud...
Eleven Self Care “MUSTS” For Your Brain

Eleven Self Care “MUSTS” For Your Brain

Initially, my mum just seemed a little forgetful; maybe she missed the odd word out when she was talking, or she’d lose track in conversations of the words already spoken. She’d walk into a room and forget why she was there, or she’d get frustrated and tongue-tied...