Our Blog

Since our origins in late 2012, we've published a weekly blog sharing the real life experiences and perspectives of individual members on their work life, home and wellbeing. 

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Barbara's blog: You Were Born an Original

I started this year feeling like I needed a mindset reboot, after coming out of a challenging period of time. And although I have not yet managed to tie up all the loose ends, the light at the end of... Read More

Linda's blog: The Big Clear Out

We moved into our terraced house as a recently married couple. For a long time the sound of our feet on the floorboards echoed against the bare walls of sparsely furnished rooms.  14 years,... Read More

Devinder's blog: Time Doesn’t Heal

They say that time heals and I’ve believed this for years…until recently.  I had an arranged marriage over 20 years ago.  It is what our culture makes us believe should be... Read More

Jill's blog: Yes People

Recently, I’ve been in a conflicted headspace about a rather important personal issue. It got to the point where it had been in my head for too long and I need to get it out, but I was still no... Read More

Lee's blog: Seventh Heaven

My eldest daughter turns seven this month and I can’t lie its making me feel many things: Old Nostalgic Excited Apprehensive  She is beyond excited – she... Read More

Sarah's blog: Laughter

As a young girl growing up in Africa, my parents always encouraged laughter in our communication. Often, as we shared meals around the table, it was typical for either my mother or father to tell a h... Read More

Ruth's blog: Losing My Balance

The last blog I wrote was about the summer holidays ( link ) and I am writing this in early December with chocolate advent calendars already started. I am sure that like many of you juggling wor... Read More

Ruban's blog: Holidays are Coming

Growing up as a child, the choral tones of "Holidays are coming" blasting through your home signified the start of the Christmas holidays and yuletide greetings. As a fully grown adult with... Read More

Susan's blog: Year End Recalibration

Outwardly, I appear to be confident, and to some extent, I am. However it has become more and more clear to me that somewhere over the years I  have allowed myself to skew the lines between... Read More

Barbara's blog: Decision Fatigue

It’s been a busy few years. Actually, I feel like I have not drawn breath since forever, due to a number of things happening one after the other. It started with my mother-in-law’s death ... Read More

Devinder's blog: The Evil Eye of Toxicity

We all have that person in our lives.  The person who we speak to regularly, maybe daily, maybe even two or three times a day. The person listens, offers solutions, helps us form an opinion or m... Read More

Katie's blog: All Change!

After I had my two children, I seriously considered changing my career. I wanted to pursue my professional interest in psychology. However, it wasn’t straightforward decision. I had a good job ... Read More

Uchenna's blog: "Jesus is coming!"

It’s not the outburst I expected when I unpicked my friend’s four-year-old son from the wall. He knew play was over seeing me stride over after repeated cries to “get off the wall&r... Read More

Ruth's blog: Town Mice and Country Mice

It’s now the first week of September and by Tuesday we are all back at school and work, for until half term.  Uniforms were dug out, PE kits found, shoes tried on - and that was just the a... Read More

Ruban's blog: P.S. I Love You

How did three of the shortest words, when combined, make up one of the most powerful phrases known to the human race? The modern slayer of men's confidence, the words that turn them into a quiver... Read More

Caroline M's blog: Halcyon Days

School starts back next week, and what had appeared as a long road ahead two months ago, has in fact flown. Here in Ireland, the school term finishes even earlier than it did in London. Those school ... Read More

Linda's blog: Best Laid Plans

It’s one of those watershed moments: our firstborn is starting secondary school in September, she’s just got a phone and she's starting to go out and about on her own. Keen to encoura... Read More
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