by Ann Brown | Sep 24, 2024 | Self-awareness, Unhelpful habits
I don’t know about you, but I’ll sheepishly admit that I’m quite messy. I’m definitely on the messier end of the spectrum. There’s piles of books, papers and other odds and ends on surfaces where they really don’t belong. I usually don’t notice the mess around...
by Ann Brown | Sep 19, 2024 | Self-awareness, Unhelpful habits
Many of us have a range of behaviours that are not helpful. You might work many more hours than you need to. Maybe you always say yes to any request, and go out of your way to help people. You might be a perfectionist, putting in 110% effort, and beating...
by Ann Brown | Sep 12, 2024 | Self-awareness, Skills for Life
Sometimes I yearn for the days before the internet, when the TV output became a dark fuzzy hum late at night. It stayed that way until the next morning, and no-one complained! If you wanted to be in touch with someone far away, you could telephone them. We used a...
by Ann Brown | Sep 4, 2024 | Self-awareness, Skills for Life
From the outside you’d think my life is pretty calm and stress-free. I live in a beautiful area in rural Scotland. Nature surrounds me. I have woodland trails on my doorstep. There’s open fields and fresh country air filled with birdsong. But I often can’t...
by Ann Brown | Apr 25, 2024 | Inner Child, Procrastination, Self-awareness
I want to tell you a story of what happened to me last week. I’ve been locked into a high fixed rate energy deal since 2022 (it seemed great at the time, but not so great now energy prices have dropped). I read that I can request to leave that deal without...
