Welcome to Our Blog

Change can be hard, but also refreshing. So often in life I have only made change when there has been little or no alternative. When I have got to the point where something has to give. In a way that was what happened this time, I needed to earn more, and feel stretched more, so I bit the bullet as it were and leapt into the unknown.

Valentines? “Galentines” (where you celebrate the female friendships in your life)? Or do you just bury your head and hope it passes?

I talk about death and grief a lot, have you noticed?! Oh yeah, and I don’t apologise for that fact anymore! So NEH!

So how is January going for you? Yep, complicated sometimes this life thing isn’t it. So we thought we would tackle the idea of our inner thought world this week – nothing major then!

So we made it through Christmas and here we are at the start of a new year. A time when people are making resolutions or plans, and going on diets, or having “dry January”. Don’t worry, you won’t get any of that from us!

What is it about Christmas that makes loss feel so much greater? Is it because we remember times gone by and miss those who are no longer with us, or because we think of others who still have key people in their lives that they are able to spend time with over the festive season?

Somehow, we have reached December, which feels crazy as it was just summer the other day, wasn’t it? Anyway, December, the month that means lots of socialising, meeting with friends and family, work gatherings to attend…or avoid! For some people this is THE month of the year, for others it comes with lots of anxiety.

I think Andrew Garfield and I would be great friends! Just putting it out there folks…!

Those of you who follow our socials will know that last weekend did not go as planned! After a lot of anticipation we travelled to Birmingham to see a concert which was cancelled less than an hour before it was due to start. We were acutely aware at that point we had a choice – to become disappointed and feel that our weekend was wasted, or to somehow spin it and make the best of a bad situation.

Sometimes life comes at you hard doesn’t it? Like really hard! One or two curveballs we can all handle, but sometimes life feels more like being in “Cyclone” on “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.” For those of you who don’t watch it, the game is basically where you are on a huge waterslide with massive fans, being pummelled by water-jets and hundreds of balls all at once. Yep, sometimes life feels a bit like that!

Point Break is one of my favourite films, and whenever I see our Sidmouth ‘pack’ in the water, I hear the same line in my head “The Ex-Presidents are SURFERS!!!”