Tim with the Double Chin

Welcome to this tale, dear reader. Now, with the kindest, sweetest inner speaking voice, let us begin… Once upon a time, a man called Tim was conceived. His parents were delighted beyond their imaginations. What joy! What an honour to know that another human being would be born to continue their likeness, their bloodline, their…

Wounded in a Dark Wood

Did you know that 2020 marks the seven hundredth anniversary of the completion of Dante’s Divine Comedy?  How apt. This post was not going to be about that, but I stumbled across this fact as I was searching for a metaphor about being ‘wounded’.  Lost in a dark wood?  Bingo. Little did I know in…

Learning to Breathe Again

The world has been turned upside down.  Of that there is no doubt. In a few short weeks we have stopped everything we love doing as a community, are unable to be with friends or extended family, have changed the way we work, or have lost jobs.  Children are mostly being educated online at home,…

To Give, and Give…and Give

So many times over the years I have repeated a pattern which has often, if not always, ended up in me feeling drained, depleted, and sometimes discarded.  When you find yourself in a situation or in relationships with different people – be they personal or professional – and find that you are continuously giving of…