Releasing control

//Releasing control

What does being ‘Nice’ cost You?

I went to various catholic girls’ schools for many years, including five years in boarding school. Some good times, some ultimately deletable. Probably like you, the concept of being a ‘nice’ or ‘good’ girl was force-fed into me. It’s taken me years, a lot of personal development and self-examination to release it. To give myself […]

By | October 11th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Courage, Personal Power, Releasing control|0 Comments

Self-Compassion or Self-Judgement?

Last month’s article on my experience of trying to control my health problems elicited a huge and positive response. Thankyou to all who connected with similar stories.

There was a time, after the various operations and medical care, that I looked back on my stubbornness with a shiver of self-judgement. ‘How could you do that to […]

By | July 20th, 2015|Categories: Blog, Compassion, Personal Power, Releasing control, Self-esteem, Self-trust|0 Comments

Is Your Control Killing You?

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 Jan 2011……… I was hunched over in pain in front of my gastro-consultant. I believed I was 7.5st weight. I looked and spoke like an 85 yr old rather than the 55yr old me. I’d been visiting him over the previous ten years with increasing levels […]