Love? Life? Joy!
Do you have food, shelter and good people around you? Do you have a job and some money in your pocket, not rich but definitely enough to get by and go to Shoreditch once a month, eat out and have some fun? People around you praise your achievements and tell you how ‘lucky’ you are? That you should not really... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Wise up!
‘Things will only change if she wins. If they let her in, there will be changes. If not, things will be stable’. Pausing at a busy junction in downtown Yangon as I wait to cross, a heavy bag on my back, an older Burmese woman mutters under her breath telling me it is safe to cross. The midday heat has... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Fire me up baby! Wise up!
Fact: Fear is an inevitable feeling you’ll experience during your way up in life and is a feeling people should not be ashamed about. (Image via) To have success you need to have gone through failure and to some extent a little fear. That’s why I’ve come to the idea that fear is something that needs to be embraced. I know this... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Sana Sarwar Wise up!
When I think of my personal journey with anxiety, I like to think of a sealed jar with a few holes in the lid. As I have gotten older, and more aware of the dangers of life, more holes have appeared. As long as I have kept the majority of my anxiety within this jar, tightly controlled, it has felt... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
Treasures, we’ve reached the end of the wedding season, and something’s just not marrying up in my mind (marrying? Geddit? I slay me). This summer, I couldn’t check my Facebook newsfeed at the weekend without a friend’s wedding pictures appearing. As I admired the dresses, the happy couple and the ‘doesn’t she look beautiful!’ statuses, my eyes always wandered over... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Love & Relationships Rant Wise up!
I had one of those meetings today where senior management had to break it, in a really upbeat way, that essentially services were going to be cut and not everyone would have a job in around 5 years time. That’s OK for me, I’m growing up in the era of temporary contracts rather than ‘a job for life’. Whilst I... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon From the Heart Wise up!
September has always been my ‘New Year’. Having been in education for all my life, it is the month when it all starts again. Last year I thought this September things would be different, but I’m now doing an MA, so back we go again. September is a month of new expectations, new aspirations and thicker jumpers. I have always... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
So the last couple of weeks have been extremely important for all those who were receiving their results. Young people up and down the country were making their decisions on what to do next. It is a huge decision, not least because of the amount of pressure put upon you from peers, parents and teachers. That, in itself, is enough... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Wise up!
Education is important. It’s something I stress is necessary (to a certain point) and it’s something that each individual should prize. However, with results day having passed and with many students delighted with their grades. I’ve come to notice that there are a lot of students who are upset and disheartened with their results. If you’ve received results which are lower... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Sana Sarwar Wise up!
You’re tired, stressed and fed up of trying. You feel like you’re getting nowhere, and that life has kicked you in the shins. I know I often feel like that at the worst of times and just want to give up. You have no reason to feel so down other than the feeling of getting nowhere. You have support from... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Sana Sarwar Wise up!