Tag: writer
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7 Signs You Need To Rest
Today, I went and sat on this beach with my journal and pen. I should have been continuing with the spring clean we decided to get done this half term week, but my body has had some things to say. Listening to our body and making time for rest when we need it, is often…
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5 Ways to Heal Your Weary Soul
I see you. You over there going through the motions, just keeping your head above water. I see your google searches ‘What’s wrong with me?’, because you know you’re not really ill, but you can’t work out what is happening in your body, in your heart and in your thought life. You’ve read the articles…
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Why you need to get to the heart of your goals, for 2022
You’ve been thinking about the whole New Years resolution thing for a while now, and maybe like me, over the last few years, you haven’t set any. If you are being honest with yourself, the reason is that you’re tired of failing. You know how it goes, that first week you do really well, and…
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The Broken
There once was a old toy with a broken hand, who was able to see brokenness in others. Sometimes it was obvious, but mostly it was very cleverly hidden, but he could always recognise it in the other toys. He would call them over, sit them down and tell them the story of how he…
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Never Underestimate the Power of Your Words
I was lovingly reminded at the school pick up Friday afternoon, by my wonderfully clever-writer-friend, who asked when she might expect to read another blog post. I loved her gentle nudge, and when she did I knew what I needed to write. Her words pushed me into motion, I am so grateful to be surrounded…
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What is Holding You Back?
I love talking to people about their dreams and goals for the future. But as I listen, they often tell me of the things that stop them from going after and pursuing those dreams. It was almost always, fear Fear of failure. Fear they couldn’t do it. Fear of being laughed at and embarrassed. Fear…
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New Things are Hard, Will you Hold my Hand?
As I sit here to write this blog post (the first one in so many months!), I feel the bumping in my rib cage as my heart nervously flutters. I am standing on the precipice at the edge of something new and it feels like the hardest thing I have done in a long time.…
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The Divided Heart…
Sometimes in moments Of deep frustration I felt that maybe God was a little harsh In his creation of mothers. This pulling and tearing Myself in two Being ‘Mummy’, but also The very person I was created to be. The desire to be alone To withdraw and write But when I find I am I…
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Greet the Day
In the middle of the crazy morning routine of trying to get myself and two boys out of the house on time, I pause and take a moment. I step out onto the balcony in the freezing cold air to greet the day. I look at the sky, the weather, feeling its chill, I take…
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How to find Purpose in your life.
I have been meaning to write this post for a while now, as it has been buzzing around inside my head, like a bee at a window, looking to be let out. But sitting down to write it has been harder than expected, with many attempts at beginning, and getting no further. So, I did…
Carrie Baker - The Growth Collective 