It’s been a funny few years one in which I have found myself trying to be many things and play many parts. I have always prided myself on ensuring I can do the work I love, AND be the mum I want to be. Or, at least, the one my daughter needs to be. I Read the full article…
Author: Zoe Findon
A working mum who thought she knew best, now knows better
You just have to read my about me to realise how much I thought I had it sussed. In fact I thought I so had it sussed that I could help others get there too. Now, I still think I can coach you get to where you want to be, perhaps even more so, but Read the full article…
Keeping on keeping on
How did I get here? How did someone acutely self aware. And (I like to think) emotionally intelligent allow herself to get to this point. The funny thing is, I have been lower than this recently. I have sat staring at walls, unable to read a book or watch a Netflix box set. My jaw Read the full article…
It didn’t happen to Elvis
Asking for help is never an act of cowardice, it’s actually a far braver thing than you could possibly imagine. That is what I believe, but when it comes to me, it feels like failure. (I suspect we all judge ourselves far harsher than we view others. ) I am the one who coaches others Read the full article…
Do You Do Your Best Thinking When You should Be Sleeping
You know that feeling: it’s four o’clock in the morning and though you should be sleeping you are lying in bed coming up with the most genius ideas about your life, your work, your anything. I mean you are on fire, it’s amazing stuff. About 5:30 you finally fall asleep and when you are woken Read the full article…
Monday Mummy Fail
This morning was one of those mornings. Well, it didn’t start that way. I woke up without an alarm, as I always do. But, typically it was an hour earlier than I needed to and I was just ready to drop off when getting up time came around. Poppet was still sleeping. So, I did Read the full article…
Six weeks off…maybe
As my daughter loves saying at the moment, ‘its the six weeks off mummy’ The trouble is I’m not so good at switching off. I enjoy what I do so much I find ideas popping into my head at all times. This morning I recorded myself a voice message as a dressed just to know Read the full article…
No agenda, just being
Apples not falling far from trees come to mind this week for me; one of the reasons I do what I do is to set a good example for my daughter; I explain what I do by telling her I help people be happier and better in their work. We were at the beach hut the Read the full article…
Can you beat this for procrastination?
Yay it’s July, the sun is shining and we may at last be heading for summer. Fantastic news but where on earth has the year gone? I’m not entirely sure I’m ready for the school summer holidays yet! I am such an expert at procrastination that I can take it to new lengths. Once I Read the full article…
Woman of action. Or not.
I was kneeling in the garden earlier, congratulating myself for being ‘a woman of action’. The action was grabbing a brush and painting my garden chairs. Then I realised: I was doing it to avoid doing the other things I should have been doing. You see, I am guilty of being the queen of procrastination, Read the full article…